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Wisdom of the Great Mr. Ingersoll
“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.” ― Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child “To hate man and worship God seems to be the sum of all the … Continue reading
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15 Good Reasons to Skip Church
There probably is no real God. Churches spread bad ideas. Vicarious redemption is the idea that another person was tortured, mutilated and died for your personal benefit. This is not an ethical concept. If a real god exists, it probably isn’t at your church. … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Losing Religion, Why church is useless
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I LOVE BEING AN ATHEIST
I JUST CAN’T KEEP IT IN! I love being an Atheist. I love the freedom of thinking for myself. Don’t you? Isn’t this freedom wonderful? Atheism is wonderful. If a God exists, I’ll be happy to acknowledge Him. While we … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Atheist, deconversion
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DANGEROUS THOUGHT #9 – How The Bible Turns You into God – God Vanishes as You Make Decisions About the Bible but He Returns to Affirm Your Choices
The Bible plays an important role in supporting the faithful. And it has some tricks up its sleeve which explain how it wields its power. The Bible works like a parlor trick. You don’t play it. It plays you. I’ll explain. The Bible very sneakily shifts … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, Atheism, Bible, Christ, faith, God, How the Bible Works, The Bible, The Word of God
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Dangerous Idea #8 – “God and Religion are secular inventions”
Most of religion had become nonsense to me by July of 2013. Except for one thing. To care about others because God said so. I liked the religious command to reach out of oneself to help other people, the injunction to be compassionate toward other people. Despite being … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Atheist, godless, Godlessness, naturalism, secularism
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My God Died at Sandy Hook
My God vanished two years ago today at the Sandy Hook massacre. He never returned. Years ago, I visited hundreds of elementary schools when I was a traveling artist in the 1990’s. I taught, read books, drew pictures, sang songs for thousands of children and it … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, God is Dead, godless, Losing Religion, Sandy Hook Elementary
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Dangerous Thought #5 – “Man Created God in His Image”
April 11, 2013. I was a Christian for so many years. Yet, how did I miss this? A closer look at the Old Testament reveals God to be an impossible ogre No different from a regular stone age barbarian. “Some boys came out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, Atheism, Bible, Christ, deconversion, faith, freedom from religion, godless, Jesus, Losing Religion, religion
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Dangerous Thought #4 – “Might the Success of Jesus be Largely Attributed to His Threat of Hell?
February 2013. Jesus threatened eternal damnation. This terrifying new idea must have coerced many people then just as it does today. “Be baptized and believe” or “Be condemned to Hell” – JESUS (John 6:53-54) (Mark 16:16) The old Testament says nothing … Continue reading
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My First Christmas Without Jesus – 2012
Journal Entries: January 22, 2013: Christmas was sad this year. For the first time I felt no faith and no purpose for a Jesus. Lack of faith was not the main reason for the sadness – it was the news and … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-theist, Atheism, Bible, Christ, deconversion, faith, freedom from religion, God, Jesus, Losing Religion, Newtown, non belief, Positive Atheism, religion, spiritual, unbelief
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Dangerous Thought #3 – “The Crazy People are not Misinterpreting Their Religion. They are Following it”
Extremist – “Someone who accepts God’s Word exactly as written.” January, 2013 Up to this point it had been inconceivable to me that religion was the reason for the awful behavior of certain Christians and Muslims I had been reading about in … Continue reading
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