Sunday, December 4, 2005
Thoughts on a Spiritual Movie
Last night I watched Bruce Almighty. It starred Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Anniston (all performances I enjoyed a lot). Basically the film is a about a reporter, Bruce Nolan, played by Jim Carrey, who is given God's power. God is played by Morgan Freeman. As an atheist, I disagree with...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
If there is no God than what are we?
I’ve been pondering this particular question for a long time. And I’ll probably keep pondering it for the rest of my life. You see, I’ve had to discount the myth that God created mankind. If you think about it rationally, the old stand by creation story sounds ridiculous. If there is no evidence to...
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Sunday, November 6, 2005
Does Religion Encourage Guilt?
I just finished reading Gnomedome's post. It made me think of the ways Religion encourages guilt. I grew up in the Mormon church so, needless to say, my expereinces are different. But, we did have a form of confession. Every month a member would have a meeting with the Bishop (our equivalent of a...
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Thursday, October 27, 2005
A few Thoughts on Pascal's Wager
Pascal's Wager is something that has been used to justify worship of God. The reasoning goes something like this: if there is no God than it won't matter if I was religious or not BUT there might be a God and in that case I've lost everything if I don't worship him. Basically it's like a failsafe....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Are We Asking the Wrong Question?
I am currently taking a class in British Literature. So far the class has covered the Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Sixteenth Century periods. What I find extremely interesting is the almost neurotic obsession with gaining entrance to heaven. It wasn’t until Henry VIII’s reign that Thomas Moore began to...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Another Joke
God came down to earth and said he would judge the living and the dead according to his beliefs....Believers over here and Atheist over there and Agnotics in the middle please God said...Everyone form their lines...God said i got but on way to get into heaven and that is for your line to pass my...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
More Things to Do in Church
1) Show up with 666 tatooed to your forehead. 2) Persuade a guy friend to show up cross dressed to a Catholic church service and stand next to the priest. 3) Play a heavy metal song that screams brimstone, hell, damnation, eternal torment and every swear word imaginable. 4) Charge people $20 for a...
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Monday, September 26, 2005
Top Ten Things to Do In Church
I got this off of a forum at www.secularity.com. Enjoy! Top 10 Things To Do In Church 1) Find an empty seat, and ask the person next to it: "Is this seat SAVED?" 2) Wear an ankh or a new-age crystal pendant. 3) If there is a crying baby, go over and tell the mother: "IF YOU DON'T SHUT THAT GODDAMN...
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Should the Bible be Censored?
The Christian moral police seem to be very concerned with protecting innocent children from graphic violence, nudity and sexuality (i.e. sexually explicit scenes). Increasingly vocal conservative groups are screaming that Hollywood should clean up its act. There is a push towards more stringent...
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Thursday, September 22, 2005
Am I God?
I recently started to read Ariala’s blog about the theory of humans being God. Part of her argument assumes that God created the earth, people and animals. I’d like to look at this from an atheistic point of view. What if there is no God (that we know of) to have created the earth, people and...
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