Why I became an atheist

Posted on Sun 17 December 2006 in reposts • Tagged with deconversion

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This is a repost of my earlier "extimony" at exchristian.net with a few minor edits and some additions. At the time (february 2006) I considered myself an atheistic agnost (i.e., I have no idea if there is a God but I consider it unlikely). Nowadays …


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Assumptions

Posted on Tue 19 December 2006 in reposts • Tagged with creationism

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Analogies aren't, I'm aware of that. Still I want to present one that describes the feeling I get when I hear counter-arguments from young-earth creationists. For the record, the following two stories are fictional though the latter is based on true stories.

Imagine a warm afternoon in …


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The myth of an objective morality

Posted on Thu 09 August 2012 in reposts • Tagged with morality

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Introduction

The moral argument for the existence of God is presented by many Christian apologists as strong evidence for their case, spearheaded by the famous Christian philosopher and apologist Dr. William Lane Craig. The argument takes the form of the following syllogism (Dr. Craig's version1):

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My mini prayer experiment

Posted on Mon 08 October 2012 in reposts • Tagged with prayer, challenge

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I frequently listen to the podcast of the Unbelievable radio show from the London based station Premier Christian Radio. The program has frequent debates between Christians and non-Christians. In September the host of the show, Justin Brierly, initiated the Atheist Prayer Experiment, where atheists are challenged to …


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South American men are APES!

Posted on Thu 22 November 2012 in reposts • Tagged with evolution

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Yes, you read that correctly. All men born in South America are apes. Just consider their posture, their limbs, their hips and their heads, clearly the posture, limbs, hips and heads we see in all apes. How could anyone not see the resemblance?

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Religion is but an opinion

Posted on Fri 30 May 2014 in reposts • Tagged with religious tolerance

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A few days ago I got a cousin of mine in a frenzy. This cousin is dear to me. He is around 5 years older and when I was around the age of 10 he was like an older brother and took care of me. I will …


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