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A Fine Tuned Universe?
Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:03 PM EDT
How many times have you heard the claim that the fact that the universe is "fine tuned for life," is evidence enough for a designer? It's a strange notion honestly, the idea that the universe was designed for life, but for some it brings solace. Truthfully, if that's all yo …
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Anti-Evolution 'Monkey Bill' Poised To Become Law In Tennessee | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:38 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) announced yesterday that he will “probably” sign a bill that attacks the teaching of “biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning” by giving broad new legal immunities to …
Dust That Sings.
Thu Apr 5, 2012 12:01 AM EDT
I believe Phil presents a view of our world that more closely resembles my own personal feelings than almost anyone else I've ever met. His natural reverence of our universe is what I share most with him. I hope you have enjoyed this, his most recent upload, as much as I have.&nb …
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Youtube Starts Banning 'religiously offensive' videos.
Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:38 PM EST
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An In Depth Look at The New Testament: What Are The NT Authors Really Saying?
Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:37 PM EST
This is the first installment in my series regarding the New Testament of the Christian Bible. In this edition I will be discussing what the authors of the Gospels are really saying as well as what Paul has to say.
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An In Depth Look at The New Testament
Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:42 PM EST
In the upcoming weeks I will be putting out a series of articles on the subject of the New Testament of the Christian bible.
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Moderate Christians
Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:37 PM EST
I've been doing some thinking lately -dangerous I know- on the idea of Christian Moderates.
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Santorum: Obama Has Put America On The Path Of Executing Religious People By Decapitation | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 10:52 AM EST (Think Progress)
Rick Santorum continued to rail against President Obama’s so-called war against religion during a town hall in Plano, Texas Wednesday night.
Oklahoma Democrat Adds 'Every Sperm Is Sacred' Amendment To Personhood Bill | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:47 PM EST (Think Progress)
Despite being rebuffed by voters in Mississippi and Colorado, proponents of the “personhood” movement are still pushing to enact legislation in states like Ohio and Oklahoma that would give zygotes the same rights as American citizens.
Santorum To Gay Man: You Don't Deserve 'Privilege' Of Marriage Because Gay Unions Don't 'Benefit Society' | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2012 1:58 PM EST (Think Progress)
SANTORUM: You’re not entitled “to special treatment under the law…[Marriage is] not a right, it’s something that has existed since the beginning of human history as an institution where men and women come together for the purposes of forming a natural r …
Indiana Creationism Bill Passes Senate - Because "This Supreme Court Could Rule Different"
Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2012 10:36 AM EST (NCSE)
On January 31, 2012, the Indiana Senate voted 28-22 in favor of Senate Bill 89. As originally submitted, SB 89 provided, "The governing body of a school corporation may require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation science, within the …
Jesus is Everything Conservatives Hate!
Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:55 PM EST
Recently I was at work and a coworker approached me talking about a bumper sticker he recently saw.
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First quantum jiggles detected in solid object
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:00 PM EST (New Scientist)
NOTHING sits still. Even at absolute zero, when the thermal jiggling of matter is frozen, all things must still buzz to the tune of quantum mechanics.
God Has a Plan for You!
Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:50 AM EST
God has a plan for you! I don't know how many times I heard that growing up and I'm sure many of you have heard much the same thing before as well, even non believers.
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The Devil is The Unsung Hero of The Bible, That's Right I Said It!
Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:14 AM EST
Is the Devil really the bible's unsung hero? At first glance, that's absurd. He's the bad guy. The ultimate evil. He's the fallen one, the adversary, the embodiment of all that is wicked. He's the cause of everything that's bad and ugly.
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Homosexuals make God want to vomit, says demented Florida pastor
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:20 PM EST (Free Thinker)
Dozier loathes Islam and cares even less for The Gays: Dozier, honorary chairman of wannabe president Rick Santorum’s Florida campaign, once declared that homosexuality was: Something so nasty and disgusting that it makes God want to vomit.
Anti-church sentiment rises in Europe as more people seek 'de-baptism' | MNN - Mother Nature Network
Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:56 PM EST (MNN.com)
A sharp decline in the numbers of church-goers and new baptisms over the last century in Europe has been called a "crisis of faith" by many religious leaders.
Benevolent God or Malevolent God?
Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:55 AM EST
There is really no denying that the Old Testament of the Christian bible is a vile book filled with more wrath and punishment of a god then good deeds or morals.
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The False Dichotomy of Christianity
Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:51 AM EST
A lot of Christians will tell you that if you don't choose god, you reject god. However, is that really the case or is that just a false dichotomy set up by the church? Let's look deeper into this assumption, this dichotomy that the entire faith rests on.
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Outspoken Atheists
Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:46 PM EST
I have created a new group dedicated to looking deeply into, as well as debating religion and it's place in our society. This includes effects, both positive and negative, to be debated.
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More Religious Hypocrisy.
Sun Jan 8, 2012 10:01 PM EST
I came across this article on Newsvine about a month ago and found it quite irritating. In particular this part:
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God's Double Standard.
Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:00 AM EST
I had started writing an article on the insanity of the double standard put forth by many Christians, but then I came across another excellent video from Darkmatter2525 and found he had neatly summed up most of what I wanted to say in video format. I have heard so many of these a …
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The Ultimate Circular Argument: Proving the Bible with the Bible.
Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:18 PM EST
Circular Argument- Definition: An argument that commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.
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If God Were a Car.
Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:47 PM EST
Would you buy this car?
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Happy Winter Solstice!
Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:14 PM EST (National Geographic)
Today is the winter solstice and the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Hi, Presence, Left a post for you at Dead Sea Scrolls and here it is: Given your background in physics, do you agree with Stephen Hawking that, as there was no "time" before the universe was created, that precludes a God given that there was no "time" for that God to exist and thus create the universe? And I have absolutely no background in physics, trust me. Just a seeker.
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