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Avert Your Eye: August 2010
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Friday, August 20, 2010. One swirling, starry night in Bethlehem,. Plucking out an eye, rather than an ear,. Could have been a prophet, priest, or poet;. But, enraptured by patterns and pictures. Of airy canvass, instead seek palettes. In pastel-plastered hands of the divine,. Molded in reflection by the longing. Stirrings of compassion and resentment;. I march underneath the Arc de Triomphe. Of the mind: submerged somewhere deep in time. Lies the glimpse of passion in my paintbrush,. I like to be in Ame...
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Avert Your Eye: The Paradox of Theistic Morality
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009. The Paradox of Theistic Morality. Hello again, dear readers! I apologize for the extended layoff, but I have been terribly busy lately. Today's topic concerns the relationship between religious values and morality. Q: It's incomprehensible to me how an atheist could have an explanation for morality. A: I think it's highly unlikely that God's morality is absolute. Doesn't the god of the Bible say that it's wrong to murder, yet even in books such as-. A: You're asking me why w...
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Razão x Fé: Filipinos se crucificam para provar sua fé
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Uma visão crítica do conflito entre a religião e o pensamento racional. Segunda-feira, 26 de novembro de 2012. Filipinos se crucificam para provar sua fé. Essa é a cerimônia que os filipinos fazem todos os anos durante a Páscoa: eles carregam cruzes pela cidade, e depois são pregados de verdade nela. Não sei se eu entendi errado, mas toda a idéia de Jesus ser crucificado não foi para que ninguém mais precisasse ser? De qualquer forma, isso não é prova de fé. É prova de estupidez. Obrigado. ;-). The Islam...
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Razão x Fé: Uganda volta atrás na lei de pena de morte para homossexuais
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Uma visão crítica do conflito entre a religião e o pensamento racional. Quinta-feira, 6 de dezembro de 2012. Uganda volta atrás na lei de pena de morte para homossexuais. A infame lei que previa pena de morte a homossexuais foi revista e alterada pelo parlamento de Uganda, é o que diz David Bahati, um dos seus congressistas, e que deveria ser votada agora em dezembro. A nova proposta, agora, já não fala mais em pena de morte. Segundo Bahati, "a lei agora foca em proteger as crianças de pornografia ho...
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Razão x Fé: Papai Noel gente fina
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Uma visão crítica do conflito entre a religião e o pensamento racional. Domingo, 9 de dezembro de 2012. Papai Noel gente fina. Postado por Cristiano SamZZ. 11 de dezembro de 2012 22:58. Sei lá. acho que sinceramente nunca acreditei em papai noel mesmo quando era pequeno, pelo menos em papai noel. Assinar: Postar comentários (Atom). Se quiser comentar, concordando ou discordando de qualquer coisa, fique à vontade. Os comentários estão desbloqueados e é permitido postagem anônima. Obrigado. ;-). Still Amaz...
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Reflections from the Other Side: My Conversion Story
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Reflections from the Other Side. Leaving Christianity and Embracing Skepticism. Friday, April 22, 2011. I was raised in a Christian home. I accepted the tenets of Christianity ever since I was old enough to understand them. But this is the account of how I explicitly, officially "converted" to Christianity. It's not your average conversion story. I became a Christian because of a Disney movie. In 1996, when I was seven years old, I saw the animated film. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. But I realized that n...
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Reflections from the Other Side: Ever Tried, Ever Failed...
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Reflections from the Other Side. Leaving Christianity and Embracing Skepticism. Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Ever Tried, Ever Failed. There's a quote that's been bouncing around in my head for the past few weeks. It comes from Samuel Beckett's novella Worstward Ho. And it goes like this:. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Seems a bit gloomy at first, doesn't it? We still have no idea what we're doing, broadly speaking. We're puny, fragile, ignorant things. Failure. ...
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Reflections from the Other Side: The Death of Pascal's Wager
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Reflections from the Other Side. Leaving Christianity and Embracing Skepticism. Friday, June 10, 2011. The Death of Pascal's Wager. Holds an unusual position within theological discourse: it's not argument for the existence of God, but rather an argument specifically for. In the existence of God. It was formulated by the 17th-century philosopher Blaise Pascal, and it goes roughly as follows:. We don't choose what we believe. Even if we could just choose to. Believe one of these horses. God we should choo...
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Reflections from the Other Side: Rational Giving
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Reflections from the Other Side. Leaving Christianity and Embracing Skepticism. Tuesday, April 30, 2013. A few days ago I donated what was, for me, a hefty sum of money to three different charities. 70% of my donation went to the Against Malaria Foundation. Which provides insecticide-treated mosquito nets to prevent malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. 20% went to GiveDirectly. Which distributes cash straight to needy individuals in Kenya. 10% went to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative. It's okay to...
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