Gareth McCaughan: "Why I Am No Longer A Christian."
Here's his deconversion story, here are some more of his essays, and this is who he is
Vic Reppert pointed this out.
Vic Reppert pointed this out.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 7 hours ago
The Haidt video is great but I have to disagree on his claim that libertarians are better systematic thinkers. Libertarians tend to be climate change deniers and deniers of collective action...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 11 hours ago
Can we ever divorce reasoning away from emotions?
I can't! But sometimes I can be partially aware of what I'm doing. I can also sometimes be aware of when I'm...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
Yes, the theologian's omni-God is a concept that gradually evolved, and may not have been fully formed until the Middle Ages. The older scriptures clearly attribute limitations to God. And...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
Hitchens' book on her is required reading for the discerning atheist. And would that we could require it for all the Christian marks. *
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
What do you choose when there's a kitten on one track, and a Trump rally on the other?
I'm thankful that I do not have to make that choice.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
One way I frame the question in my mind is, "Would objective reality be any different whether there is a God or not? Would anything change in the real life of man one way or the...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
While Hurricane Katrina was a very powerful and destructive storm (still holding the top spot for economic damage adjusted for inflation), its impact on New Orleans wasn't as destructive as it...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 13 hours ago
But for people like young children and adults who still reason like children, submission to authority might seem less problematic.
Submission to authority is the whole point...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 13 hours ago
We find solutions to known or foreseeable problems. Rarely, if at all, do we find solutions to unknown or unforeseeable problems.
Or as in the case of New Orleans just...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 13 hours ago
That's because the onus is put on the person who makes the choice to partake in the consumption of tobacco products.
You are absolutely correct. The onus "is...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 13 hours ago
And perhaps the finest way to honor the sacrifice of these brave heroes is to make sure to have enough [expletive deleted] serviceable lifeboats going forward!
These days,...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 14 hours ago
Imperfect as it may be, a secular morality built on human reason is still infinitely less problematic than one built on religion.
For people like you and me, yes. But for...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 14 hours ago
That's why we tend to honor such folk as heroes.
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There were insufficient serviceable lifeboats for all the passengers
And perhaps the...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 14 hours ago
She lived about a mile away from me in Belfast. She upset the Roman Catholic Clergy here in Belfast, back in the early 70's, and they chased her and her nuns out.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 15 hours ago
Some "saint" !
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
That lying, slimy wee witch Mother Teresa, made that choice for others. According to a paper by Canadian academics Serge Larivée, Geneviève Chénard and Carole Sénéchal, Mother Teresa's...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
It is logically possible for a God to exist (although not scientifically possible, but WLC knows nothing of science) if we walk back at least one of those...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
Not many people who grow, market, or sell tobacco seem eager to take responsibility for the millions of deaths their product causes every year globally.
That's because...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 17 hours ago
Depends on who the four dudes are of course.
I could list plenty of arseholes who would make the four dudes list, and then the kitten gets the upvote.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 18 hours ago
But generally speaking, few people feel much inclined to lay down their lives for strangers.
That's why we tend to honor such folk as heroes. I'm reminded of HMS...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 18 hours ago
Thankfully, folk are starting to come around to the idea of prayer failure, and starting to do something about it. Christian parents let their baby die because of their faith. Now they’re...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 18 hours ago
Actually it is only logically impossible for an omni-God to exist...
And the Bible itself does not say anywhere clearly and explicitly that God has those omni-powers....
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 19 hours ago
As I see it, I think the question here is not whether morality based on human reason is perfect or not -- we all know it is far from being so, the question is the compatibility of the existence of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 19 hours ago
I read that Terence Cardinal Cooke refused morphine and other pain killers when he was dying of cancer. He told people he wanted to share in the sufferings of Christ. I don't know how to argue...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 21 hours ago