From a discussion on Facebook that I will put my response here: Gnosticism is a statement of special supernatural knowledge. If you are Gnostic you have special supernatural knowledge. If you are agnostic you don’t have special supernatural knowledge.Theism is the belief in a deity or deities. If you are a Theist you believe in […]
Now we all know about the Easter story in one form or another, but I wanted to stay true to all of the Biblical accounts, to really get a grasp of what actually happened. Below is my effort: Key: Matthew- Mt Mark- Mk Luke- Lk John- Jn 1 Corinthians- 1 Cor Crucifixion After his sentence, […]
Article 1: “Calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based.” Article 2: “Anyone who throws away their loyalty to the country’s rulers, or who swears allegiance to any party, organization, current [of thought], group, or individual inside or outside [the […]
I was listening to Radio 4’s Beyond Belief yesterday episode “Are Institutions in Decline” and Rev Sam Wells makes a point to say that without the church there is no argument for caring for people that can’t be cured (at about 28:25). This really made me angry, as an atheist I believe that everyone should be […]
by Thaddeus Aid and Frank Cook Original posting at The Tab Recently South Bank University Student Union forced the South Bank Atheist Student Society to pull down a parody of Michelangelo’s Adam and God, first saying that the genitals of Adam were offensive but then following that up with a complaint that it was offensive […]
A bit of disclosure first: I am a white male academic. I don’t have to deal with the problems that women have to face. However, I am a feminist. I think that women are just as capable as men in all aspects of life and since I have daughters the idea of someone discriminating against […]
I have been looking for a decent pro-Christianity book for a long time, and whenever I ask Christians to recommend a book to me, I get a plethora of suggestions. This of course is no surprise; everyone will respond and appreciate books in different ways. However, one book that kept popping up was C.S. Lewis’ […]
In short, not a lot. To get you into the festive mood, in this article I’m going to explore a few traditions associated with Christmas and see where they really originate from. Date Let’s start with arguably one of the most important aspects of the season. You’d think that, when celebrating the birth of an […]
By Héctor Pérez-Urbina originally posted at http://hekanibru.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/on-the-unjust-and-ephemeral-nature-of-life/ Once I stopped believing in God as understood by Christianity, the religious ideas regarding heaven and hell fell apart. Some time after that, by carefully and skeptically considering the existence of the soul, I came to the conclusion that it is quite likely that the soul does not exist either and, […]
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