Category Archives: Faith

I Choose To Believe…

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Faith, Humor, Pictures, Science, Science Fiction | 51 Comments

Science vs Faith Flowchart

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Faith, Humor, Science | 9 Comments

Atheism in a Postmodern World

Posted on July 22, 2011 by vorjack

Modern atheism began about 150 years ago, when all the factors came together to make a lack of belief in a deity seem intellectually sustainable. But at the time, it was part of a diverse group of movements lumped together … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Faith | 78 Comments

The Faith Card

Posted on July 4, 2011 by vorjack

Arguments with Christians frequently end when the Christian plays the “faith card.” It’s basically a conversation stopper, “You can’t understand because you don’t have faith.” Consider this example from Pastor Steve of Stone the Preacher (courtesy of Michael Mock of … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Religion | 44 Comments

Religious Extinction?

Posted on March 25, 2011 by fatemeh

Here’s an interesting story from the Beeb, reporting on a study presented to an American Physical Society meeting in Dallas: “A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction… The study found a … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Math, Religion | 8 Comments

A question of morals.

Posted on October 14, 2010 by fatemeh

I get tired of typing out the same question to a certain brand of theist every time I debate them, so I thought I’d start a thread about it so I can just direct them here in future. I’ll start … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Christianity, Faith | 53 Comments

The slow death of a religious sect.

Posted on July 14, 2010 by fatemeh

News came out on Tuesday that the Church of England (CofE, what Americans would call the Episcopal Church) have decided to go ahead and ordain women bishops. To a secular person, that doesn’t seem like a big deal – gender … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Christianity, Faith, Fundamentalism, Persecution, Religion | 37 Comments

Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Faith, Pseudoscience, Science, Videos | 5 Comments

QotD: Belief

Posted on April 29, 2010 by vorjack

“It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.” Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), “On the Value of Scepticism” Question of the Day: Do you agree? Is it bad to hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Questions | 86 Comments

Fooling Ourselves

Posted on March 20, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack This morning I went looking for my keys and couldn’t find them. I was convinced that I’d left them on the desk. I had the memory of tossing them there, it made sense for me to do that … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith | 59 Comments