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The cosmological argument and Free Will

By On June 19, 2016 · Leave a Comment

This is my second post on Free Will. My first can be found HERE.

The cosmological argument is seen by many theists as strong evidence for the existence of god. There are quite a few variations, but the crux of the matter is summed up by Christian William Lane Craig thusly:

Whatever begins to […]

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The illusion of Free Will

By On June 9, 2016 · 5 Comments

Free Will is central to Christianity. The idea that we are held accountable for our actions is only just if we can freely choose our thoughts, words and deeds. It would be monstrous of God to punish us if we are not in control of what we think, say and do. The following posts (this […]

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Spending time with Jesus in Heaven

By On February 28, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Tom Gilson at the Ratio Christie blog has made a couple of threads talking about the morality of atheists versus the morality of Christians. He is examining the argument that atheists are more moral because the good works they do in this life are not motivated by rewards in the next. Mr Gilson […]

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The Scandinavian Sceptic

By On January 25, 2016 · Leave a Comment

This is part of The Atheist Who Exists series.

Chapter 2 of Andy Bannister’s The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist is subtitled “Why Atheism Really is a Belief System”. He opens the chapter with a fictional conversation with a friend who tells him that he doesn’t believe in Sweden. When Mr Bannister asks for evidence his friend […]

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Spotlight – A Movie Review + What else are we missing?

By On January 21, 2016 · 6 Comments

My older brother, Kerod, scored free tickets to a preview screening of ‘Spotlight’, and because he’s a good man (and his wife was indisposed) he asked me to join him. I did so immediately, even though I had not heard of the film or new it’s subject matter. After all, it’s a free movie preceded […]

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Divine Shield: 5 Ways Religion Protects Itself From Legitimate Criticism

By On December 12, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Reblog from The Nancy Drew PI blog.

No matter your faith or lackthereof, we all should want to believe things that are true. You can believe in something because it makes you feel good, or because it helps you be a better person, or any other number of reasons (I like to call these “Arguments […]

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The Lochness Monsters Moustache

By On November 19, 2015 · 1 Comment

This is part of The Atheist Who Exists series.

Chapter 1 of Andy Bannisters “The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist“, like any decent book, summarises the argument it is trying to make. In this case, it is the terrible consequences of the bad arguments atheists make, and it is summed up by the […]

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The atheist who exists

By On October 20, 2015 · 2 Comments

I listen to the Unbelievable podcast every week, a debate style show that has a Christian and non-Christian discussing a particular topic. The host and moderator, Justin Brierly, himself a Christian, does a tremendous job of keeping the discussion moving and the dialogue open, to equal opportunity to both sides of the argument. […]

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Just give each citizen a million bucks!

By On October 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment


This was bought to my attention on Facebook, and whilst the sincerity of the Meme makes it amusing, the real comedy is to be had in following the conversation between someone who believes that statement makes a valid point, and people trying to explain the basic math mistake they have made. The […]

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Podcast

Podcasts

By On January 22, 2015 · 2 Comments

Audiobooks (instead of music) have been my listening choice since before I owned my first iDevice. Libraries have a great selection of titles on CD, and I am a notoriously slow reader. It just made sense to me to use my travelling time to be absorbing books instead of repetitively listening […]

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