January 2012
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Taxonomy vs. The Bible
Addax (Light-colored, large Saharan antelope) - Deuteronomy 14:5
Native to the Northern regions of Africa.
Ant - Proverbs 6:6; 30:25
Antelope - Deuteronomy 14:5; Isaiah 51:20
Ape - 1 Kings 10:22
Apes and baboons were amongst the exotic commodities in the trading ships mentioned in the verse. Perhaps an actual event incorporated into a work of fiction.
Bald Locust - Leviticus 11:22
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December 2011
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To All of My Followers: New and Old
deconversionmovement:
If you see: thenewenlightenmentage started following you, that means that I have chosen to return the favor. I cannot follow from this blog. That’s what I get for putting them under the same email. Yes, one of my grandest of regrets. Thank you all for following. If I don’t follow your blog, please don’t take it personally. If you would like for me to return the...
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Atheism and Beauty →
religiousragings:
conartwork asked you: 2011-12-29 09:57
thanks for the thoughtful answer to my last question! I consider myself UU theist, my relationship with God doesn’t change whether or not someone else believes. I know atheists do not believe in god, and I have heard plenty of evidence supporting why, but what I have always wanted to hear about was how atheism helps people cope. I...
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Not So Scientific Facts 37
Pest control (Leviticus 25:1-24). Farmers are plagued today with insects. Yet God gave a sure-fire remedy to control pests centuries ago. Moses commanded Israel to set aside one year in seven when no crops were raised. Insects winter in the stalks of last year’s harvest, hatch in the spring, and are perpetuated by laying eggs in the new crop. If the crop is denied one year in seven, the...
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“I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of...”
– Ruth Hurmence Green
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“Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.”
– Claude Bernard (1813-1878)
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“I studied every page of this book, and I didn’t find enough love to fill a...”
– Ruth Hurmence Green
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“Science extends and enriches our lives, expands our imagination and liberates us...”
– Accepted as a proposal by the Council of the American Physical Society 11/15/98
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Not So Scientific Facts 36
The Pleiades and Orion star clusters described (Job 38:31). The Pleiades star cluster is gravitationally bound, while the Orion star cluster is loose and disintegrating because the gravity of the cluster is not enough to bind the group together. 4,000 years ago God asked Job, “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion?” Yet, it is only recently that we...
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“Among mammals, a virgin birth (parthenogenesis) can only produce female...”
– Frank Zindler
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“But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...”
– Thomas Jefferson
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“My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies...”
– George Santayana
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“It’s an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in...”
– Gloria Steinem
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“The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief...”
– A.A. Milne
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Not So Scientific Facts 35
Animals do not have a conscience (Psalm 32:9). A parrot can be taught to swear and blaspheme, yet never feel conviction. Many animals steal, but they do not experience guilt. If man evolved from animals, where did our conscience come from? The Bible explains that man alone was created as a moral being in God’s image.
http://www.eternal-productions.org/101science.html
9 Do not be like the...
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“Since the publication of my first book “The End of Faith,” thousands of people...”
– Sam Harris
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“Most people (scientists included) treat the God question separate from all these...”
– Michael Shermer
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Biblical Inconsistency: Saul's Death
How did Saul die?
4 Then Saul said to the one who carried his battle-clothes, “Take your sword and cut through me with it. Or these men who have not gone through our religious act will come and kill me with the sword and make fun of me.” But the one who carried his battle-clothes would not do it, for he was filled with fear. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.
1 Samuel 31:4
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If You Commit Suicide, You Will Go To Hell: Says...
This is an assertion that came to mind today. When I was a Christian, I blindly believed the assertion, albeit without Bible verses to support it. Thus, I have done some research and lo and behold, I have found verses said to support the assertion. However, one will notice that they do not support the claim.
16 Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself? 17 Do...
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“It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.”
– Noam Chomsky
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You Can't Create Something Out Of Nothing... →
religiousragings:
…therefore god must exist. And god created the universe. But there was nothing with which to create the universe, and you can’t create something out of nothing. But god created something out of nothing. So therefore it must be possible to create something out of nothing. But if you can create something out of nothing, then you don’t need god to exist to create the...
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Why I Am An Atheist
I think to explain why I’m atheist, I should start by explaining a little bit about who I was growing up.:
I grew up in a Jewish household. Neither of my parents were very religious, but I knew that I was Jewish. I celebrated Hanukkah, Passover, and Rosh Hashanah. I could recite the Hanukkah prayers when I was little. I knew that I was different—I thought that it was just because I...
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Why I Am An Atheist
Probably different from most peoples responses, I did not grow up in a religious home. Both my parents while probably not complete atheists both did grow up in religious households and from their negatives experiences with them have rejected organized religion. My mom in particular was subjected to a roman catholic schooling which she was appalled by. She did not want us to go through the abuse...
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To My Followers or Anyone Who Stumbles Upon This... →
deconversionmovement:
deconversionmovement:
deconversionmovement:
deconversionmovement:
As I approach another benchmark, I will like for you guys to submit a response answering the above question. I’m genuinely curious. I want to hear your stories. Don’t worry, you guys will definitely hear mine as well. Before the night is over, I will make my best attempts to write my story in the…
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“…if we offer too much silent assent about mysticism and superstition – even when...”
– Carl Sagan
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breakthrough-by-design asked: I pay people to say your blog is wonderful. ;)
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rapidfireredhead asked: Your page is wonderful.
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“I don’t care if religious people consider me amoral because I lack their beliefs...”
– Wendy Kaminer, “No Atheists Need Apply,” The Atlantic, Jan. 13, 2010.
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“I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of...”
– Linus Torvalds, Linux Journal, Nov. 1, 1999
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