When a person asks: what is the best book to read for people considering atheism the answer is generally The Bible. Richard Dawkins says “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction.” Isaac Asimov wrote “The Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” According to […]
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The treaty of Tripoli 1797
In 1797, the U.S. Congress ratified the Treaty of Tripoli. This was at a time when the Congress still consisted of many of our founding fathers. It was also a time when the U.S., a country with many Christians, was at odds with an entity consisting largely of Muslims. As part of that treaty these […]
Theodicy
Theodicy is the attempt to justify how an omniscient, all-powerful, benevolent god could allow such apparent evils like the Holocaust. Many have tried to explain theodicy but it is a bit like getting the square peg in the circular hole. Theodicy can be explained by saying the world is as good as it can be. […]
Lack of evidence
So here is my first post for the issue at hand: maybe there is no god. Even if you believe in one god, how do you know it isn’t just one of the hundreds of gods previously hypothesized. http://atheism.wikia.com/wiki/How_many_gods%3F For several thousand years humans have tried to show that god exists. The results of all […]
Why “Maybe” There is no god
I wanted to start a blog to discuss various aspects of atheism. I am an atheist. There was no big climatic event that made me so. In fact, it seems like those big events lead people to religion, e.g. Paul on the road to Damascus. And while I am the result of 16 years of […]