To many atheists the word “Supernatural” is synonymous with Magic. And of course Magic is synonymous with “Nonsense” making any further discussion somewhat pointless. If however naturalism is correct, it will eventually lead to the supernatural. It’s quite simple actually:

Most religions of the world believe that the human soul is itself a supernatural entity without which out biological bodies would be insufficient to account for our self-awareness. Naturalists of course reject this view. To them every aspect of who we ...

This is a collection of videos that discuss some potential explanations for how our universe came to exist. Please suggest any other good videos to add to the collection.

I am finally able to sit down and write this and I apologize for the long delay.

In this post I will try to answer the question regarding which of three views, if any, I am arguing for.

The three views as described by Charles and Clifford are as follows:

a) That since God gave us life He could take it away any time regardless of any other factors.

b) That people are guilty because of Adam’s sin regardless of whether they have done ...

I decided to start a new post on the Amalekite Genocide in order to reduce the clutter below. But before I return to the discussion, I want to spend a little time explaining what I consider to be the correct approach to this topic and why.

I already mentioned that the topic can be broken into three parts: 1) God’s general right to kill, 2) God’s right to kill groups of people ...

Many theists consider the argument from morality a very effective argument against atheism. I don’t. I believe it is perfectly possible for atheists to develop a sound moral framework (it wouldn’t be an argument even if it wasn’t). I have some idea of how I would do it if I were an atheist.

But I have yet to hear any atheist give me a good explanation of naturalistic morality so I am curious in any atheist has one. Now I am ...

Invariably, when I talk to atheists long enough, someone will feel the burden to explain to me exactly what atheism is or isn’t. Since I rather this conversation not distract from other topics I created a special place for it here.

I generally respect Atheism as a concept. When life’s difficulties hit home, they certainly bring with them doubts regarding the existence of God. And, more than this, the religions of the world including Christianity tend to be filled with nonsensical beliefs as well as deplorable actions mixed in with the good. I often say that Atheism is God’s gift to the intellectually lazy religiosity of modern times.

But I do have a problem with atheists when it comes to some of ...

This is a continuation of a conversation that was started on the blog of one of my favorite atheist podcasts, Reasonable Doubts. You can find it here.

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I am focusing on the one point because it is the primary point under debate. Everything else is secondary and entirely dependent on what is concluded about the primary point. The primary question under discussion here is whether God is reprehensible for taking life. The tendency is to muddy the waters ...