Tag Archives: Atheism
I Am An Atheist
The following is a cut and paste from this article on atheismandme.com. Those of you who have followed this blog for a while will likely recognize some of the content from earlier posts on thinkthatthrough. The reason isn’t simple laziness, … Continue reading
Are Atheists Immoral: Part 1
First, a one-minute video: Whew! I thought she was serious at first too! The first fifteen seconds are exactly what I’ve heard over and over (and over and over) from religious people. There appear to be only three ways to … Continue reading
Logical Fallacies 101: Special Pleading
I already touched on this fallacy in my post about the Appeal to Ignorance, but I wanted to cover it in more depth. The way to spot a general use of the Special Pleading fallacy is to notice when someone … Continue reading
Why Richard Dawkins Wont Debate William Lane Craig
The original text can be found here. I think he makes his case satisfactory with this one sentence, ”That would look great on your CV, not so good on mine”. This is basically why I think that science shouldn’t engage pseudoscience … Continue reading
James Randi: Science Will Never Support Religion
Just a two minute video today. More James Randi stuff! I figured that, since I’m not writing a real post I might as well post something that might be considered controversial. This is part of an interview with Randi done … Continue reading
Reader Feedback – What’s Up With Faith?
The following comes from a comment on this post about faith. Since a cogent reply will easily be long enough to fill a post, I figured that this was the best way to go about it. The feedback is several … Continue reading
What’s Up With Faith?
[I've been doing lots of posts on religion lately, but it's sort of a coincidence. This blog isn't going to devolve into a tirade on religion. I guess I've just had a few thoughts running through my head on this … Continue reading
My “De-Conversion” Story
Most atheists that I’ve met were religious at some point in their lives. They either stopped because it didn’t make sense or an incident caused them to be skeptical and God couldn’t withstand skeptical scrutiny. I’m not sure if I … Continue reading
The Fine-Tuning Argument
I think Dr. Tyson might be a little too hard on Earth, but his point is solid enough to support my argument. Obviously the Earth has the requisite conditions for life, or we wouldn’t all be here (This is called … Continue reading
The Ultimate Boeing 747 Gambit
This is a famous argument made by Richard Dawkins in his 2006 best seller The God Delusion. In order for someone who isn’t familiar with this to follow me, it’ll need some background explanation. First off, the credit for the … Continue reading
