Testing God

God loves probability.

The moment God is proven to be real, is the moment we have evidence that he is not a god after all.

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Heart-Breaking Struggles

Today once again I was drawn in by the words of someone who has endured “heart-breaking” struggles in their life, convinced that God/Jesus/Spirit is working in their life, etc. This of course I can doubt, but not in any way that would be productive to them, me, or our relationship of cooperation. If they cannot separate their belief from their hope, any callous words I use can only be taken as an attempt to restore their despair. 

This why I from time to time like to remind others, as well as myself, that my interest is not in picking apart or exposing the foolishness of individual beliefs, but rather in testing the claims associated with God. 

Yes I do find humor in anti-religious memes, but please take no personal offense at my amusement. I do not take your struggle in life lightly and I appreciate the fact that your perspective currently validates your beliefs.

It is a fool that says in his heart, but it is an atheist that accepts the probability that, “There is no God

Wow!

Wow!

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One must set reasonable expectations…

One must set reasonable expectations…

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Interesting thoughts for today. Thank you!

Interesting thoughts for today. Thank you!

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Colbert and Don McElroy

charlatansandcynics:

Former Texas Board of Education Chairman Don McElroy’s appearance on The Colbert Report from Monday night.

McElroy was influential in the Texas board’s decision to re-write the school curriculum to favor conservative views.

This is Colbert at his wittiest. “I have always been a fan of reality by majority vote”.

Just watched The Revisionaries on Netflix

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atheistassessment:

What your god really hates

Touche.

atheistassessment:

What your god really hates

Touche.

Awesome

Awesome

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The Lord of the Bored and a Slave to the Beige: brief explanation of why I think atheism as a viewpoint essentially sucks

for-chips-and-for-freedom:

I reject any view which claims to have knowledge of the True Nature of Reality, be it organized religion of any sort, or atheism.

I find in general that many atheists are scientifically-driven individuals, which is cool and it means that science is a mainstream thing now, which would explain why…

One thing to understand is that we don’t always need direct observation in science. We can measure effects indirectly. For example particle collisions provide usable data without capturing, handling, or measuring where they originate from.

Secondly, to augment another good point you made, not being able to see bacteria a thousand years ago did not make it supernatural. Things we may never be able to see or directly observe are just that, unobservable - not things that are necessarily beyond what we consider part of the natural universe.

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