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People do get persecuted for their beliefs on a lot of issues. That's a historical fact. What you avow believing whether it be religious, political, or something else, it's a sure bet that many will disagree with you. And some people cannot handle disagreement and will turn to abuse, harassment...

I think we all agree that many people, especially those whose end is nigh, often end up living in pain in discomfort. Where we've disagreed is regarding what, if anything, can be done to help those who are always ill and possibly terminally ill. Many here have asserted, I think without much...

I'm opposed to the death penalty. I think it's barbaric and constitutes murder on the part of the state. Also, although we can release prisoners from jail if we discover they are innocent of the crime we found them guilty of, nobody can be released from death and that includes alleged criminals...

Many theists will tell you that the God they believe in is far beyond us humans in regard to morality, knowledge, and power. So although He may be personal in that He is concerned about us and seeks to commune with us as a person might, He is nevertheless infinitely greater than we are in His...

Intuitively, a set of all things seems very possible if not actual. After all, if there are things, then there is all things. All we need to do is define a set that we designate the set of all things, and we are done. Easy enough. But I'm afraid our intuition is failing us here. To see why we...

The stereotypical view of atheists is that they are a bunch of bitter spoilsports who since they cannot entertain comforting notions of a Daddy God, miracles of provision and protection, and hope for immortality, must ruin all the fun of the people who do entertain such notions. But I've had...

We all know that some atheists can be as irrational as any theist. I think that one of the reasons for this irrational thinking on the part of both atheists and theists is the reliance on belief or the lack of belief as the basis for their respective points of view. None of us as far as I know...

It has been proved that the set of all rational numbers is dense in the set of all real numbers. What this means is that if a and b are real numbers where a < b, then there is a rational number p/q such that a < p/q < b. In other words, there is a rational number between every two real numbers...

I think most of us will agree that we should respect people we encounter in our homes, at work, when shopping at the local supermarket, and anywhere else we might see people face-to-face. We refrain from cursing in public and obviously refrain from insulting people or calling them names. If we...

Say you were offered a great job working for a religious organization. The pay is high, the conditions are comfortable and safe, your coworkers are nice, friendly and trustworthy people, and the work is what you love to do! The only catch is that you are expected to accept the religious beliefs...

As we all know many religions have a hell doctrine. Like such religions have a heaven doctrine to entice and lure recruits into the religion with promised rewards, a hell doctrine is often used to frighten and goad unbelievers into belief with threatened punishment. I believe the two doctrines...

Some people have quipped that if atheism is a religion, then celibacy is a sex position. Yes, I think it's a stretch to categorize atheism as a religion because many people, atheists in particular, see their atheism as freedom from religion. If you have religion, then like anything else you may...

I've often heard the religious, Christians in particular, refer to a "God of atheism." Depending on where you get your definitions, "God of atheism" appears to be an oxymoron. Many atheists define themselves as people without belief in God(s). Other atheists might see themselves as those who...

Here's what one source has to say: If you ask atheists why they are outnumbered, they'll typically explain their being in the minority results from the tendency of people to be irrational and superstitious. They'll tell you that atheism does not offer hope of immortality, miracles, or...

Wikipedia defines the work ethic as: In other words, "work" is good and will make you a good person! Many people take this understanding of the work ethic a step further and see those who presumably don't work as lacking good character. They're lazy and take advantage of the efforts of others...

I might be very unusual, but I really have no ideological agendas in the normal sense of the term "ideological agenda." In other words, I have no set of ideas, beliefs, or dogmas that I love and defend. I just go with valid logic and evidence hoping that by doing so I will arrive at "the truth."...

Many Christian apologists argue that there must be a creator God who designed and made living things. As evidence, they might point to the structure of a cheetah. Cheetahs, in addition to sharp teeth and powerful jaws, come equipped with long legs, big lungs, and rudder-like tails that enable...

Nowadays a common definition for an "atheist" at least among those who consider themselves atheists is the following: atheist - a person who does not believe in any God(s) In recent years I've thought of some difficulties with this definition. It implies that an atheist has zero belief in...

I'd define "censorship" as the effort to silence speech, written or oral, and to hide away images that are seen to be offensive. The outward rationale for such censorship is that some speech is harmful if heard or read and some images are harmful if seen. The censors are invariably more powerful...

Atheists tend to see the idea of faith as weak, irrational, and the product of religion only while many of the religious think faith is quite sensible, universal and strong. I think that on this issue I must side with the religious. Faith doesn't need to be "blind," lacking in logic and evidence...