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Know Your Proofs of God

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:26:11 GMT

clipped by: Jorjor
clipper's remarks: Dedicated to all survivors of traditional Catholic education.

Tags: religion, theism, atheism, catholic, education, humor

What is Polytheism?

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:55:40 GMT

clipped by: zippunkygirl
clipper's remarks: I know of no religion that is truly monotheism. If they claim ONE true god they still worship its’ tri-nature.

Clip Source: www.gotquestions.org

Question: "What is polytheism?"

Answer: Polytheism is the belief that there are many gods. Breaking the word down, "poly" comes from the Greek word for "many" and "theism" from the Greek word for "God." Polytheism has perhaps been the dominant theistic view in human history. The most commonly known example of polytheism in ancient times is Greek / Roman mythology (Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Poseidon, etc.). The clearest modern example of polytheism is Hinduism, which has over 300 million gods. Although Hinduism is, in essence, pantheistic, it does hold to beliefs in many gods. It is interesting to note that even in polytheistic religions, one god usually reigns supreme over the other gods, i.e., Zeus in Greek / Roman mythology and Brahman in Hinduism.

The Boogey Man is Gonna Get Ya!

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:53:11 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: According to the review of this new book it seems the author is rehashing the same old discounted arguments over what he dubs the "New Atheism". Using fear and misdirection it seems once again to be a weak attempt to defend the indefensible by a christian apologist.

Clip Source: www.towersonline.net

In “Atheism Remix: A Christian Confronts the New Atheism” (Crossway), Mohler engages the central arguments of four contemporary atheists, whom he calls “The Four Horseman of the Atheist Apocalypse:” Oxford University scientist Richard Dawkins, Tufts University philosopher Daniel Dennett, author Sam Harris and pundit Christopher Hitchens.

Mohler, who serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, chose Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens because “they are four figures who have especially come to embody the New Atheist movement.”

The new atheism is marked by:
· An unprecedented new boldness.
· A clear and specific rejection of the Christian God of the Bible.
· An explicit rejection of Jesus Christ.
· Arguments grounded in science.
· A refusal to tolerate even moderate and liberal forms of theism.
· An attack on the toleration of any form of religion.
· A questioning of the right of parents to instill religious beliefs in their children.

Tags: christian, religion, book, atheist

Why do people laugh at Creationists? (NOT by thundf00t)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:35:41 GMT

clipped by: Nikk1
clipper's remarks: Viva la Evolution!

Clip Source: www.atheistrev.com

i saw on your blog that you like to talk about the religion of evolution and trick people by using big words and pretending that science actually proves evolution. I dont know any science or anything and even i know evolution isnt real. for one it isnt in the bible the bible said god made everything in 6 days, not millions of years. second, when we go to the zoo we cant talk to monkies, if we used to be monkies why cant we talk to them? three, how could a monkey become a person over billions of years when they dont live that long? AND why are there still monkies if they turned into people? five, even darwin said he was wrong. on his death bed he converted to christianity and said evolution was a hoax. If there is any science that makes it look like evolution is real then it has to be either a hoax by EVILutionists or put there by god to find out who believes in him.

Tags: creationism, dumb, stupid, evolution, religion, atheism, theism, jesus, bible, darwin

More A-Theists Than We Realize

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:59:37 GMT

clipped by: arifsali

Clip Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com

The problem with this question is in the definition of an atheist. Literally, that word means “not to believe in a theistic deity.”

Theism is attached to the concept of an external, supernatural deity, who intervenes in human history to accomplish some divine purpose or to answer prayers. In the light of the work of Galileo, who made the theistic God above the sky homeless, and Isaac Newton, who rendered the theistic God to be unemployed, theism has come on bad days.

Theism, however, is not God; it is a human definition of God that is dated and inadequate. Professional theologians hardly ever talk about a theistic God, yet none of them are atheists in the sense of asserting that there is no God.

It is a pity that theological knowledge so seldom makes it down to the people in the pews. It seems from this Pew Survey, however, that it might be making it in the ranks of the atheists.

Former Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Newark

God vs The Bible

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:13:00 GMT

clipped by: Cartwheel

Clip Source: godvsthebible.com

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Tags: god, bible, theism, deism

Theist Quotes - a collection from various forums

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:30:25 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: This doesn't even scratch the surface! Most of it is hilarious, and sad, that people can be so intellectually impoverished.

I left off the names because they are probably embarrassing by now, assuming these people have improved their thinking.

But the site (and shown here is a very short sample) credits the source and the person (otherwise you might not believe it with your own eyes)!

Clip Source: www.rebas.se

Plagues are good and God knows this. Without them he couldn't teach us how to stop them.

One does not have to read well, one merely must believe; often the mentally challenged are quicker to believe than others.

Your belief is reality. I've yet to see anybody prove that reality exists.

Atheism is a bizaare claim. I percieve it the same as if someone told me they could not make themselves invisible.

look at the queen ant and you will see God in action. The queen ant is like God in a way with all the ants working to keep her alive.

And in fact, what is objective reality anyway, other than a myth that some people called scientists decide to believe in.

As for the 'stories' in the Bible. They are all true... at least those that have happened.

why do atheist so desperately try to hold on to reality? what are you afraid of?

I took 1st year high school algebra, which is all a person needs to know in order to prove Einstein and his disciples wrong.

Tags: theism, religion, atheism, atheist, quotes, bible, god

Heathen Tv

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:47:05 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: heathen.tv

Tags: heathens, infidels, rabblerousers, interesting

Renowned atheist "suspends disbelief"

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:18:59 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: "I have followed the policy of Plato's Socrates: We must follow the argument wherever it leads."

Clip Source: www.journeywithjesus.net

Four months ago the British philosopher Anthony Flew shocked the world when he announced that he had, in the felicitous phrase made famous by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "willfully suspended disbelief."

based upon the scientific evidence of the complexity in nature, he believes it is likely that some super-intelligence or first cause something like Aristotle's "god" created the universe

compares his beliefs to those of Einstein who believed in "an Intelligence that produced the integrative complexity of creation." Flew believes in evolution but thinks it cannot account for the ultimate origins of life. His ideas, he says, bear some similarity to the Intelligent Design movement.

he was, according to the Times Literary Supplement, "one of the most renowned atheists of the past half-century, whose papers and lectures have formed the bedrock of unbelief for many adherents."

"I have followed the policy of Plato's Socrates: We must follow the argument wherever it leads."

Tags: theism, god, religion, atheism, news

Ben Stein Smart Bombs Darwinian Bunker

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:58:54 GMT

clipped by: Efrain Alvarado

Clip Source: expelledthemovie.com

Stein’s one-on-one interview with Richard Dawkins, the dashing Brit who has made a small fortune as the world’s most visible neo-Darwinist.

To his credit, and to the utter discomfort of the public education establishment, Dawkins does not shy from discussing the atheistic implications of Darwinism.

Indeed, Dawkin’s anti-deity call to arms, The God Delusion, has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Where Dawkins wanders into a black hole of his own making is in his discussion of the origins of life on earth.

To Stein’s astonishment, Dawkins concedes that life might indeed have a designer but that designer almost assuredly was a more highly evolved being from another planet, not “God.”

Stein does not respond. He does not need to. For the past hour of the film, the audience has met one scientist after another whose academic careers have been derailed for daring to suggest the possibility of intelligent design.

If only they had thought to put the designer on another planet!

Tags: expelled, benstein, richarddawkins, darwinism, theism, atheism

science/theology coming together

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:45:45 GMT

clipped by: jimbo1000
clipper's remarks: I have only clipped a very short piece but this article goes deeply into the subject. I find my religion needs scientific confirmation or at least is basically rational

Clip Source: cue2007.org

Removing the Stumbling Block for Theism

April 13th, 2008

Philip Clayton is an advocate for a view of the universe that is dynamic and always evolving. In a word, he is an “emergentist.”

Since graduating from Yale University in 1986 with a joint doctoral degree in philosophy and religious studies, Clayton has devoted his academic career to a bringing the worlds of science and religion closer together. His interest in emergence dates back to the mid-1990s when he began to think about how God relates to the world, and his research culminated in the book Mind and Emergence (2004).

Will the Clash of Faiths Go on Forever?

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:15:45 GMT

clipped by: Rasmus
clipper's remarks: Religious conflict rages on, despite claims we live in a "secular age" -- two authors explore the clash of beliefs.

This article reviews:

Divided by Faith: Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe by Benjamin J. Kaplan

God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

religious zealotry is out of control and ought to be reined in. The question is how to do it. On one side of the debate are the hards, those militant atheists who argue that the problem is not so much religious discord as religion itself, an idea that has given rise to repeated horrors not because it is misapplied or misunderstood but because it is false and therefore a poor guide to reality. Bad theories lead to bad outcomes, which is why the best way to deal with theism is to do to it what Copernicus did to Ptolemy, or Darwin to Lamarck -- finish it off as quickly as possible so the world can move on.

On the other side are the softs, those nice ecumenicists who contend that

Religion is

tolerable as long as it's not used as a justification to harass thy neighbor or condemn him to hell over minute theological differences.

Kaplan's version of how people got along in between the era's great battles and confrontations is not unimportant.

Tags: divided by faith, religion, zealotry, clash of faiths, ecumenism, religious tolerance, religious intolerance, christendom, islam, history of relgions

The Worlds Most Notorious Atheist Changes His Mind

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:18:38 GMT

clipped by: willhelm

Clip Source: www.amazon.com

There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind (Hardcover)

British philosopher Flew has long been something of an evangelist for atheism, debating theologians and pastors in front of enormous crowds. In 2004, breathless news reports announced that the nonagenarian had changed his mind. This book tells why. Ironically, his arguments about the absurdity of God-talk launched a revival of philosophical theists, some of whom, like Alvin Plantinga and Richard Swinburne, were important in Flew's recent conversion to theism. Breakthroughs in science, especially cosmology, also played a part: if the speed or mass of the electron were off just a little, no life could have evolved on this planet. Perhaps the arrogance of the New Atheists also emboldened him, as Flew taunts them for failing to live up to the greatness of atheists of yore.

Why atheists should care about religion

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:00:21 GMT

clipped by: deusdiabolus

Clip Source: www.freethoughtpedia.com

Atheists are actively discriminated against

Religion imposes its own arbitrary moral values in the form of laws restricting peoples' freedom

Atheists are forced to subsidize religion

Religion curtails freedom of speech and freedom of expression

Religion is actively and aggressively promoting war, conflict, oppression and prejudice

Religion stifles progress in all areas of science and society

Tags: religion, atheism, politics, theism, prejudice, science, conflict

Romney Won't Expose Cult

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:29:18 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: You can be sure that Romney's reluctance to disclose details of his his particular delusion is not an arbitrary decision. If the general public knew details of his wacky beliefs I'm sure they'd all have second thoughts about his ability to make sound, rational choices.

Oh wait! You say most of the people here believe in talking snakes and magic fruit? They'll not find the whole Smith scam story suspect? Well, never mind.........

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

CAMPAIGN TRACKER
Romney Says Religion Talk
Won't Dwell on Mormonism
December 4, 2007; Page A10

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said his long-awaited address on religion won't focus on demystifying Mormonism.

"I'm not gonna be giving a JFK speech," Mr. Romney told reporters in Manchester, N.H., yesterday, referring to the 1960 address by then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his bid as a Roman Catholic for the White House. "He gave the definitive speech, if you will, on discrimination relating to political campaigns." Mr. Romney, a Mormon, later said he hadn't read Mr. Kennedy's speech recently.

The former Massachusetts governor said his address slated for Thursday will concentrate on the "common heritage" of the country's founding fathers and "the faith which they had in a creator, not a specific religion."

And while many have waited for this speech since Mr. Romney announced his candidacy in January, he insisted that religion won't be a big issue in the race.

Tags: mormonism, romney, politics, theism