Freethought & Religion
  • It seems that temporal lobe epilepsy creates electrical storms in the brain that stimulates an adjacent area (now identified as the God Module). Many of these epileptics are hyper-religious.

    Epilepsy, the God Module and Muhammad

    It seems that temporal lobe epilepsy creates electrical storms in the brain that stimulates an adjacent area (now identified as the God Module). Many of these epileptics are hyper-religious.

  • There are some really good points covered: particularly the secular nature of our constitution and the the break it represents from the divine authority previously assumed by governments.

    God in the Constitution

    There are some really good points covered: particularly the secular nature of our constitution and the the break it represents from the divine authority previously assumed by governments.

  • The brevity of life doesn't bother me either. It's nature's way of telling me to enjoy myself or achieve something or help somebody in need. If death is the end of everything, then living is everything.

    Perspective on Heaven and Hell

    The brevity of life doesn’t bother me either. It’s nature’s way of telling me to enjoy myself or achieve something or help somebody in need. If death is the end of everything, then living is everything.

  • The religious/legal/political ideology of Islam needs to be reformed before change (much less, peace) can come. The first thing that needs to change is the subjugation of women.

    Islam and the Subjugation of Women

    The religious/legal/political ideology of Islam needs to be reformed before change (much less, peace) can come. The first thing that needs to change is the subjugation of women.

  • If there is a God, does anybody really think we can hoodwink him into thinking we believe in him when we don’t?  Believing in God AND thinking you can fool him is just plain nuts.

    Pascal’s Wager

    If there is a God, does anybody really think we can hoodwink him into thinking we believe in him when we don’t? Believing in God AND thinking you can fool him is just plain nuts.

  •  Sagan thinks we might be recalling this embryonic period when we describe feeling “at one with the universe” during a spiritual experience, out-of-body experience or near-death experience.

    Carl Sagan’s ‘Amniotic Universe’

    Sagan thinks we might be recalling this embryonic period when we describe feeling “at one with the universe” during a spiritual experience, out-of-body experience or near-death experience.

  • The Quran weaves Jihad against infidels inextricably into the fabric of Islam. It is more than a tenet of belief, it’s the moral responsibility of all Muslims. The terrorists ARE following the Quran. Islam is a rabid dogma.

    Confusing Morality with Religion

    The Quran weaves Jihad against infidels inextricably into the fabric of Islam. It is more than a tenet of belief, it’s the moral responsibility of all Muslims. The terrorists ARE following the Quran. Islam is a rabid dogma.

  • Most people believe that dictionaries define words for us.  But it’s the other way around.  We, by our actual usage of words, tell dictionary lexicographers how to define them.

    What Atheism SHOULD Mean

    Most people believe that dictionaries define words for us.  But it’s the other way around.  We, by our actual usage of words, tell dictionary lexicographers how to define them.

  • Traditionally, any priest could perform exorcisms to cast the Devil out of a possessed person but 3 years ago the Vatican decreed that such purging should be left to professional exorcists.

    The Vatican Battles Satanism

    Traditionally, any priest could perform exorcisms to cast the Devil out of a possessed person but 3 years ago the Vatican decreed that such purging should be left to professional exorcists.

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