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I think it is likely that there is a god, but no miracles, no afterlife and no revealed scripture. It is because of the universe's apparent fine-tuning. Does this disqualify me from full FDR club membership? I hope so. I'm not much of a joiner, no matter how much I admire Stef.
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I was raised catholic and have not been agnostic since my teen years and have been atheist for the past 3-4 years (a total of 11-12 years as a non-chistian). Recently I have been thinking about formally renoucing my faith. From what I understand you can contact the archdioscese where you were baptized...
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At a party last night, I was with a group of six or so people that went to a dark room to tell ghost stories. At the insistence of the group, I spun a yarn to live up to my reputation as a story-teller. After another guy told us about how the laser tag place he works at is haunted, I dramatically shared...
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Now, understandably, anarchism strikes me as a fairly extreme position. Being extreme isn't intrinsically bad, but it's just so "out there" that it seems as if it couldn't possibly work. Of course, this isn't a valid argument against anarchism, but an emphasis on caution. After...
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i think that there will always be people justifying irrationality in the face of logic proof that they are wrong. "dinosaur fossils? GOD put those here to test our faith!" if god is logically, completely, rationally disproven, somebody will say, "disproof of GOD? GOD made that proof possible...
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Faith: 1. Opposite of reason. 2. Any beliefs that are not 100% supported by facts and evidence. 3. Glorified Ignorance.
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I have been having a debate with a friend of mine about this statement he came accross in his psych class. He believes that the researchers that have come to this conclusion have proved that faith is a valid path to happiness. I have been debating the validity of the research without much success. Have...
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We all believe things and justify many belifs based on evidence that they are true. However why do we believe that such evidence is true? How do we really know it is true? Do you for example believe that there are 9 known planets in the solar system? If so is it simply because astronomers say that there...
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Thoughts on your Sam Harris Podcast I'm a bit behind on the podcasts, so forgive my delay in posting this. I'm a big fan of both your libertarian ideals as well as Sam's assault on superstition, so reconciling your two view points is quite interesting for me. You threw some barbs his way...
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