Category: Problems with Christianity

What Do You Believe?

November 14, 2014

Before I start, I’d like to discuss a bit of semantics. I typically try to use the terms “believe”, “think”, and “know” to indicate varying levels of certainty. Obviously, “know” is the highest level, where I have no reasonable doubt. “Think” is in between, indicating that I’m fairly sure I could back up whatever I’m … More What Do You Believe?

Response to the “I’m a Christian, you cannot change my mind” meme.

November 12, 2014

For today, I’m sharing a great short post by JT Eberhard. As he says, “I am an Atheist. You can ridicule me. You can torture me. You can kill me. But you don’t have to! Because you can change my mind. With EVIDENCE.” Personally, my mind was already changed away from Christianity because I realized … More Response to the “I’m a Christian, you cannot change my mind” meme.

Interpreting the Bible

November 6, 2014

Myself and many other atheists have a tendency to attack Christianity in ways that are very confusing to moderate or progressive Christians, that do not address what this type of Christian actually believes. I think there are many reasons for this. For one thing, many atheists came out of fundamentalist Christianity; I personally am not … More Interpreting the Bible

The sad, twisted truth about conservative Christianity’s effect on the mind

November 4, 2014

I’ve been putting in long hours at work lately, so I’m not really up to writing a good post tonight. Instead, I’m sharing this article. I wish to add only that much of it rings true with my experience, in particular the last couple of sections (about Christianity causing special damage to women and why … More The sad, twisted truth about conservative Christianity’s effect on the mind

Hell Is Immorral

October 31, 2014

The requirement of faith to avoid Hell is the least moral part of Christianity, or at least those forms of Christianity which preach Hell. For the purposes of this post, I am assuming a doctrine of Hell wherein those who either do not believe in Jesus or do not follow him are condemned to Hell; … More Hell Is Immorral

Faith vs Doubt

October 30, 2014

This post is largely inspired by my reading of A Faith Brief: A Lawyer’s Argument for Why Faith Prevails Over Doubt by Patrick M Garry, although I am unlikely to use quotes from the book for this. I was reading through it and adding commentary a bit over a year ago, but I stopped bothering with the … More Faith vs Doubt