I’ve been able to see the first two episodes, and definitely plan to watch the following eleven. I haven’t watched the original yet, so I really don’t know how it compares. I can compare Cosmos with Bill Nye’s show from the 90’s and with David Attenborough documentaries. With the ship of the imagination, it is … More New COSMOS with Neil deGrasse Tyson
While considering what to blog about next, I decided to google “hard questions for atheists”, inspired by a link I have in my bookmarks bar of Hard Questions for Theists. I discovered a list on carm by Matt Slick, and remembering that site in particular having been recommended by one of my readers, I elected … More Answering Matt Slick’s Questions for Atheists
What would you believe if you could choose the truth? Would you want there to be a god or gods? If so, what would that god or gods be like? Why? I really have two answers to this question. One is that I would choose Catholicism because then I would have been right for the … More What would you believe if you could choose the truth and why?
Every once in a while, somebody will float the idea that atheists believe in love without evidence, so accepting that god loves you without evidence shouldn’t be a problem. I have several issues with this “argument”. I don’t believe in love without evidence. If someone doesn’t show by their actions that they care, or at … More “But You Believe in Love!”
I swear I’m not trying to make all of my titles questions; it just happens that my best title idea for a given topic keeps ending up a question. I have had the argument multiple times (usually with atheists) about whether there is or even can be scientific evidence for a god. From those discussions, … More Can Scientific Evidence for a God Exist?
My reasoning rejects the idea of blind faith. If “God” cannot accept that I will not worship him on blind faith, he is not the god I was raised to worship and serve, for he does not understand me at all. And if the god who exists does not love and understand me, why should … More Is the belief in a god something I must accept only on faith?
You are offered $1,000,000 for the following act: Before you are ten pistols–only one of which is loaded. You must pick up one of the pistols, point it at your forehead, and pull the trigger. If you can walk away you do so a millionaire. Would you accept the risk? Short answer: Yes, it’s a … More Would you accept the risk?
Just a few short years ago, this was a day of significance for me. Now, it almost sneaks up on me. At age 12, I committed to reading the Bible on this day, foolishly thinking I could read an entire book of the Old Testament every day of Lent. It took 6 months, not 40 … More Ash Wednesday: A Reflection
This is the deeper explanation for reason number 8 on my list of reasons I do not accept Christianity. I’m not going in order because the order is entirely unimportant. Once again, I know that not every denomination teaches views that disagree with those I present here, but these are the only views I can … More Is Birth Control Immoral?
I’ve decided that the best way to illustrate the person that I was is to copy a couple of old posts of mine. In their original publicized form, they were an introduction to a project I was putting on facebook at the time – the same project that has become this blog, as you’ll see. … More A Portrait of the Author, Circa 2009
The Complete History of the Universe: A Personal Journey 