Why Doesn’t Personal Experience Count As Evidence?

Jan 10, 2012 Comments Off by

I dislike categorising people into only two groups, but the conclusions I will draw in this article I find to be independent of this particular distinction, hence let us consider the assuredly religious and the decidedly non-religious. Of the many traits that separate the two groups, one which appears to be crucial, and which arises [...]

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Does Our Explanation Of Religion Compromise The Validity Of Its Statements?

Oct 16, 2011 2 Comments by

This is something which Peter Atkins once brought up in a debate with William Lane Craig. It is the idea that because we can explain why so many people are religious using evolutionary biology, sociology, and psychology, that therefore there is even less reason to think that religious statements are correct. Certainly the fact that [...]

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You’re Offended, So What?

Oct 13, 2011 Comments Off by

It is astounding how, even in intellectual debates, the notion is suggested that none of the participants may offend anyone else. Needless to say, it is consistently suggested by the very religious. But nobody has the right to not be offended, for one simple reason, that you can be offended by anything. You could take [...]

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Why Don’t Personal Experiences Count As Evidence?

Sep 02, 2011 Comments Off by

When citing the evidence they have for the existence of a god, many religious people will give examples of their own personal experience. On every such occasion, these references are discarded. The reason is simple. In science, all measurable effects are measured several times, often in several different ways by different scientists. The methods are [...]

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How Do We Defeat The Creationists?

Jul 10, 2011 Comments Off

Of all the insane religious people on the planet, the creationists, despite their extreme stupidity, seem to have managed to achieve much more than the others in terms of forcing their doctrine upon other people. The intelligent design mob have, in a way that’s almost commendable, managed to obscure their drivel so much underneath scientific language, [...]

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Religious Phrases – Should We Be Offended?

Jul 04, 2011 Comments Off

There are an assortment of religious phrases in common parlance in the English language, normally referencing god, and normally sprouting from Christianity, such as “oh my god”, “god bless you”, “dear lord” and the like. One of the most annoying side-effects of atheists using these phrases, is that strong but stupid anti-atheists tend to pick [...]

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