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• Is ‘Hindu Atheism’ Valid? A Rationalist Critique Of The ‘Hindu’ Identity’s Usurpation Of Indian Culture

  
  Nirmukta — Authority: 413
  Many Indians intellectuals who don’t believe in supernatural gods or powers fail to separate their non-belief from the ‘Hindu’ identity. The desire to belong to a dominant cultural group is so strong in us that these so-called ‘Hindu Atheists’ invent the most convoluted justifications for their acceptance ...
  8 hours ago

• Terminology Tuesday: Naturalism, Natural Theology

  
  Apologetics 315 — Authority: 558
  Naturalism, Natural Theology : Naturalism sometimes refers to a form of atheism and materialism that maintains that the "natural" universe (composed of energy and matter and based on natural laws) is the sum total of reality, thereby negating human freedom, absolute values and, ultimately, existential meaning. As an ...
  4 days ago

• 8 Little Foxes that Spoil the Churchs Vines 5

  
  Jesus Creed — Authority: 638
  In their new book, Hidden Worldviews: Eight Cultural Stories That Shape Our Lives , Steve Wilkens and Mark Sanford examine cultural scripts that work against the gospel work in the Church.  Our theme today: scientific naturalism. The motto: "Only matter matters." We are back to the world of RJS: ...
  1 week ago

• Free Will Skepticism: Where Are the Skeptics?

  
  Nirmukta — Authority: 413
  Note: This article first appeared in the CFN Newsletter for September - October 2009. There’s nothing that skeptics enjoy more than a good debunking. Set up a big fat target and let the fun begin: How could anyone believe that nonsense? Or pose an apparently insuperable challenge: prove that you have ...
  1 week ago

• Rosenberg on Naturalism

  
  Richard Carrier Blogs — Authority: 100
  In my previous post I discussed my involvement as a commentator on a recent provocative article by Alex Rosenberg (see Rosenberg on History). At the time I had been asked to cut my word count by moving my discussion of Rosenbergs strange take on history as a science to my blog (which you can find in that previous ...
  1 week ago

• The rules of science

  
  Open Parachute — Authority: 510
  PZ Myers has a great post Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Intelligent Design. It briefly discusses, and disposes of, some of the most common intelligent design (ID) arguments. And does it so clearly. He is a great writer – and I just don’t know how gets time to write so well and do all the ...
  1 week ago

• COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 9. How Did Complex Molecules Like Proteins and DNA Emerge Spontaneously?

  
  Nirmukta — Authority: 413
  Note: For previous parts to Dr. Wadhawan’s series on complexity check out the ‘Related Posts’ found at the bottom of this article. How could the blind forces of Nature create large and highly information-laden molecules like DNA and proteins just by random processes? DNA carries information for the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rosenberg on History

  
  Richard Carrier Blogs — Authority: 100
  I was invited by Gary Comstock to comment on philosopher Alex Rosenbergs interesting and provocative article on the implications of naturalism, "The Disenchanted Naturalist’s Guide to Reality," at OnTheHuman.org.I stated eight objections as an invited commentator at that site, but due to word limits I was unable to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Participate in Atheism and Secularity Research

  
  Heaving Dead Cats — Authority: 416
  This entry is part 20 of 20 in the series Research and Studies I can’t remember who twittered this yesterday, but I noticed this site: The Center for Atheist Research . Want to help researchers learn about atheists, brights and humanists and how we think? I took the atheist survey yesterday and it was quite ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Disenchanted Naturalist’s Guide to Reality

  
  sympoze - Published news — Authority: 115
  Alex Rosenbergs "précis of an argument that naturalism forces upon us a very disillusioned take on reality."
  2 weeks ago

• Atheism as ‘Gateway Drug’ to Drifting Away

  
  Athanatos Christian Apologetics Ministry — Authority: 124
  As of this writing, I am facilitating a course/discussion regarding the decline of Christianity in America .  Someone made a point in the discussion that is similar to one I’ve made previously… but I can’t find where I made it so I’m making it anew.  The question begins with a look at the measured ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obsessive-Compulsive Religion

  
  Nirmukta — Authority: 413
  The solution to a social problem has itself become a problem In my previous article I wrote that all current irrational beliefs, and behaviors rooted in them, served a perfectly rational purpose some time in the remote past, but they serve no useful purpose in the present time. What we call religion today was in ...
  3 weeks ago

• COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 8. Evolution of Chemical Complexity

  
  Nirmukta — Authority: 413
  ( Note: All previous parts in the Complexity Explained series by Dr. Vinod Wadhawan can be accessed through the ‘Related Posts’ listed below the article. ) How did life originate on Earth? Chemical or molecular evolution preceded the emergence of life. Under the influx of low-entropy energy from the Sun, ...
  4 weeks ago

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