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81Freedom from Belief - Religious and Scientific 'Truth'
It is possible, desirable and liberating to dispense with belief. This is not a new thesis. Bertrand Russell, one of the most quotable of philosophers, said "I do not believe in belief". Nor do I.
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76What Does Agnostic Mean?
Agnostic is a term created by the English zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 – 1895) in 1869. The word agnostic comes from the combining of two Greek words, a which means without and gnosis which...
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74Stregheria
Strega (or Liquore Strega), is an Italian herbal liqueur containing saffron, mint and fennel made as an after dinner drink. Sometimes called "the witch" in English because of the legends of Stregheria,...
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75The Letter I Will Send - To My Son on his 18th Birthday
Margaret Blair Young is a self-proclaimed writer who contributes many of her pieces to a Mormon blog called By Common Consent. I do not know Margaret. We have never met and probably never will. I have read...
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75Faith And Reason - Are They Compatible?
The fact of the matter is, comparing faith and reason is like comparing apples and oranges. They are completely different ways of gauging reality. Faith, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, is...
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75An Atheists Guide to Religion
Unfortunately people who have previously either not been interested in religion or only vaguely spiritual often come to religion due to the efforts of many religions and sects who actively recruit new members....
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73Determinism - what does Free Will even mean?
As a person who makes decisions every day, you probably operate under the (very useful) assumption that you have something called Free Will. But what does Free Will really mean? If we imagine a person,...
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73Jefferson's bible: Most sublime and benevolent
Thomas Jefferson edited the King James bible. He removed all references to divinity, leaving only a moral and philosophical guide.
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71A Reconciliation of Faith and Reason
The word “faith” has come to possess numerous - and mostly pejorative – connotations, especially amongst those in the scientific community. Common among those associations are ignorance and intolerance...
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73Justify your existence. Include references from non-religious texts.
Justify Your Existence -- at a glance this statement could mean either of the following. Why am I alive? Who put me here? What's the meaning of life? What do I do to make the world a better a place...
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