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The most fundamental of the christian sects believe that God preordains people and their actions. If he does it is interesting how many believing christians end up in the prisons for horrendous crimes. If we look in the book A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, we find this remarkable...

So far in this thread we have shown that God does not answer prayer and that religion is nothing more than superstition. Even so i still get believers who say "even if it isn't true religion is a moral guide that keeps mans evil tenancies in check". If this were true we should be able to see it...

Some of the overpopulation is religious ignorance taught by fat and happy catholics in Rome. Even as aid groups try to get these people to use condoms the LOCAL priests preach against it. http://www.condoms4life.org/facts/condomPolicy.htm “When priests preach against using contraception...

Look at that picture and think about this verse: Matthew chapter 6:25, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the...

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10545387/ Judge rules against ‘intelligent design’ ‘Religious alternative’ to evolution barred from public-school science classes HARRISBURG, Pa. - In one of the biggest courtroom clashes between faith and evolution since the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, a...

Your whole premise is falsified by this false statement. Evolution has purpose and direction. Survival.

Another good deconversion story as we study the premis that"once you believe you cannot not believe again" postulated by Maverick: Lee Salisbury A book recommendation... Like you, I too was once a devoted Christian fundamentalist. My Christian conversion in 1970 led me to forsake a very...

Good old Tobin Smith. Pissed because he led some more sheep to slaughter. That guy has a horrible track record and yet he is on fox every saturday morning talking like he is the guru from God.

Stay tuned, i have many more. I came from a christian background. This search for answers took me years. This thread could go on a long time. Unless i get bored with it.

This is my mission. To ask thoughtful questions that might get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it. Maybe God sent me here to do just that to you. A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets. -Arthur C. Clark

Craig Cunningham Another Familiar Story... Today, I received my first issue of The Skeptical Review, and found it to be fair and helpful. Until last December, I was the leader of a university student organization for 12 years until I hit the wall and left the ministry. My reasons for...

Mark Wenneborg A Familiar Story... As a former fundamentalist Christian turned skeptic, I continue debating and talking to my Christian friends and family. When I present to them reasons for my unbelief, they will invariably evade these reasons and postulate that some internal condition is...

Another good deconversion story as we study the premis that"once you believe you cannot not believe again" postulated by Maverick: Douglas R. Larson A Former Pastor... Within the past few months, I've been sitting in my study, reading, thinking, and absorbing material found on the...

Another good deconversion story as we study the premis that"once you believe you cannot not believe again" postulated by Maverick: Kelly The Emperor's Clothes... I have recently learned about your publication through your web site. Oddly enough, I learned about it through Greg Koukl's...

Another good deconversion story as we study the premis that"once you believe you cannot not believe again" postulated by Maverick: Glenn W. Wood I am 42 years old. I grew up a Southern Baptist, and my father was a Southern Baptist pastor. He pastored in Orange and Los Angeles Counties...

Another good deconversion story as we study the premis that"once you believe you cannot not believe again" postulated by Maverick: Ransom L. Webster You asked for permission to use my original letter in the winter 1995 issue of TSR. You certainly do have my permission. If its publication...

Guilt is far too rare? Try saying that in a modern church! Modern Christianity is all about acceptance and self-esteem. You will look long and hard to find anybody who still teaches that guilt is too rare. But I remember when this view was prevalent. Lewis was not merely telling us that our...

Another good deconversion story: How Questioning Changed Me By Merle Hertzler I learned early that I was not to question my religion. I grew up in a Mennonite home. When I was 14 years old, a liberal pastor was put in charge of our congregation. My family and I left this church to join a...

Jem if God is outside time and not governed by physics and never interacts with us except through our emotions and never answers prayers and seems not to even know we exist and refuses to show himself and threatens us with torture if we cant believe all of this why worship such a being? Fear?