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Brainy Morality

By slave2six ~ In this recent posting, the idea of Morality without god came into question. In my experience, the question posed to agnostics and atheists is always the same: "Upon what do you base...

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I feel such a fool for believing something that I knew nothing about.

By Nature rules ~ My story starts when I was about 5 years old. It was a Sunday evening and Jesus of Nazareth was on t.v. (the Robert Powell version) I was sat, curled up on the sofa with my mother and...

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A Dear John Letter to My Christian Friends

By Daniel out of the Lion's Den ~ As I began to give my Christian friends notification that I was no longer a member of the club, I found that they didn’t really believe me. They would say things like,...

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The Testimony of a Failure

By Carl S. ~ Everyone is familiar with the formula movie in which a bunch of losers, against the most difficult odds, go on to win the championship. Or the ordinary horse wins the derby. The paralyzed...

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My Junk Drawer

By undercover agnostic ~ I have a junk drawer in the kitchen. This is the place where little things go that don’t have a real home, or when I’m too lazy to put them where they actually belong. They are...

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I Remember...

By Shauna J ~ I remember my mother teaching me that I needed to give my heart to Jesus Christ. She taught me that everything good that happened to me was because God was giving me blessings and...

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More powerful than god?

By cj ~ God as we know is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. Even though the hairs on our head are numbered and everything happens according to gods plan or intelligent design, are we more...

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The Sick Biblical Literalism That Puts Children at Risk of Abuse and Even Death

By Valerie Tarico ~ In 2008, Hana Williams was adopted from an orphanage in Ethiopia and brought to the United States where she died at the hands of her Bible-believing American parents. Their notion...

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It Is Well ??

By Tania ~ Almost five years ago, I was standing on the side of a highway when a semi-truck came around a curve, its 53-foot trailer fishtailing all over the highway. I yelled at the man standing...

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What religion has contributed to the world this month - Episode 11...

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If God Died, How Would We Know?

By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ One of the most famous articles in the history of Time magazine was published on April 8, 1966. The magazine cover, a black background with big red letters which read, “Is...

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Un-schooled Un-Christian

By unsigned ~ To understand my current situation, I must explain the somewhat paradoxical position of my parents. On one hand they're intelligent (dad got a masters from Princeton), well traveled (mom...

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Discovering

By Mallory ~ I have spent a major portion of my life in the church. My stepfather is a pastor and ever since I was eight years old my family and i traveled around Australia preaching at several...

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Crossroads (no pun intended)

By Luke ~ "Do you want to go to church today?""No. I don't""Oh, well... it doesn't take long to lose that fire. Huh?"But little did my grandmother know, I was already armed to the teeth."If you're...

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Mr. Meanie

By Carl S. ~ Back in the 1950's, before Peanuts or Calvin and Hobbes, there was a cartoon strip called, “Pogo.” It was a sophisticated and sometimes political commentary of the times. During one...

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Genuine miracles or magic tricks? -- a personal experience

By Fabrizio the sailor ~ Genuine miracles or magic tricks?The answer to the preceding question is often a matter of perspective, as the following story illustrates. My girl-friend Patricia and I had...

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Why Bible Believers Have Such a Hard Time Getting Child Protection Right

By Valerie Tarico ~ Far too often, the news cycle includes a tragic story about a child dying because his or her parents applied religious teachings with too much vigor. The most recent victim, Hana...

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That Internal Witness

By Michael D. Speir ~ Fandom is basically religion. I’m convinced the same psychological impulses lie beneath both phenomena.English: Rodrigo y Gabriela performing at Sasquatch 2011 (Photo credit:...

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The Two-faced Book

By Carl S. ~ Twenty-five years ago, driving to work, I turned on the radio and got a call-in talk program. The subject was “The Bible’s influence on children." The host was reading various texts from...

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Searching for the Truth About Homosexuality

By Jazzybelle ~ I grew up something-of-a-Christian. I say something-of-a because my family wasn't necessarily religious. Around the age of nine, I learned about sexuality...via Sims Life Stories.I...

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