Tag Archives: belief

I get comments

Posted on October 2, 2010 by ylooshi

A few posts back, I wrote of the troop hazing / proselytizing that Major General James Chambers subjected his soldiers to. Apparently Gen. Chambers’ niece is upset with me: Okay! I will put it to you this way! I hope … Continue reading →

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Objections to My Opinions

Posted on June 21, 2010 by ylooshi

Image by ~C4Chaos via Flickr In a recent email, a reader had this to say: You’re simply proving that you are just as insulting as any of the Christian writers you have read.  Is this really necessary? … about the “very extreme … Continue reading →

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Why do atheists worry theists so much?

Posted on June 19, 2010 by ylooshi

Image by Colin Purrington via Flickr There are loads of direct responses by theistic authors to atheist writers like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Victor Stenger, Sam Harris, et al. Books with titles like The Atheist Delusions, The ‘New’ Atheism: 10 … Continue reading →

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ATGCTCGAATAAATGTGAATTTGA © 1991 God

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Ylooshi

Ever wonder what the reason truly is to believe in God? Because he’s perfect at hiding, of course. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt

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I Am Evolution (from NPR’s “This I Believe”)

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ylooshi

Holly Dunsworth is a paleoanthropologist and she writes today’s This I Believe segment titled I Am Evolution. Here’s an excerpt: Of course I believe evolution. But that is different from believing in evolution. To believe in something takes faith, trust, … Continue reading →

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The Recent Harris Poll on Belief

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Ylooshi

Harris Poll Interactive conducted a recent poll in November in which they sampled 2,455 American adults and asked a variety of questions regarding the their beliefs, mostly religious, though they did poll with questions about UFOs, ghosts, reincarnation, and the … Continue reading →

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