The phenomenon of ancient 'atheism' has, over the years, attracted some attention from classical scholars, with A.B. Drachmann's 1922 monograph 'Atheism in Pagan Antiquity' providing a starting point for further enquiries. The topic was given a new grounding in 2015 with Tim Whitmarsh's ...
I’ve encountered a few more of Chick’s pieces over the years, but not many have really stuck in my memory. The formula is simple. Some worldly interest will lead a person down a very dark path toward Satan, death, and Hell itself, but Christians will offer them salvation. In the en...
Like all of us, Sam Harris has changed over the years. Following the publication of his acclaimed The End of Faith in 2004, Harris became well known as an eloquent advocate for atheism against the foolishness of religion, joining other noted atheists -- Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, ...
Secular communities must offer humanity a real alternative to tired dogmas and text worship—possibly including some forms of prayer. My relationship with prayer has evolved over the years. When I attended Child Evangelism camp as a child, first as a …Continue reading→ ...
Review: Persuader “Necromancy” [Frontiers Music] By Hacebo Kupferbart February 8, 2021 Reviews Power metal from Germany has influenced a lot of bands over the years. The Swedish Persuader doesn’t make an exception. On “Necromancy” you can clearly hear the spirit ... Read more Follow...
Atheism, sex, and databases: The Net as a social technology lebanon soc. feminism alt. atheism comp. databases comp. But, as one group member said, itis" information with an attitude." In the real world, mutual benefit is the social glue that sustainsface-to- face groups over time; ...
Over the years I have come to realize that my orientation isn’t as 50-50 as I thought. Today, I think a more accurate description of me would be that I am a lesbian who occasionally fancies men. Most of the time, however, men outright repulse me. Or rather, they’re lovely to ...
See this is why I don't really like debates over the existence of God, because at some point somebody's just gonna ask "well how come your religion is correct" as if that isn't an entirely different conversation. If you somehow prove Islam is incorrect, you haven't disproven God's ex...
whispers to us in the night's stillness; which banish as we may--avoid as we may--take, though we may, the wings of the morning and flee into the uttermost parts of the sea, Omnipresent still is there, pressing for its answer, and yet with angel wings, hovering in mercy over us!
over against historical enquiry. But more than mere assertion is involved, for an attempt to show that Jesus never existed has been made in recent years by GA Wells, a Professor of German who has ventured into New Testament study and presents a case that the origins Christianity can be ...