The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images were certainly awe-inspiring, but some people have taken them as an opportunity to mock those with a different worldview from them. Let’s put a stop to that behavior.
In part 1 of my response to Zac Sechler’s 36 Questions for Atheists, we looked at the very basic, most fundamental question of why there is something rather than nothing and how that relates to whether the universe is eternal or if a creator deity is responsible for its existence. I had no problem admitting …
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There is no shame in being an atheist, a secularist, a materialist, a rationalist, or whatever else and still hoping that there is something beyond death. You don’t have to believe in a god to hope that whatever our selves are persists after death. The idea of ceasing to exist is terrifying, at least to …
What feels like a lifetime ago, I was introduced to the concept of lengthy lists of questions intended to catch members of an opposing viewpoint or worldview off guard or get them thinking about what they believe in perhaps a different manner. The earliest list I can recall was Hard Nuts for Catholic Apologists, a …
This question came to me from my girlfriend Meagan on this past Ask an Atheist Day (April 14): What made me seek out atheism as my identity? It’s a good question; for the decade prior to becoming an atheist, I was a “washed in the blood” Christian with a “the fool says in his heart, …
Seventeen years ago, if you were to ask me “Can atheists and Christians coexist?” I would’ve said one of two things: “no” or the more smart-ass “everyone on the planet exists at the same time just fine so yes.” My smart-allecky past self aside, let’s focus on that “no” response. Seventeen years ago, I was …