The clip that destroyed my atheism

A fellow traveler in these parts offered a video tagged “This one clip destroyed my atheism.”…

Pascal’s Wager Fatal Failure: Faith Isn’t a Choice

Here’s the main problem with Pascal’s Wager: faith is not a choice. I can no more…

Where you sit and what you see

I have been mulling an age-old truth lately: What you see depends on where you are…

Felt sense

I’d like to start with a rhetorical question:  If someone has a felt sense that there…

Omnism

Omnism is a style or way of believing, like pantheism or deism, and I think the…

Is belief a choice?

Listen it don’t really matter to me, baby You believe what you want to believe You…

The giant sugar pill in the sky

Antidepressant medications are an effective treatment for depression. There are dozens of antidepressants, and they are…

The evolution of belief

I have noted previously that salvation through Jesus Christ is less perfect than a beefsteak: a…

Motivated Reasoning

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.…

Which side are you on?

Since dividing the world into “us” and “them” seems to be all the rage these days…

Darwin and Tversky explain why atheists can’t win an argument

"An adopted hypothesis gives us lynx-eyes for everything that confirms it and makes us blind to…

Why?

Why do you believe, disbelieve or practice what you do? You can approach this question from…