Gingher, guess what? It is free online! So I read some of it. I could not stomach much, frankly. Wow. If that makes you feel good, well, enjoy. I just think people should realize they have only one life. Then you can decide for yourself how you'd like to spend it. It's nice to feel good about yourse...

[size=12][color=indigo] Re: evolution, see below. Please note that while the author specifically addresses Christians, the arguments apply to most if not all theism: Origin and Evolution of Life First, the origin of life. Suppose there is no God. If that is the case, then the origin of life must be ...

Because the evidence is so convincing. As I said in earlier posts, I would like to believe differently, and if evidence were presented to show me that there is a god or survival of the soul, spirit, intelligence or anything else other than mere matter after death I would be delighted to change my vi...

Fire elf, [quote]maybe one of these lives [/quote] Unfortunately, I have come to the conclusion that there is no survival of the consciousness after death. Science demonstrates that the consciousness depends on the brain. Damage the brain and the "person" is gone. Destroy parts of the brain and memo...

The reasons atheists take an "extreme position," by which I assume you mean actively militate against religion, are varied. One would be that religionists actively and often trample on the rights of atheists. A second would be that if you believe, as I do, that humans have one life only - no reincar...

Hugh, I think you misunderstand, whether deliberately or not. Humanism isn't depressing per se. In fact it's a very positive philosophy. But it's sad to lose your lifelong imaginary friend and comforter. That's the image of God most people have...a friend and parent figure who will always be there f...

pink unicorn. I haven't read all 18 pages of this discussion...just happened by...not worth arguing if we can't accept that we can only know what we can know via our senses. To say anything else is meaningless since you can't prove there's not a teapot orbiting the Milky Way either. My conception of...

...in my exceedingly liberal church (we believed Jesus was the son of God in the sense that we are all God's children). I had too many questions to which the answer was "Good question!" It seemed to me that the church doctrine was just that, doctrine, which no one had adequately examined and analyze...