81. Why I Left Atheism -- Does God Exist? WHY I LEFT atheism. Of all the lessons that I present concerning the existence of God and of all the material that I try to make http://www.doesgodexist.org/AboutClayton/PastLife.html

WHY I LEFT ATHEISM concepts that will be most useful to you. My high school career was one in which I grew quite rapidly academically. I enjoyed science and decided that I wanted to be a scientist of some kind I entered Indiana University majoring in the field of physical science. It was actually at this point that one of the great changes that occurred in my life took place. I enrolled in a course in astronomy at the feet of one of the great astronomers of our day. In that particular course, we were studying the problem of originsthe creation of matter from nothing. As we discussed this particular subject, we went into all those theories that are in that particular material. We talked about the Big Bang Theory, the Quasistatal Theory, the Continuous Generation Theory, the Planetessimal Theory, etc. I read the Bible through from cover to cover four times during my sophomore year in college for the explicit purpose of finding scientific contradictions in it, By that, I mean statements in the Bible that were false that I could throw back at her to show her how ridiculous it was to believe in God. I had even decided to write a book called All the Stupidity of the Bible . Something amazing happened as I did this. As I considered and thought about these things, I found that I could not find a contradiction. I tried that whole year and years after to find a contradictionto find some kind of scientific inaccuracy in the Bible. I just simply was not able to do it. I gave up writing the book because of a lack of material! It is amazing to me that as I talk to people, I find many who claim to be Christians and who perhaps claim to have been Christians for many years who have not read the Bible through cover to cover once. I find it hard to believe that they believe in God very much if they do not even want to know what He has to say.

82. Atheism, Its Teaching And Validity Examined. Is Atheism Defensible? An examination of atheism, pros and cons. Observations regarding ethics, behavior of atheists, and errors in reasoning, both for and against belief in God. Arguments for belief. Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry site. http://www.carm.net/atheism.htm

C HRISTIAN A R ESEARCH M INISTRY www.carm.org HOME PAGE Jesus saves HOME CHRISTIAN INFO The Bible The Bible Online Christian Doctrine Christian Issues ... To the Christian Church APOLOGETICS INFO 40 Objections Apologetics Apologetics Dialogues Christian Resources ... Research QUESTIONS About Doctrine About God About Jesus Other Questions BIBLE DIFFICULTIES Genesis - Deuteronomy Joshua - Esther Job - Song of Solomon Isaiah - Malachi ... Hebrews - Revelation RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS About Cult Groups Religious Movements List Christadelphianism Christian Science ... Universalism SECULAR MOVEMENTS Abortion Atheism Creation-Evol. Debate Evolution ... Secular School MORE STUFF Audio Discussion Boards Features More Stuff ... What's New? Atheism ranges from strong to weak. Some atheists outright affirm there is no God. Others atheists say they choose not to exercise faith in the concept of God thereby neither acknowledging or denying God. Is atheism a valid option? Introduction Atheism Terms and definitions Can an Atheist be ethical?

83. Ebon Musings: The Atheism Pages Essays on atheism, theism, religion, freethought, and the freedom of life without superstition. What s New Site Map Links http://www.ebonmusings.org/atheism/

What's New Site Map Links Apologetics Books ... Introduction For first-time visitors Foundational Essays The core of Ebon Musings , these essays refute theistic belief, justify atheism from the ground up, and lay out the foundation for an atheistic worldview. All Possible Worlds The problem of evil - the question of why pain and suffering exist in a world supposedly ruled by a good God - is the oldest and most enduring argument against many varieties of theism. This essay presents a concise formulation of the problem from evil and argues that theists have failed to provide a satisfactory answer to it. A Ghost in the Machine An enduring theistic dogma is that each of us is inhabited by an immaterial soul that confers on us our consciousness and survives the death of our bodies. This essay powerfully refutes that notion, drawing on the evidence of science to establish that our minds arise from nowhere but our physical brains. The Ineffable Carrot and the Infinite Stick Some theists claim that atheism offers no standard for moral behavior, even encourages immorality. This essay falsifies that claim by establishing the source of an atheist's ethics, and then turns the argument on its head by exposing the simple-mindedness of the theist system of reward and punishment. Life of Wonder One of the most ingrained societal prejudices about atheism is that it necessarily implies a bleak, purposeless life without hope or meaning. This essay confronts that prejudice head-on and demonstrates that atheism is fully compatible with all the things that make life worth living.

84. Atheism atheism. General Information atheism. Advanced Information The Greek word atheos, without God, is found only once in the NT (Eph. 212). http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/atheism.htm

Atheism General Information Atheism, from the Greek a ("without") and theos ("deity"), commonly and loosely refers to the theoretical or practical denial of the existence of a deity. The concrete meaning of atheism has varied considerably in history: even the earliest Christians were labeled "atheists" because they denied the existence of the Roman deities. In Western culture, where monotheism has been the dominant mode of religious belief, atheism has generally referred to the denial of the existence of a transcendent, perfect, personal creator of the universe. To be an atheist need not mean that one is nonreligious, for there are "high" religions, such as Buddhism and Taoism, that do not postulate the existence of a supernatural being. Atheism should be distinguished from Agnosticism, which means that one does not know whether or not a deity exists. Monotheism has been so basic to and compounded with Western moral and philosophical beliefs as well as political institutions that until recently atheism has been widely believed to be both immoral and dangerous to society. Plato not only viewed atheism as irrational but argued that certain atheists deserved the death penalty. When Christianity finally became the dominant religion in the West, atheism and heresy were thought to be worthy of exile or death because, as Thomas Aquinas argued, it was a much more serious matter to corrupt the soul than to damage the body. Atheism was also dangerous to the political authority of Western monarchies that claimed to rest upon divine right.

85. Agnosticism 101: What Is Agnosticism? Index Of Documents And Articles Definition and history of the concept of agnosticism, comparisons with atheism, and examination of its origins. http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/ath/blag_index.htm

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86. Why Atheism? Atheist, Atheists, atheism, proof of god, proof that god exists, existence of god, gods existence, proof of gods existence, god exists, god proof. Why atheism? http://www.godlessgeeks.com/WhyAtheism.htm

go to Atheists of Silicon Valley home page go to Atheists of Silicon Valley debate page Read "A Call to Action" from the President of ASV [NOTE: This is written as a speech, with actions by the speaker in square brackets.] Why Atheism? by Mark document.write('Thomas'); Hello. My name is Mark, and, surprise, surprise [pause, look around, whisper] ; I’m an Atheist. History and the Development of Science and Scientific Naturalism OK. Let’s start with a quick experiment. [Hold out your hand with a penny in it. Show it to the audience. Let it fall. Do this again. Hold out a third penny.] If I were to do this again, what do you think would happen? If we could get ten good Christians to pray that the next penny wouldn’t fall, would it still fall? How about one thousand Muslims? How about one billion people of any faith? I think that it would still fall. [Drop the third penny.] Our understanding of the world around us, and our abilities to predict what will happen are based on naturalism – the basis of science. Naturalism is how all people live their lives most of the time. OK, let’s do a thought experiment. If I were to take two pennies and glue them together, then drop them at the same time as I drop a single penny, would they fall twice as fast as the single penny? Aristotle thought so 2300 years ago, and for over 1900 years, his ideas were what was taught about this and many other subjects.

87. Holy, Holy, Holy: The Biblical Doctrine Of The Trinity Explanation of the beliefs of and answers to common arguments by Oneness Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Islam, Latterday Saints, Unitarian Universalists, the Jesus Seminar, and atheism. http://trisagionseraph.tripod.com/

"Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts..." (Isaiah 6:3) "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ , and the love of God , and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen." (2 Corinthians 13:14) "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ..." (Matthew 28:19) "Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, I was there. And now the Lord GOD and His Spirit Have sent Me." (Isaiah 48:16) "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near...For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father ." (Ephesians 2:13-18) "But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit , keep yourselves in the love of God , looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." (Jude 1:20-21)

88. Atheism Page atheism page. by Mark Humphrys. I don t believe in the existence of God or gods, devils or Satan, angels, demons, or heaven or hell. atheism. http://humphrys.humanists.net/atheism.html

Mark Humphrys - Politics - Atheism These pages are based in the United States and are protected by the 1st Amendment Atheism The Future Optimism ... Scepticism Atheism page by Mark Humphrys. Introduction I don't believe in the existence of God or gods, devils or Satan, angels, demons, or heaven or hell. These things are only inventions of our imaginations, and do not exist in reality. I don't believe in human souls or spirits, or life after death. I don't believe in the existence of any kind of spiritual world or supernatural world. These are all inventions of the human imagination and have no basis in reality. Well, fair enough. But so what, you might ask. Such atheistic beliefs are quite commonplace among educated, scientifically-literate people in the West. So why have a web page about it? Well, firstly I grew up in an environment in which you had to explain why you did not believe in the supernatural. Hence this page as an explanation. In particular, it is an explanation for those who knew me before age 17. Because I was religious before age 17. Like many young people, I was interested in the origin and nature of the universe, an interest which led naturally, at least initially, to religion. When I was 17 I finally read the counter-arguments, and became an unbeliever. But both before and after age 17, I had nothing in common with those (probably the majority of society) who believe it doesn't

89. Jesus' Ethics? An argument that Jesus' moral teachings are in large part irrelevant, indefensible, or not original to him. The otherworldliness, harshness, and insistence on unthinking obedience, and meanspirited vindictiveness are not only unacceptable, but quite a long ways from the claim of moral perfection. What's more, his silent approval of things like slavery make him an unjustified model of morality. http://atheism.about.com/religion/atheism/library/weekly/aa031099.htm

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90. Atheism V2.0 , atheism v2.0 is an extremely flexible and configurable multi purpose Perl script for XChat....... Released on August 25th, 2001. http://atheism-v2.sourceforge.net/

News Download Contact Away script edition + Bonus tracks . Oh yeah... BTW... Jesus Hates You [tm] Home Highlight Current release version is Released on August 25th, 2001. Description Atheism v2.0 is an extremely flexible and configurable multi purpose Perl script for X-Chat It's main features include: Advanced auto-away functions. Announcement of away reason on selected channels. Announcement of coming back, and of time you were gone. Logging of messages addressed to you while away. A function to change the nick on all servers. Display of currently playing song in XMMS on selected channels. Choice of extra info about song playing to display. A configurable time delay before announcing songs. XMMS playback control (basic remote functions + volume control). All options are configurable via X-Chat commands. User-Friendly interface with help. Configuration is automatically saved in a file. GTK+ interface for status/configuration/etc. Requirements To run Atheism v2.0 properly you'll need the following: a BSD or POSIX compliant operating system. (So far, successfully tested on Linux, which is obviously neither)

91. THE PHILOSOPHY An essay claiming to provide all the answers to religion and atheism. http://www.onet.net/~brand

THE PHILOSOPHY TO REPLACE ALL PHILOSOPHY Theology, Atheism, and Evolution John Brand brand@onet.net jbrand@indy.rr.com Brand@AOL.com http://www.onet.net/~brand Keywords Origin and structure of the Universe Organization and change of matter Origins of life Proof of Evolution Atheism, Humanism, Agnostic Development of the nervous system and the brain Dreams Development of language Origins of religion ABSTRACT From Genesis to AD 2002 Change in the Universe is random according to the nature of matter and energy. The solar system (Sun, planets, moons, etc.), galaxies, etc. were formed by the condensation of matter/dust by gravity and by the rotation of this matter. The rotation resulted in objects circling each other according to their mass and distribution. The age of the Earth is given at about 4 billion years. For billions of years there was little or no life as we know it, only a mix of atoms and molecules, with no systematic reproductive process. PROOF OF EVOLUTION: As is obvious, every human is different.

92. Atheism And Politics Pages www.ed.ac.uk/~humphrys/Personal/atheism.html Capella s ObservatoryCapella s Guide to atheism is moving. Click on the following link and please update your bookmarks when you get there Capella s Guide to atheism. http://www.ed.ac.uk/~humphrys/Politics/atheism.html

About this site - This site is sorted by topic rather than by date (i.e. this is not in blog format). Search this site: Comments / Feedback / Contact me Thanks to humanists.net for hosting this site. They are not responsible for the content. It is an honour to be on the same site as brave people like Ali Sina and Taslima Nasrin Atheism and Politics pages of Mark Humphrys Pro-free private life: Atheist. Pro-science. Pro-reason. Pro-free speech. Pro-liberal democracy. Pro-free economic life: Pro-capitalist. Pro-West. Pro-interventionist: Anti-isolationist. End tyranny everywhere. End communism. End Islamic law. Web: humphrys.humanists.net Introduction As well as my professional and academic pages, I have a more informal collection of links, information and opinion on religious, philosophical, political and other controversial topics. These are my "religion and politics" pages - the topics you should not discuss in polite society. Why? Because they are the areas of human thought governed most completely by meme competition Religion - since it has no factual basis - is in fact nothing but meme competition.

93. DalNet #atheism IRC DalNet atheism IRC DALnet s gathering place for the freethinker Add yourself to the visitor map! Thank you, and welcome to atheism on DALnet! http://www.atheism.does.it/

DalNet #atheism IRC DALnet's gathering place for the freethinker Add yourself to the visitor map! Sastra's 102 Questions Join the channel mailing list Cool Things About Being a Creationist by Volo and Neurovore Channel Policy Channel #atheism is open to people of all beliefs as a forum for discussion and debate of matters pertaining to the existence or non-existance of a god or gods. The channel is however run by atheists and it should be expected that the atheist viewpoint will predominate. Debate is welcome and encouraged. The channel may also be considered a community of atheists and freethinkers and is open for any topic of discussion of general interest to those on the channel. However, debate and focused discussion shall take precedence over idle chat. There are few channel rules, the utmost being personal respect for other members of the channel. Bear in mind religions and beliefs are not people and have no feelings. Personal respect will not necessarily extend to one's religion or faith. If any channel visitor is offended by the atheistic viewpoint of the channel they are welcome to leave. Thank you, and welcome to #atheism on

94. New Page 2 Christian discussion board challenging atheism. http://www.geocities.com/challenging_atheism

Contents General Welcome new visitor Why another site? About the site creator Tips for making great posts ... Discussion board rules About Atheism The myth of weak atheism Challenges for Atheists Is atheism Dangerous? Review of Positive Atheism ... Review of Walking Away About Theism My view on the bible Pain and suffering Assorted Articles Why atheism will lose The Robot Rebellion of Richard Dawkins The Unraveling of Scientific Materialism Atheism Versus Theism Debates Why Challenge Atheism? In short the only reason anyone would say they are a weak atheist is because they realize there is little positive evidence in favor of non-God explanations for such things as the existence of this physical material world we live in. Commonsense suggests if there was strong evidence in favor of atheism there would far more strong atheists than weak. As a result many of the atheist websites and literature spend most of their time launching salvos against theism. The thought being that if theism is discredited than atheism prevails by default. This leads to what I call sound bite atheism. Atheism based on little else than brief essays. This is evidenced by popular arguments such as there is no more evidence for God than Santa or religion is the cause of all wars. Such thought bombs are easily exposed and refuted for being poorly thought out. Yet the march of atheists who visit my site touting what they think is irrefutable logic such as the above continues on.

95. SocioSite: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION An annotated selection of sociological resources on religion (Western, Eastern and Alternative) and atheism. Atheist Express atheism means without godism . http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/topics/religion.html

Subject Areas Home Search Add Link ... About Nederlandse versie Religion and Spirituality Western Religions The Bible Christianity Islam ... Religion in the Lowlands Western Religions The Bible Bible GateWay Search the Bible in nine languages and multiple Bible versions. A service of the Gospel Communications Network (GCN). In German, Swedish, Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Tagalog, Norwegian and English. What The Bible Says About... (Search over 22,000 topics) Search the Bible ... Version: NIV NASB RSV KJV Darby YLT WE All Passage: Search word(s): Restrict search: (assumes whole Bible) If your search turns up more than verses, then the results will be shown as references only. Show cross references (NASB) Show footnotes (NIV/NASB) Bible links Christian Biblical Studies and Research on New Testament of the Bible. Scriptures.com An attempt to place the entire resources of Scripture in all languages on the WWW. You will not only find the old King James Bible but also the Net Bible (even for your PalmPilot). And then there are online Bibles in many languages. Virtual Christianity: Bibles A collection of links to bibles in different languages. Editor: Stephen Adkins.

96. Agnosticism / Atheism Discussion Forum Discussion board on atheism, agnosticism and related issues. http://forums.about.com/ab-atheism

97. Dictionary.com/atheism Get the Top 10 Most Popular Sites for atheism . 3 entries found for atheism. All rights reserved. atheism. \A the*ism\, n. Cf. F. ath eisme. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=atheism

98. Index Articles on Islam, atheism, contemporary issues, and basic Christian doctrines. Also offers testimonies and essays defending creationism and amillennialism. http://www.geocities.com/amakaxver/

Welcome to Galatians 4:16! 'Now am I your enemy because I tell you the truth?' - Galatians 4:16 (New Century Version) Galatians 4:16 is a Christian website run by myself, Andre Brett. It is to provide assistance to the Christian church, and those interested in Christianity, by providing articles about various aspects of the Christian faith, along with apologetics articles against various false beliefs. Please note that you may freely quote from and distribute the articles. I only have one request: could you please acknowledge myself as the author (except in the case of guest authors, when I request you acknowledge them)? Thank you. And if anything develops as a result of using these articles - for example, someone converts to Christianity - it would be fantastic if you could share the good news (it is always nice to know that your work has had a positive affect on someone!). This site is divided into sections for your ease, and below is a list of them, with a short description. Basic Christianity - this section contains articles on basic elements of Christianity and the Christian faith, such as 'Who Is God?' and 'Salvation'. Atheism - this section not only contains information on, and apologetics against atheism, but also provides articles proving God is real.

99. Big Issue Ground Essays On Religion, Philosophy, Politics... Essays on issues of politics, religion, science and history. Includes website on atheism by positive atheist Thomas Ash. http://www.bigissueground.com/

Interesting essays on politics, philosophy, history and the future... As the title suggests, you can find essays and opinion on the 'big issues' here. Big issues include areas like politics and philosophy as well as history, science and the future. I try to keep Big Issue Ground a directory of interesting essays in these areas, with all sides represented. You can find many opinions here, not just my own. My reviews of books on these subjects are also included. Thomas Ash, webmaster THE CATEGORIES Politics Philosophy History Science and the Future See also my website-within-a-website, with essays on religion and atheism: Frequently Asked Questions Sign and ... essay var site="s14biground" visits so far...

100. Atheism At Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base atheism. Francois Tremblay. Click here to visit Tremblay s Objective Thought Website. The Necessity of atheism by Percy Bysshe Shelly. Excerpt There Is No God. http://www.erraticimpact.com/~topics/html/atheism.htm

Major Topics Index New Book Search Used Book Search 20th Century Names ... Anthropic Reasoning Atheism Artificial Intelligence British Philosophy Contemporary Issues Cultural Studies ... Advertising Atheism Online Resources Texts: Atheism Used Books: Atheism Know of a Resource? ... The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbe. Click here to learn more about this book Click here for more Books on Atheism Click here for Books on the Philosophy of Religion Click here for more Philosophy Books The Philosophy Research Base won the Excellent Site Award from Oddities, Inc. in August, 1999. You just have to see this website to understand why anyone would win an award... Click here to visit this infamous website "where the worthwhile worship"... Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Society? by Bertrand Russell Excerpt: My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race. I cannot, however, deny that it has made some contributions to civilization. It helped in early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle eclipses with such care that in time they became able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others.

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