Submitted: 02/13/2012 - 11:14pm
By Loretta, TFS Member, vegetarian
Submitted: 01/03/2012 - 7:48pm
By Kimberly Ellington, TFS Member
Cee-lo Green sang John Lennon’s “Imagine” on New Year’s Eve, and he substituted the words “nothing to kill or die for/and all religion’s true,” for the original lyrics, “nothing to kill or die for/and no religion, too.”
Submitted: 10/26/2011 - 10:21pm
By Bob, TFS Member
I've presented some of my thoughts on why it's important to get more people to recognize the false nature of religion and how we can do a better job of it. Here's a recap of some of the major points.
Submitted: 10/17/2011 - 9:48pm
By Bob, TFS Member
The last post discussed how we might reduce people's trust in the Bible by showing how poor the Ten Commandments are. However some arguments commonly made by non-believers might be ineffective or even counterproductive. Let's look at a few.
Submitted: 10/02/2011 - 10:24am
By Bob, TFS Member
Free will and justice are areas where religious beliefs have unexpected implications under close examination. Let's look at another area where Christians are likely to be surprised when they look at it carefully.
Submitted: 10/02/2011 - 9:37am
By Bob, TFS Member
In the course of discussing religion with Christians we're likely to run into the topic of free will. It might be to explain why people have to take responsibility for their actions, or to explain why God allows evil in the world. God gave us the gift of free will and there are consequences to that. It sounds kind of reasonable. Freedom is a wonderful thing. A loving God gave us this gift. But maybe we should think about it more carefully.
Submitted: 09/23/2011 - 8:50pm
By Bob, TFS Member
We've looked at some issues a believer might raise to support their views. Now let's look at one that has some interesting twists.
Submitted: 09/18/2011 - 3:54pm
By Bob, TFS Member
While we should concentrate on getting believers to recognize the fallibility of their authorities, memes, and inspirational experiences, they will raise issues of their own to justify their beliefs. We ought to be prepared with good responses to some of the more common issues they raise.
Submitted: 09/03/2011 - 12:34pm
By Bob, TFS Member
We’ve talked about how to challenge religious views as effectively as possible. Now let’s look at who it would be best to talk to.
Submitted: 08/30/2011 - 8:50pm
By Bob, TFS Member
We've discussed how we might get people to see the faults in their reasons for believing. Now let’s look at some tactics that might help us be more persuasive.
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