Monthly Archives: June 2012

Some Reflections on Whether God Exists

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The first point to take up is what the question asks.  Does it mean: “Is God part of the world, do we have rational–and thus communicable, non-mysterious and not inherently private–justification for believing that the claim is true?”  Or does it mean the somewhat different question, “Is God real?”  And if the latter, what criteria of reality is to be applied to searching out the answer? A problem in approaching the issue is that, as many believers maintain, God is … Read on…

Subscriptions and Comments

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Much progress has been made on making it possible for you to comment on Eloquent Atheist content. We have installed code and selected options that will allow users to join the site as members, and to thereafter log into the site to leave comments about all content thereon. We have tried hard to make the process as easy as possible while still allowing good site security. All current authors and subscribers will be receiving an email soon giving you the … Read on…

I Miss My Friend God

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Most of my talks with God took place inside my head but sometimes, when we were in complete privacy, I would speak out loud. He was unfailingly patient and was also pretty realistic. He made me no wild promises; instead, He assured me that no matter how life unfolded, I would be able to summon up the inner resources to make it through and maybe do a little good for others along the way. He spurred me to walk half … Read on…

Comments, membership, and you

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A recent editorial post (A bit of light housekeeping) outlined our dilemma with comments: we’d like to give readers the opportunity to comment, but would rather avoid the annoying background noise generated by Mormon holy underwear fans everywhere. For more on this, see Ground rules for the Eloquent Atheist, which discusses the reason commenting was turned off in the first place. It is simply a huge time-waster to moderate comments that come down to “Because it’s in the bible!” As … Read on…

God is my co-pilot

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PBS ran a program posing (inter alia) the question, “Where was God on 9/11?” The answer: God was in the cockpits of those planes. He was, indeed, the hijackers’ co-pilot. What they did, they did for God. You might argue that theirs was a perversion of religious faith. But people have been thusly arguing for millennia over who’s got the real truth, while religious zealots have tortured and murdered millions upon millions, century upon century, often in service to those … Read on…