Category: 05 Religion
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What Does The Universal Nature Of Religions Prove?
As I explained here, “How And Why Does Christianity Conflate Spirituality With Religion?“, Christianity conflates religion with spirituality in an effort to prove it’s existence. This article Religion is a fact of life that even atheists must accept on the Catholic website LifeSiteNews.com is an excellent example of this. First they establish the universal nature…
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Why Do Christians Fear Atheism More Than “False” Religions?
(Long read, summary): Christian doctrine condemns both atheism and worship of “false gods” as serious sins—yet atheism consistently receives harsher criticism. Here’s the paradox: believing in the wrong god should theoretically be worse (it’s both rejection AND idolatry), while atheism is only rejection. So why do religious institutions focus their condemnation on the smaller group…
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The Fundamental Difference Between Atheism And Religion
Religion can be defined as a worldview—a comprehensive framework for understanding the world, human purpose, and morality—that is built upon a core assumption which cannot be falsified. This unfalsifiable assumption serves as the foundational truth upon which all beliefs, rituals, and moral codes are constructed. This core assumption is the existence of a divine being…
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Religions Don’t Have to Be True to Be Effective (Believed)
Walk into a mosque in Istanbul, a temple in Bangkok, a church in São Paulo, or a synagogue in Jerusalem, and you’ll witness the same phenomenon: devoted believers, profound experiences, transformed lives, and unshakeable conviction. Yet these religions make fundamentally incompatible claims about reality. This observation leads to the unavoidable conclusion: religions don’t need to…
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Gods Of Our Own Making
Throughout history, mankind has constructed gods to answer its deepest questions—about death, meaning, morality, and the unknown. But rather than discovering transcendent truths, we have shaped those deities in our own image. The gods of Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and countless other traditions are not revelations from a distant, objective reality, but reflections of human psychology,…
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Religions Are An Honest Mistake
Religions are worldviews based on the authority of a supernatural entity (God or gods). They are the default worldview for most people in all societies throughout human history. From a secular prospective, religions are an honest mistake. They are an ancient tribes rules and collective memories rolled up into an all inclusive world view. It’s…
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If God doesn’t exist, then why are religions so persistent?
Religions have survived the centuries because they satisfy the basic human need for answers about the world and our place in it. You see, religion is only possible in intelligent, thinking animals. Gods and religions are products of our own intelligence. Because our intelligence demands answers. And in the absence of science, that need was…
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Religions explained
Religions are a fact of life. They are the default world view for most people in all societies throughout human history. Regardless of their credibility, religions impact us in so many ways. Much of their influence is back ground noise that we don’t even notice. Other times their influence is major and in our face.…
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Is it possible that God exists?
God is usually defined as a transcendental being that exists outside of the laws of nature. But since science is limited by and to the laws of nature, then science can’t detect them or test for them. Just because we can’t scientifically prove that gods do or don’t exist does not necessarily mean they do…
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Does God exist?
I think the answer to this question depends on how you define “god”. There are hundreds of gods that have existed throughout time. Maybe more. But most of them are extinct now. Or at least lost to history. The main surviving gods are typically exclusive and monotheistic as represented by the big 3 religions: Christianity,…