I have very little doubt in the soundness of the logic underlying my decision not to believe in any religion. I have spent a lot of time reading and listening to a variety of people making arguments for belief, and also a variety of atheist arguments to the contrary. The atheist arguments aren’t perfect — [...]
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Religion: the world’s biggest white lie?
Posted by NFQ on January 2, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/01/religion-the-worlds-biggest-white-lie/
There’s no one like you
I have another Christian rock song to write about, this time because it’s one I hear on the radio extremely often. The Christians apparently love this song. It’s Chris Tomlin’s “Our God,” and I’m not sure whether it’s really accurate to call it “rock” because it’s so much in the mold of repetitive praise and [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 9, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/theres-no-one-like-you/
The funniest JW tract ever!
Okay, you guys. Seriously, this is amazing. I am holding in my hands an issue of The Watchtower with the cover story: “Five Lies About God Exposed!” The introduction is too beautiful not to type it out here. Blockquote, ahoy! Have you been lied to? Few experiences hurt more than learning that someone you trust [...]
Posted by NFQ on November 10, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/11/the-funniest-jw-tract-ever/
Would anything change your mind?
I brought this question up at another one of those Bible study meetings I mentioned a while back. We were discussing whether it was appropriate for a Christian to question, complain about, or protest the things happening in their lives or the things they were required by circumstance to do. Given that I’ve named this [...]
Posted by NFQ on November 8, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/11/would-anything-change-your-mind/
Frustrated by irrationality
I’m trying to get back to blogging. I really love it — I love writing, I love getting feedback from my readers, I love participating in what I feel are important discussions for humanity to be having — but sometimes it frustrates me to no end. Lately, I’ve been sitting down to write a post [...]
Posted by NFQ on November 7, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/11/frustrated-by-irrationality/
Case study: Scientology
Today, we’ll talk about a glaring illustration of the fact that a religion doesn’t have to be even mildly plausible or legitimate-seeming in order to gain initial followers. And once those initial followers are there, things can snowball to the point of having tens of thousands of followers, as many as 100-200 thousand worldwide, without [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 7, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/09/case-study-scientology/
I’m no criminal, I’m not your enemy
If you haven’t heard this great summer single by O.A.R, you’re missing out. I was lucky enough to catch it on one of my recent car radio surfing extravaganzas (apparently it was released in June but it was new to me), and I actually thought that I had scanned to one of my many local [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 2, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/09/im-no-criminal-im-not-your-enemy/
Facebook and the OTF
I’ve been saving this STFU, Believers post for a couple weeks now — just hadn’t gotten around to posting it. It’s such a great illustration of how religious beliefs face so much less scrutiny from committed believers as compared to outsiders to the faith. When you take a step back and try to look at [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 1, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/09/facebook-and-the-otf/
It’s just how you were raised
I’m always surprised at how easy it is to steer a conversation with a religious person to a point where they’ll openly tell you, “Yeah, to some extent the reason why I’m [whatever religion] is that that’s just how I was brought up.” My go-to question when discussing beliefs with a religious person is, “Why [...]
Posted by NFQ on August 11, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/08/its-just-how-you-were-raised/
Friday Link Roundup #40
Oxford researchers investigate likely innate human tendencies to believe in gods and the supernatural. Prompted by Israeli President Shimon Peres’ suggestion for an 11th commandment (bumping up the next 603, I suppose), Alex Tabbarok asked his readers for their suggestions. How could it be this easy to improve on the work of a perfect god? [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 22, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/friday-link-roundup-40/
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