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 [...]
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I’m no criminal, I’m not your enemy
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/
Pretend I’m an alien
A common opening line for an evangelist is something like, “Have you ever read [my holy book]?” or “Have you ever heard of [my religion]?” Sometimes I find it kind of insulting; it sounds as though they are saying that the only reason someone might not be a follower of their religion is if they [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 22, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/pretend-im-an-alien/
Friday Link Roundup #39
Reality is not a democracy, as vjack points out. I’m having flashbacks to a weird old online discussion about the “consensus theory of truth” … (shudder). This Mitchell & Webb sketch is very, very funny. All right, now that you’ve had some good times, here’s a scary and sad video. Apparently an Nazi family agreed [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 8, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/friday-link-roundup-39/
On Christian charity
I’ve had some harsh words here in the past about how Christians actually behave with respect to their supposed values of charity and generosity. While I was writing this last secular morality post about charitable giving, though, I got to thinking about what the Bible actually says about helping those who are less fortunate. It’s [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 7, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/on-christian-charity/
When does evidence matter?
Let’s get back to that long (but pretty civil) argument I was talking about the other day. I’ve already covered how the religious side of the debate maintained that whether or not their god exists is not an important consideration in their religious faith, while the atheist side wanted to see a god’s existence established [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 6, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/when-does-evidence-matter/
T-Rex and God discuss the future
It’s about time for a walk on the lighter side — whaddaya say? Yesterday there was a Cretaceous take on the theistic free will vs. determinism debate over in Ryan North’s Dinosaur Comics. God is a recurring character, and he always speaks from off-panel in bold, black all-caps. (Because I know you are wondering: when [...]
Posted by NFQ on June 30, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/06/t-rex-and-god-discuss-the-future/
The wisdom of the crowd?
I’m sure I often sound hypocritical when I talk about my perspective on scientific inquiry and my skepticism of religion. On the one hand, I believe that something is more likely to be true when the consensus among people points to that fact — for example, when many different people have performed an experiment and [...]
Posted by NFQ on May 26, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/05/the-wisdom-of-the-crowd/
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