I fully believe that followers of any religion or worldview should be treated equally and with respect. This is true no matter how ridiculous your beliefs are. Whether you are a young-earth-creationist, a Scientologist, a Muslim, a Mormon, or someone who believes in astrology or crystal healing, you should be allowed to hold and practice your beliefs. That being said, this is only possible if those who hold each belief does not impose them on others. No matter how positive you are that your beliefs are 100% accurate, you don’t have the right to try and force others to agree. Continue reading “Relative vs. Absolute Truth”
God is Not Great Review
I’d read three books prior to this one. The first said, “God exists.” The second said, “God does not exist.” The third said “God exists.” And the fourth said, “god is not great.”
Upon beginning this book, I had just barely made it out of Lee Strobel’s The Case for a Creator with my sanity. Strobel’s entire book was a biased scam of fallacy after fallacy in an insultingly illogical argument for intelligent design. I began God is Not Great ready to be refreshed hearing something from my own side of the argument, but what I found within its pages was even better. Continue reading “God is Not Great Review”
Religion vs. Women
There’s a trend that I’ve noticed among Christian women, specifically in their blogs (some examples are here, here, and here), to put a great amount of their gender identity into their religion, and for a while I wondered why that was. Why, for so many Christian women, is their gender such a salient part of their religion? Continue reading “Religion vs. Women”
The God Delusion Review
FINALLY, the post you’ve all been waiting for!
Well, I don’t know if you’ve been on the edge of your seat waiting for me to talk about The God Delusion, but I’ve been ready for a long time. I’ve been reading this book on and off for over a year, and I finally actually finished it yesterday. So let’s talk about it! Continue reading “The God Delusion Review”