Sometimes I Stumble; sometimes I fall.

After clicking around to see why I suddenly have so many more people dropping by, it looks like Wilbau added this blog, and in particular my post on “What it took” to StumbleUpon: in the Atheist/Agnostic and Unknown categories. One person has Stumbled by looking for things in the Atheist/Agnostic category, and two hundred and [...]

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Praying for strength.

I said a prayer the other day.
In some ways, that’s not surprising. I’ve been a theist for decades. Giving thanks for meals or asking for forgiveness are almost reflexive for me.
But this was something more. My wife was going into surgery. She was scared. She knew the risks and the probabilities, and while there was [...]

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What it took.

So I’ve been reading various proposals on what people think they would find compelling enough to convince them, if they are atheists, to become theists, or, if they are theists, to become atheists.
I had been asked to think about this when I was getting my bachelor’s degree, and I couldn’t come up with a good [...]

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Disclaimer

Any time we try to tell a story, we simplify. We choose a beginning and an end, officially ignoring all that came before and after as if the story was not part of a greater whole. Worse, between the beginning and the end we only include that which we think is relevant and/or entertaining, and [...]

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