Religions of India » History Of Atheism http://www.religionofindia.net Wordwide religion news & information Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:01:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Weird Coin http://www.religionofindia.net/38463/weird-coin/2010/10/20 http://www.religionofindia.net/38463/weird-coin/2010/10/20#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:17:07 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/38463/weird-coin/2010/10/20 I am happy with this result to my participation in The Euthyphro Dilemma online thingy, and why shouldn’t I be? Well, then again, much depends on the meaning of “tensions”: You claimed that there are moral standards independent of God’s will. This claim sits uneasily with the widely held belief that any being that counts as God must have the ability to obligate through its commands: in other words, that it is necessarily morally wrong to disobey a command given by God.

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]]> http://www.religionofindia.net/38463/weird-coin/2010/10/20/feed 0 Jim Wallace: Ethics & Morality Didn't Exist Before Christianity http://www.religionofindia.net/38349/jim-wallace-ethics-morality-didnt-exist-before-christianity/2010/10/19 http://www.religionofindia.net/38349/jim-wallace-ethics-morality-didnt-exist-before-christianity/2010/10/19#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:00:47 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/38349/jim-wallace-ethics-morality-didnt-exist-before-christianity/2010/10/19 Atheists are supposed to be the arrogant ones because we presume to publicly challenge or deny theistic claims, but you aren’t likely to find (m)any atheists claiming that morality only exists in a secular, atheistic context.

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]]> http://www.religionofindia.net/38349/jim-wallace-ethics-morality-didnt-exist-before-christianity/2010/10/19/feed 0 Considering Tetrapods http://www.religionofindia.net/38480/considering-tetrapods/2010/10/19 http://www.religionofindia.net/38480/considering-tetrapods/2010/10/19#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:35:51 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/38480/considering-tetrapods/2010/10/19 These dramatic unfoldings are ripped from the headlines: A mountain goat — an actual goat, not a member of the musical act — has killed a hiker on the Olympic peninsula. I saw an Olympic marmot when I went there once, but it didn’t kill anyone

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]]> http://www.religionofindia.net/38480/considering-tetrapods/2010/10/19/feed 0 Christianity and Scholarship in the Public Square, the Guild, and the Church http://www.religionofindia.net/37869/christianity-and-scholarship-in-the-public-square-the-guild-and-the-church/2010/10/19 http://www.religionofindia.net/37869/christianity-and-scholarship-in-the-public-square-the-guild-and-the-church/2010/10/19#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:45:14 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/37869/christianity-and-scholarship-in-the-public-square-the-guild-and-the-church/2010/10/19 Paul Harvey My blog contributors John Fea, Gerardo Marti, and Michael Utzinger joined me last weekend at a really wonderful event, the 20th anniversary conference and celebration of the Lilly Fellows Program at Valparaiso University .

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]]> http://www.religionofindia.net/38358/american-atheists-atheism-is-becoming-the-new-religion/2010/10/18/feed 0 Riffing Religion – New Channel, Highlights, and Outtakes http://www.religionofindia.net/38676/riffing-religion-new-channel-highlights-and-outtakes/2010/10/18 http://www.religionofindia.net/38676/riffing-religion-new-channel-highlights-and-outtakes/2010/10/18#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:46:39 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/38676/riffing-religion-new-channel-highlights-and-outtakes/2010/10/18 Well, both my channels are in danger of being deleted, so I decided to create a channel just for the Riffing Religion videos, so they’ll still be up even if the Wes964 channel gets taken down. Please subscribe. :) Also, I made a brand new Riffing Religion video (another riff on some Harun Yahyah creationist claptrap about “science” in the Quran), which I should be putting up shortly

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]]> http://www.religionofindia.net/38676/riffing-religion-new-channel-highlights-and-outtakes/2010/10/18/feed 0 Atheism, Science and "Alternative" Therapy | Corrente http://www.religionofindia.net/38341/atheism-science-and-alternative-therapy-corrente/2010/10/18 http://www.religionofindia.net/38341/atheism-science-and-alternative-therapy-corrente/2010/10/18#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:43:14 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/38341/atheism-science-and-alternative-therapy-corrente/2010/10/18 Sort of in the same vein, I’m depressed and ashamed I didn’t make Jen’s graphic about blogger- atheists on this thread, sob. and damn, she’s so cute, isn’t she? Anyway, here’s my question: how do you balance your interest in …

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]]> http://www.religionofindia.net/38341/atheism-science-and-alternative-therapy-corrente/2010/10/18/feed 0 Darwin & Religious Contemporaries – About.com: Agnosticism/Atheism http://www.religionofindia.net/38355/darwin-religious-contemporaries-about-com-agnosticismatheism/2010/10/18 http://www.religionofindia.net/38355/darwin-religious-contemporaries-about-com-agnosticismatheism/2010/10/18#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:00:48 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/38355/darwin-religious-contemporaries-about-com-agnosticismatheism/2010/10/18 Although there can be no denying the long-standing hostility of traditional religious institutions towards evolution (not to mention science generally), we should not ignore the fact that not all religious figures and institutions have …

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]]> http://www.religionofindia.net/38355/darwin-religious-contemporaries-about-com-agnosticismatheism/2010/10/18/feed 0 Classical theism, atheism, and the Godfather trilogy (What's Wrong … http://www.religionofindia.net/38360/classical-theism-atheism-and-the-godfather-trilogy-whats-wrong/2010/10/17 http://www.religionofindia.net/38360/classical-theism-atheism-and-the-godfather-trilogy-whats-wrong/2010/10/17#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:35:07 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/38360/classical-theism-atheism-and-the-godfather-trilogy-whats-wrong/2010/10/17 You’ve got the history of philosophy: Ancient, medieval, modern. Then you’ve got the Godfather Trilogy: Part I, Part II, Part III. Explore the startling parallels, and their relevance to the dispute between atheism and theism

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]]> http://www.religionofindia.net/38360/classical-theism-atheism-and-the-godfather-trilogy-whats-wrong/2010/10/17/feed 0 Can Atheists Be Religious? Are there Religious Atheists? http://www.religionofindia.net/38372/can-atheists-be-religious-are-there-religious-atheists/2010/10/17 http://www.religionofindia.net/38372/can-atheists-be-religious-are-there-religious-atheists/2010/10/17#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:00:02 +0000 admin http://www.religionofindia.net/38372/can-atheists-be-religious-are-there-religious-atheists/2010/10/17 Atheism and religion are often portrayed and treated as polar opposites; although there is a strong correlation between being an atheist and being irreligious, there is no necessary and inherent connection between the two. …

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