” * Are there secular ideas about death and grief that you’ve found helpful? (This can include songs, poems, quotations, philosophies, books, movies, TV shows, or anything else.)”Yes. These would be the Atheist sources of truth, understanding and consolation.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Alert To Atheists: Greta Wants Your Grief Stories!
Who could be less prejudiced than Greta Christina? Well, most everyone who is not Greta Christina. Nonetheless, she will be the reigning lesbian/Atheist author on the subject of grief in the Atheist. And here is my favorite question from her list:
Friday, August 2, 2013
Top Ten+ Questions For Atheists
[Author's note: I recently came across an older challenge to provide ten top questions for Atheists to answer, a challenge which I failed to act on. Some of these have been asked here before. So here is the (first) list of ten+]:
1. Can you prove empirically that there is no creating agent for the universe? If the answer is yes, then you must show your work if it is to be considered anything more than just a claim
2. Can you prove deductively that there is no creating agent for the universe? If the answer is yes, then you must show your work if it is to be considered anything more than just a claim
3. What are your moral principles? List them completely.
4. What makes your moral principles “moral”, rather than personal guidelines? Perhaps you will want to define "moral" from the Atheist viewpoint.
5. What is the source of your morals?
6. What makes that source a “moral authority”, with unquestionable, indubitable ability to determine what is morally Good and what is morally Evil in a purely materialist context, where evolution has caused our existence?
7. Can you empirically prove your morals to be valid for all humans? If the answer is yes, then you must show your work if it is to be considered anything more than just a claim.
8. Why should anyone trust you, or any Atheist? Be specific.
9. Can you prove, empirically, that the incident which is referred to as the Miracle at Lourdes was purely a physical phenomenon? If the answer is yes, then you must show your work if it is to be considered anything more than just a claim.
10. Are your political leanings toward the Left? If so explain why in detail (i.e., "Yes, because....)
11. At what age did you become an Atheist? What is your current age?
1. Can you prove empirically that there is no creating agent for the universe? If the answer is yes, then you must show your work if it is to be considered anything more than just a claim
2. Can you prove deductively that there is no creating agent for the universe? If the answer is yes, then you must show your work if it is to be considered anything more than just a claim
3. What are your moral principles? List them completely.
4. What makes your moral principles “moral”, rather than personal guidelines? Perhaps you will want to define "moral" from the Atheist viewpoint.
5. What is the source of your morals?
6. What makes that source a “moral authority”, with unquestionable, indubitable ability to determine what is morally Good and what is morally Evil in a purely materialist context, where evolution has caused our existence?
7. Can you empirically prove your morals to be valid for all humans? If the answer is yes, then you must show your work if it is to be considered anything more than just a claim.
8. Why should anyone trust you, or any Atheist? Be specific.
9. Can you prove, empirically, that the incident which is referred to as the Miracle at Lourdes was purely a physical phenomenon? If the answer is yes, then you must show your work if it is to be considered anything more than just a claim.
10. Are your political leanings toward the Left? If so explain why in detail (i.e., "Yes, because....)
11. At what age did you become an Atheist? What is your current age?
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