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    • Introduction
    • Atheistic Critiques – Common critiques of theistic beliefs.
        • God of the Gaps (If You Can’t Explain it, God did it!)Every argument for the existence of God is actually a Gaps argument. It is literally the single oldest argument in the history of human discourse. It is also the most failed one.
        • Prime Mover / First Cause ArgumentsThis subset of Gaps arguments suggest that there must be some life, some higher power, that started it all.
        • Deistic Substitution Argument/FallacyThe three-card Monte of theism, this gaps argument is the most common fallacy you've never heard of, and a cornerstone of most "theistic" arguments.
        • Revelation Doesn’t Prove GodMany people have seen God. Many gods, from Zeus to Quatzequatel to Jesus have appeared before members of every faith in history. If you've...
        • “Miracles” Do Not Prove GodThere have been millions of eyewitness accounts to miracles. But the vast majority aren't miracles, and for the rest, there's never been any evidence.
        • Pascal’s WagerIt's still around, it's the only non-gaps argument on our list. But since it's not actually an argument for the existence of God...
        • Strength of Faith is not Evidence/ProofAt one time or another, we've all thought that we could commit a belief to reality through sheer force of will. But the strength of your belief doesn't...
        • Theism is not Humble, it’s Narcissistic.The fundamental proposition of religion is that there's an all powerful God, that you've a personal relationship with him, the universe exists with you in mind, and that this god has empowered you to tell others how to live. This is not...
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    • Atheistic Positions – Positions commonly held by atheists.
      • Correlation Does Not Imply Causality (Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc)Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, it's one of the most common cognitive errors. We do it all the time, and yet can't ever seem to learn....
      • Faith and Knowledge are IncompatibleThere are many definitions of faith. And yet there's a slight of hand you might see where theists define one way, and then use it another.
      • God can not both be all powerful and all goodIt's one of the most misunderstood and underestimated criticisms of theism, called The Problem of Evil, and it's insurmountable.
      • Intelligent Design can’t be Taught in Science ClassesAny person arguing that intelligent design should be taught in science class has a gross misunderstanding of what science is, how it functions, and the...
      • Irreducible Complexity Doesn’t Prove Intelligent Design or Disprove EvolutionFrom misquoting Darwin, to misunderstanding the "evidence" or what we know or don't know about complexity, ID supporters always think that...
      • Many Priests and Ministers Are AtheistsOne would assume that ministers and priests all believe what they preach. The reality is...
      • Morality is Innate, it Doesn’t Come From GodDo we get our morality from God? Or might it be the other way around? Without God, would anything be permissible? Where would we get our morality from?
      • Most Theists Want the World To End.Christianity is an apocalyptic religion… They eagerly anticipate the end of the world, when the suffering of this mortal life ends, and eternal happiness begins. This is hardly an incentive to build a sustainable future, and…
      • No Religion is a MajorityChristians often boast about how big their religion is. They say it's a majority. Not only is it not a majority, but it's much smaller than everyone thinks…
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    • Theistic Apologies – Common critiques of the atheist positions.
        • The Chance we Exist is Too Remote to be CoincidenceTheists often argue that the chances we exist are far to remote to be coincidence. Yet the this is a gross misrepresentation of how we got here and came to be...
        • You Can’t Disprove GodThere are an infinite number of things which can not be disproven. It's not the burden of the atheist to disprove God, but rather of the theist to prove it.
        • Miracles Prove God
        • Can You Know Right From Wrong Without God?
        • The Bible is the Word of God
        • God Speaks / Spoke to Me
        • I Want God to ExistOh crap. Yeah, I hear you on that one. I think it is the only wish I could possibly have in my life – that there be a God...
      • Close
    • Theistic Positions – Positions and views commonly held by theists about theism or atheism.
      • There Can be no Objective Morality Without God
      • Atheists Hate God
      • Science Can’t Prove Anything
      • Belief in Science/Atheism is a Kind of Faith
      • Atheism is also just a set of beliefs.
      • Atheists Believe Something Came From Nothing
      • Atheist Governments are Dystopic/Genocidal (Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot)
      • It Takes More Faith to be an Atheist
      • If Evolution is Real, Why Are There Still Monkeys?
      • Atheists are Pagans
      • Close
    • Essays
        • A Turn of FaithHow did author N. Lamar Soutter go from a proselytizing deist to an atheist? He found the and confronted man tricking him... himself!
        • Are you an Atheist? What got you there?
        • Ask an Atheist
        • How to win an argument, every time!An argument isn't about beating the other side, it's about furthering understanding. Once you realize that, done right, you'll never lose.
        • Soutter’s Wager
        • The Well Reasoned Bully
        • Why Can’t you Leave People to Their Faith?
      • Close
    • Challenges – These are standing challenges issued by the Codex for proof (or disproof) of theories and facts.
      • The Deyos Project
      • The Flat Earth Challenge
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    • Primers & Definitions – Definitions of theories or constructs requiring more detail than can be obtained by tooltips.
        • What is Science?
        • Theist, Deist, or Atheist
        • What is an Atheist?
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        • Sam Harris on How Religion Puts The World at Risk
        • 10 Facts About Atheists
        • Atheists Know More About the Bible Than Most American Christians
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      • Essays
        • I Wasn’t Interested in Being your “Friend”: A Girl’s Message to All Christians
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      • Transcripts
        • Hitchens v. Turek: Does God Exist
        • Sam Harris: Are Christians Psychotic?
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      • Decon Stories
          • A Closeted Atheist Pastor to His Wife
          • The Evangelical Scion Who Stopped Believing
          • Ches Smith
          • Calvin King
          • Ranier
          • Neal H
          • Mary Joyce
          • John Harkey Gibbs
          • James Morgan
          • Drew Bekius
          • Tony D
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      • Creationist Misconceptions
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  • References
    • Cosmology
        • Between Religion and Science. Georges Lemaître, Pope Pius XII and The Big Bang Theory
        • Multiverse Proof Possibility From Colliding Universes
      • Close
    • Evolution
        • Life’s First Spark Re-Created in the Laboratory
      • Close
    • Government and Culture
        • Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S
        • Abstinence-Only Education Increases Disease and Pregnancy
        • Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge
        • Atheists Trusted No More Than Rapests
        • Bush accused of Aids damage to Africa
        • Common Myths About Atheists
        • Daryl Davis Gets KKK Members to Disavow by Befriending Them
        • Divorce Rate by Religion
        • Divorce Statistics
        • FBI: Terrorism (2002-2005)
        • GOP congressman on climate change: God will ‘take care of it’ if it’s real
        • Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
        • Vatican told bishops to cover up sex abuse
      • Close
    • Health
        • Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S
        • Abstinence-Only Education Increases Disease and Pregnancy
        • Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs: Ineffective, Unethical, and Poor Public Health
        • Bush accused of Aids damage to Africa
        • Critical thinking suppressed in brains of people who believe in the supernatural
        • Divorce Rate by Religion
        • Divorce Statistics
        • HIV-infected condoms sent to kill Africans claims archbishop
      • Close
    • History
        • Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge
        • Between Religion and Science. Georges Lemaître, Pope Pius XII and The Big Bang Theory
        • FBI: Terrorism (2002-2005)
        • Pope claims condoms could make African Aids crisis worse
        • The World Is Not Falling Apart
        • There are 6 Scriptures about homosexuality in the Bible. Here’s what they really say
        • We’re living through the “most peaceful era” in human history — with one big exception
      • Close
    • Misconceptions
        • Atheist Family Values
        • Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge
        • Common Myths About Atheists
        • Daryl Davis Gets KKK Members to Disavow by Befriending Them
        • HIV-infected condoms sent to kill Africans claims archbishop
        • Most Terrorists In The U.S. Since 9/11 Have Been American Citizens Or Legal Residents
        • Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
        • The World Is Not Falling Apart
        • There are 6 Scriptures about homosexuality in the Bible. Here’s what they really say
        • We’re living through the “most peaceful era” in human history — with one big exception
      • Close
    • Morality
        • Abstinence-Only Education Increases Disease and Pregnancy
        • Atheist Family Values
        • Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge
        • Atheists Trusted No More Than Rapests
        • Bush accused of Aids damage to Africa
        • Common Myths About Atheists
        • Daryl Davis Gets KKK Members to Disavow by Befriending Them
        • Divorce Rate by Religion
        • Divorce Statistics
        • GOP congressman on climate change: God will ‘take care of it’ if it’s real
        • HIV-infected condoms sent to kill Africans claims archbishop
        • Pope claims condoms could make African Aids crisis worse
        • There are 6 Scriptures about homosexuality in the Bible. Here’s what they really say
        • Vatican told bishops to cover up sex abuse
      • Close
    • Violence and Crime
        • FBI: Terrorism (2002-2005)
        • Most Terrorists In The U.S. Since 9/11 Have Been American Citizens Or Legal Residents
        • Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
        • The World Is Not Falling Apart
        • Vatican told bishops to cover up sex abuse
        • We’re living through the “most peaceful era” in human history — with one big exception
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    • Introduction
    • Atheistic Critiques – Common critiques of theistic beliefs.
        • God of the Gaps (If You Can’t Explain it, God did it!)Every argument for the existence of God is actually a Gaps argument. It is literally the single oldest argument in the history of human discourse. It is also the most failed one.
        • Prime Mover / First Cause ArgumentsThis subset of Gaps arguments suggest that there must be some life, some higher power, that started it all.
        • Deistic Substitution Argument/FallacyThe three-card Monte of theism, this gaps argument is the most common fallacy you've never heard of, and a cornerstone of most "theistic" arguments.
        • Revelation Doesn’t Prove GodMany people have seen God. Many gods, from Zeus to Quatzequatel to Jesus have appeared before members of every faith in history. If you've...
        • “Miracles” Do Not Prove GodThere have been millions of eyewitness accounts to miracles. But the vast majority aren't miracles, and for the rest, there's never been any evidence.
        • Pascal’s WagerIt's still around, it's the only non-gaps argument on our list. But since it's not actually an argument for the existence of God...
        • Strength of Faith is not Evidence/ProofAt one time or another, we've all thought that we could commit a belief to reality through sheer force of will. But the strength of your belief doesn't...
        • Theism is not Humble, it’s Narcissistic.The fundamental proposition of religion is that there's an all powerful God, that you've a personal relationship with him, the universe exists with you in mind, and that this god has empowered you to tell others how to live. This is not...
      • Close
    • Atheistic Positions – Positions commonly held by atheists.
      • Correlation Does Not Imply Causality (Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc)Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, it's one of the most common cognitive errors. We do it all the time, and yet can't ever seem to learn....
      • Faith and Knowledge are IncompatibleThere are many definitions of faith. And yet there's a slight of hand you might see where theists define one way, and then use it another.
      • God can not both be all powerful and all goodIt's one of the most misunderstood and underestimated criticisms of theism, called The Problem of Evil, and it's insurmountable.
      • Intelligent Design can’t be Taught in Science ClassesAny person arguing that intelligent design should be taught in science class has a gross misunderstanding of what science is, how it functions, and the...
      • Irreducible Complexity Doesn’t Prove Intelligent Design or Disprove EvolutionFrom misquoting Darwin, to misunderstanding the "evidence" or what we know or don't know about complexity, ID supporters always think that...
      • Many Priests and Ministers Are AtheistsOne would assume that ministers and priests all believe what they preach. The reality is...
      • Morality is Innate, it Doesn’t Come From GodDo we get our morality from God? Or might it be the other way around? Without God, would anything be permissible? Where would we get our morality from?
      • Most Theists Want the World To End.Christianity is an apocalyptic religion… They eagerly anticipate the end of the world, when the suffering of this mortal life ends, and eternal happiness begins. This is hardly an incentive to build a sustainable future, and…
      • No Religion is a MajorityChristians often boast about how big their religion is. They say it's a majority. Not only is it not a majority, but it's much smaller than everyone thinks…
      • Close
    • Theistic Apologies – Common critiques of the atheist positions.
        • The Chance we Exist is Too Remote to be CoincidenceTheists often argue that the chances we exist are far to remote to be coincidence. Yet the this is a gross misrepresentation of how we got here and came to be...
        • You Can’t Disprove GodThere are an infinite number of things which can not be disproven. It's not the burden of the atheist to disprove God, but rather of the theist to prove it.
        • Miracles Prove God
        • Can You Know Right From Wrong Without God?
        • The Bible is the Word of God
        • God Speaks / Spoke to Me
        • I Want God to ExistOh crap. Yeah, I hear you on that one. I think it is the only wish I could possibly have in my life – that there be a God...
      • Close
    • Theistic Positions – Positions and views commonly held by theists about theism or atheism.
      • There Can be no Objective Morality Without God
      • Atheists Hate God
      • Science Can’t Prove Anything
      • Belief in Science/Atheism is a Kind of Faith
      • Atheism is also just a set of beliefs.
      • Atheists Believe Something Came From Nothing
      • Atheist Governments are Dystopic/Genocidal (Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot)
      • It Takes More Faith to be an Atheist
      • If Evolution is Real, Why Are There Still Monkeys?
      • Atheists are Pagans
      • Close
    • Essays
        • A Turn of FaithHow did author N. Lamar Soutter go from a proselytizing deist to an atheist? He found the and confronted man tricking him... himself!
        • Are you an Atheist? What got you there?
        • Ask an Atheist
        • How to win an argument, every time!An argument isn't about beating the other side, it's about furthering understanding. Once you realize that, done right, you'll never lose.
        • Soutter’s Wager
        • The Well Reasoned Bully
        • Why Can’t you Leave People to Their Faith?
      • Close
    • Challenges – These are standing challenges issued by the Codex for proof (or disproof) of theories and facts.
      • The Deyos Project
      • The Flat Earth Challenge
      • Close
    • Primers & Definitions – Definitions of theories or constructs requiring more detail than can be obtained by tooltips.
        • What is Science?
        • Theist, Deist, or Atheist
        • What is an Atheist?
      • Close
    • Close
  • Hangouts
  • Forums
  • Groups
  • Encyclopedia
  • Media
    • Podcast
    • Essays
      • Articles
        • Sam Harris on How Religion Puts The World at Risk
        • 10 Facts About Atheists
        • Atheists Know More About the Bible Than Most American Christians
        • Close
      • Essays
        • I Wasn’t Interested in Being your “Friend”: A Girl’s Message to All Christians
        • Close
      • Transcripts
        • Hitchens v. Turek: Does God Exist
        • Sam Harris: Are Christians Psychotic?
        • Close
      • Decon Stories
          • A Closeted Atheist Pastor to His Wife
          • The Evangelical Scion Who Stopped Believing
          • Ches Smith
          • Calvin King
          • Ranier
          • Neal H
          • Mary Joyce
          • John Harkey Gibbs
          • James Morgan
          • Drew Bekius
          • Tony D
        • Close
      • Close
    • Memes
      • Memes
      • Creationist Misconceptions
      • Close
    • Video Archive
    • Close
  • References
    • Cosmology
        • Between Religion and Science. Georges Lemaître, Pope Pius XII and The Big Bang Theory
        • Multiverse Proof Possibility From Colliding Universes
      • Close
    • Evolution
        • Life’s First Spark Re-Created in the Laboratory
      • Close
    • Government and Culture
        • Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S
        • Abstinence-Only Education Increases Disease and Pregnancy
        • Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge
        • Atheists Trusted No More Than Rapests
        • Bush accused of Aids damage to Africa
        • Common Myths About Atheists
        • Daryl Davis Gets KKK Members to Disavow by Befriending Them
        • Divorce Rate by Religion
        • Divorce Statistics
        • FBI: Terrorism (2002-2005)
        • GOP congressman on climate change: God will ‘take care of it’ if it’s real
        • Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
        • Vatican told bishops to cover up sex abuse
      • Close
    • Health
        • Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S
        • Abstinence-Only Education Increases Disease and Pregnancy
        • Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs: Ineffective, Unethical, and Poor Public Health
        • Bush accused of Aids damage to Africa
        • Critical thinking suppressed in brains of people who believe in the supernatural
        • Divorce Rate by Religion
        • Divorce Statistics
        • HIV-infected condoms sent to kill Africans claims archbishop
      • Close
    • History
        • Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge
        • Between Religion and Science. Georges Lemaître, Pope Pius XII and The Big Bang Theory
        • FBI: Terrorism (2002-2005)
        • Pope claims condoms could make African Aids crisis worse
        • The World Is Not Falling Apart
        • There are 6 Scriptures about homosexuality in the Bible. Here’s what they really say
        • We’re living through the “most peaceful era” in human history — with one big exception
      • Close
    • Misconceptions
        • Atheist Family Values
        • Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge
        • Common Myths About Atheists
        • Daryl Davis Gets KKK Members to Disavow by Befriending Them
        • HIV-infected condoms sent to kill Africans claims archbishop
        • Most Terrorists In The U.S. Since 9/11 Have Been American Citizens Or Legal Residents
        • Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
        • The World Is Not Falling Apart
        • There are 6 Scriptures about homosexuality in the Bible. Here’s what they really say
        • We’re living through the “most peaceful era” in human history — with one big exception
      • Close
    • Morality
        • Abstinence-Only Education Increases Disease and Pregnancy
        • Atheist Family Values
        • Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge
        • Atheists Trusted No More Than Rapests
        • Bush accused of Aids damage to Africa
        • Common Myths About Atheists
        • Daryl Davis Gets KKK Members to Disavow by Befriending Them
        • Divorce Rate by Religion
        • Divorce Statistics
        • GOP congressman on climate change: God will ‘take care of it’ if it’s real
        • HIV-infected condoms sent to kill Africans claims archbishop
        • Pope claims condoms could make African Aids crisis worse
        • There are 6 Scriptures about homosexuality in the Bible. Here’s what they really say
        • Vatican told bishops to cover up sex abuse
      • Close
    • Violence and Crime
        • FBI: Terrorism (2002-2005)
        • Most Terrorists In The U.S. Since 9/11 Have Been American Citizens Or Legal Residents
        • Muslims Are Not Terrorists: A Factual Look at Terrorism and Islam
        • The World Is Not Falling Apart
        • Vatican told bishops to cover up sex abuse
        • We’re living through the “most peaceful era” in human history — with one big exception
      • Close
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