My response to a Christian doctor who makes the case for the existence of a personal God on the basis that atheists recant their atheism when suddenly faced with life-threatening injuries.
Skepticism
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I make a lot of videos against Christianity. This might seem a bit obsessive, when Christianity is an irrelevance to my life. But there is a good reason for it.
Free copy of Reality Check (or Chion) for the first person to guess why the psi-wheel is moving in the featured video. Answers must state the specific details of the cause and effect relationship. Not just “It’s heat” or “It’s static,” etc. Enter by commenting on the YouTube video, not here on the blog. If you don’t have a YouTube account, hard luck; unfortunately, the only way to determine who gets the right answer first is if all the entries are collected in one place.
Here’s the original video in full, for your complete reference.
Christian author Ray Comfort recently penned a brief essay entitled “Wired by God,” in which he defends the use of terror tactics in converting people to Christianity. This is my rebuttal.
Ray Comfort’s blog is Atheist Central.
Truth-seeking will never be effective unless we successfully navigate around some hard-to-spot pitfalls. I suggest four strategies to help you develop your bullshit detector:
Part 1: (i) Distrust testimony without evidence; (ii) Distrust fanciful philosophy.
Part 2: (iii) Recognise salvationism in disguise; (iv) Recognise fundamentalism in disguise.
We all need to do our own thinking and stop giving blind trust to religions, or even to truth-seekers that we’ve grown to respect. The advantage of figuring out a truth for yourself is that you don’t merely believe it, you own it …
The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) has hosted the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge for many years. All you have to do is demonstrate a paranormal ability under strict test conditions. To date, no one has ever claimed the prize. Proof that psychic abilities, such as telekinesis, are fraudulent or self-delusional? Here are my thoughts.
What does a Christian do when a loved one, who is not a Christian, dies? I’ve been there. This is my story.
How many Christians truly believe in hell? If they do, why do some shout with compassionless glee, “Turn or burn!” while others express total apathy? How many have a genuine heart-felt conviction about what they claim to believe?
In the following videos I discuss useful principles for discerning whether a video demonstration of telekinesis is real or fake. I expose some popular YouTube videos (particularly those of godspeed09) that are wrongly believed to be examples of advanced telekinesis.
Part 1 of 2:
Part 2 of 2:
