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The Price of Atheism

Comment in Videos (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/11/2007
It's really unfortunate that people would discriminate against somebody in this fashion. Christians are called to be the light of the world, and this sort of behavior doesn't help anybody. It just hurts the nonbeliever and drags Christ's name through the … (see comment)
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Embryo ethics: Why Stem Cells Aren't People

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 04/11/2007
The author should be commended for actually recognizing the important issue in the debate- is the blastocyst a human person worthy of protection or not? There is so much bluster in this discussion and it's nice to address the actual issue at hand. Howe … (see comment)
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There is a 100% chance that there is no such person as God.

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 02/04/2007
Scientific evidence DOES demonstrate that the universe had a beginning. This includes all of the evidence for the Big Bang model (including cosmic background radiation and galactic redshift), and the evidence of thermodynamics, which entails that the univ … (see comment)
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There is a 100% chance that there is no such person as God.

Comment in News (0 diggs, 5 replies) - on 02/04/2007
The author of this article says that the idea that God exists is "not worthy of scientific inquiry." Why is this? If the author does not even allow the possibility of rationally supporting the existence of God, then it is unsurprising that he comes to the … (see comment)
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The Mystery of Consciousness

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 01/30/2007
Unfortunately, I think that Steven Pinker makes several common philosophical mistakes in this article which undermine his entire argument. Pinker has fallen for the most pervasive myth in philosophy- the idea that substance dualism (i.e. belief in a soul) … (see comment)
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