Defending Your Belief

I have this friend who just happens to be a christian pastor. Yes, he knows I’m an atheist and the one good thing about the both of us is that neither of us hold belief/non-belief against each other. I sometimes send him videos Find on Youtube that I think are compelling arguments for or against something with his belief. some of them delve into very complex ideas and try to make them understandable for we, the hoi-poli. One of the recent videos I emailed him concerns the idea of the Trinity in christianity and where it came from. This caused, how shall I say, a bit of consternation with my friend.

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Let Him Go

It’s time for someone to say it, just in case anyone is unsure. Charlie Kirk is dead. There. I said it. It’s horrible what happened to him and hopefully, his murderer will see justice. The reason I’m saying this now is from shear exhaustion from seeing all of the posts abut him or his widow. I don’t care about what Erika is doing or might do and I’m vertain that Charlie is not looking down on us from heaven.

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Debate Any One? No Thanks.

I almost never debate Christians about their faith or my lack thereof. Why? It’s because when I ask for objective proof of what they say, I receive the same old evidence: The Bible Tells Me So. Of course, some use other sources, but those sources they quote are mostly apologists, people paid to reconcile faith with fact (poorly) and for those that need to justify their faith. Other sources they use, to their benefit are scientific: archeology mainly, but then, non one is arguing that Babylon didn’t exist, or that Nazareth didn’t exist. what we’re discussing is the idea of a god, and in particular, Jesus.

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The Internet Proves Again it Doesn’t Have Wide Influence

I’m just going to come out and say iy: 99.999% of the world doesn’t care about the so-called Charlie Kirk Conspiracy, or any of the shenanigans circling it right now. For those unaware, Charlie Kirk was a conservative political activist, focused on young people (high school and college age) to attempt to influence their political and cultural views. Nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, he became very successful in his endeavor. In 2025, someone took too much offense and murdered him. Very sad. Not just for his family and friends, but those that followed him closely.

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What We Don’t Know, Can’t Hurt Us

Occasionally, I’m asked why I focus my religion-oriented writing toward Christianity. Do I have a specific animus towards Christians or their beliefs? Well, no to both. It’s really very simple: Christianity is the religion I came from and it’s the largest identified religion in the United States. By identified, I mean, most Americans identify as Christian, whether they actually practice it or not.

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