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It seems that many religious people on Pro U think that, as an atheist, I have no clear moral stance. I have no base morality. However you want to say it. I figure that instead of trying to, in a reasonable length repeat myself over and over again whenever asked about my morals, I’ll explain myself very clearly in a full-length blog.  Read More »

OK, in this part of Genesis 6, we are introduced
to Noah and god reveals his excellent plan to rid the Earth of evil people.  Read More »

Before I get on with chapter 6, I must explain why I have skipped Chapter 5. The reason is because there is nothing to write about. All that it is is a list of the generations from Adam to Noah and his sons. The only thing that I can say about it is that there is no reason to believe that any human lived as long as these characters are said to have lived.  Read More »

So here we have Cain and Abel show up. There's some fratreside and then there's people who seem to have come out of nowhere.

Genesis 4  Read More »

So, Adam and Eve have been tricked into eating from the tree of knowledge. God, naturally, finds out about this and is pissed off. In this part of the chapter, god gets around to overreacting and dealing out some harsh punishments to all involved parties.

Genesis 3

The Fall of Man  Read More »

The third chapter of Genesis deals with the famous fall of man. It is here, in the first 8 verses of chapter three, that people do some stupid, but predictable things
because a snake tells them to.
Genesis 3
The Fall of Man  Read More »

Genesis 2 is really a piece of work. It contradicts the first chapter on several points.First of all, it does contradict Genesis 1 on a lot of points, especially concerning chronology. And, it has a few little problems of it's own.

Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.  Read More »

Most people take the following words for granted. It is wrong to kill. It is wrong to steal. It is wrong to lie.

Should these wrongs always be wrong? According to the absolutist moral standpoint, yes. According to this philosophy, it is always wrong to kill. It is always wrong to steal. It is always wrong to lie. No matter the circumstance,  Read More »