Tag: religion

Do You Care About Truth… or Winning?

This essay argues that the pursuit of truth should be the foundation of all serious intellectual conversations, especially in the Information Age where facts can be verified instantly. It makes the case that debates should embrace AI as a real-time tool for fact-checking and clarification, shifting the goal away from winning arguments and toward discovering objective reality. Truth should not depend on wit, memory, or rhetorical skill, but on evidence, verification, and the willingness to update beliefs when confronted with new information.

What’s Wrong With Loving Everyone Equally?

This essay challenges the instinct to feel automatic loyalty toward people who share our identity traits such as gender, race, nationality, or religion. It argues that this impulse is simply modern tribalism in new packaging, and that true equality cannot coexist with identity-based favoritism. The piece makes the case for universal humanism, the idea that moral concern should extend equally to all people, regardless of the group they belong to.

The Most Famous Man in History… and the 20-Year Disappearance No One Talks About

This essay explores the uncomfortable historical gap in the life of Jesus known as the “Lost Years,” the nearly two decades between childhood and the start of his ministry that lack any documented record. It questions why such a massive absence of evidence is rarely scrutinized despite Jesus being the most influential figure in history. The piece argues for applying the same intellectual standards to theology that we use everywhere else in life, and ultimately makes the case that morality does not require ancient authority, but can stand firmly on secular human values like empathy, compassion, and human flourishing.

Prompt Your Beliefs to Death (If They Can Survive, They’re Worth Keeping)

Most people don’t fear being wrong — they fear admitting that what they’ve believed for decades may never have been true. This essay is about confronting that fear with curiosity instead of ego. It’s about using AI not to confirm what you already think, but to challenge your assumptions, push against your blind spots, and exit the echo chamber you didn’t even realize you were in. Prompt wisely — it might just change everything.

The Mirror of Faith: Sam Harris and the Case for Universal Understanding

Nearly every monotheistic theist who has ever existed believes that their god is the one true god. In his brilliant work, Letter to a Christian Nation, author & thinker, Sam Harris, simply & eloquently describes why that belief is simply not correct.

Why Religious Property Tax Exemptions Cost You More Than You Think

Abolishing property tax exemptions for religious institutions is a step towards fiscal responsibility and fairness.

Required Reading: God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to break free from indoctrination and embrace objective, evidence-based perspectives.

#RequiredReading: You Are The Placebo

#RequiredReading: You Are The Placebo. You only get one brain. USE IT!

Is Hating President Trump Against Your Religion?

First: Take the Nationalism quiz. Next: Realize your problem is with the American political system and virtually all politicians. Last: Read my quick thought on all of the vitriol directed at President Trump... Are not your words & thoughts going directly against the teachings of whatever religion you claim to practice? According to this study, … Continue reading Is Hating President Trump Against Your Religion? →

Reza Aslan v Lauren Green [Cagefight] [Poll]

This video is an example of how not to act as a "professional journalist". A biblical scholar is attacked by a woman who cannot count to his IQ. This is why I do not like news. Or religion.