Of Belief-Ins and Belief-Thats Contents 1 Of Belief-Ins and Belief-Thats 2 Belief-in 3 Belief-that 4 ‘In’ and ‘That’, Is and Ought, Faith and Claims 5 Science is a Belief-in and a Belief-that 6 Conclusion 7 References and Links 8 Appendix – Definitions of Belief The word belief comes with a lot of baggage. The word […]
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What is a Skeptic? – John Byrne MD*
Contents 1 What Do We Mean By Skeptic? 2 Skepticism and Science 3 Skeptical Tools 3.1 ** Hume’s Fork and Falsification: 3.2 **Occam’s Razor : 3.3 **Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence”: 3.4 **Correlation is Not Necessarily Causation: 4 Limits and Ethics 5 Conclusion 6 References and Links What Do We Mean By Skeptic? The words ‘skeptic’ and ‘skepticism‘ create a lot of confusion. To the […]
Waking Up – Sam Harris (not easy to read due to large print) pdf
System of Nature Volume Two – Baron d’Holbach – pdf
System of Nature Volume One – Baron d’Holbach – pdf
Foundations of Faith – Robert Ingersoll (Link to Website)
Is there a sensible man in the world who believes that David collected seven thousand million dollars worth of gold or silver? There is hardly five thousand million dollars of gold now used as money in the whole world. Think of the millions taken from the mines of California, Australia and Africa during the present […]
The Rationalist’s Manual – M. D. Aletheia (Link to Webpage)
And they did well to strike at the power of the priest. For centuries the human mind has been fettered by the priestly chain. The priest claimed the whole life. Scarcely had a child entered the world when he lost his freedom in the rite of baptism; his will was made captive by the representative […]
The Moral Landscape – Sam Harris pdf
Judaism – Vexen Crabtree
Judaism is one of the most ancient religions, and became largely codified in Babylon in the 6th century BCE2. It was perhaps the first religion to be comprehensively monotheistic. Jews believe that God has a special covenant with the Jewish community3, as testified to in the Torah. From Judaism sprang both Christianity and Islam. Judaism is counted as one […]
Religion as the Result of Human Mythmaking – Vexen Crabtree
#causes_of_religion #emotions #myths #new_age #paganism #psychology #religion Human beings have a natural tendency to enjoy myths, stories, epic tales, supernatural wonder and other fascinating elements from the worlds of our imaginations. Karen Armstrong writes that “Human beings have always been mythmakers”1. We love creating, and telling these stories. Over time they are altered, embellished, made more amazing and told with greater confidence2. […]