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“Italian study claims Turin Shroud is Christ’s authentic burial robe” – The Telegraph The above quote is an actual headline that came across one of my news feeds late last night. It caught my attention immediately in one of those “here we go again” sighs. But, being the skeptic that I am, I decided to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Delusion’
Turin Redux: Shrouded in Ignorance
December 20th, 2011 
Al Stefanelli 
Posted in Uncategorized 
Tags: Atheism, Christianity, Delusion, Passion of the Christ, Scam, Shroud of Turin 
26 Comments »The Incredible Lightness Of Being An Atheist
November 21st, 2011 Al Stefanelli “Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.” – John Quincy Adams My life is not much different from the average humanoid living in the United States. Outside of the relatively minor celebrity I enjoy as a public figure, I have bills to pay, deadlines to meet, family to interact with and errands to [...]
Nothing Fails Like Prayer
November 18th, 2011 Al Stefanelli “If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall. If you pray for floodwaters to abate, they eventually do. The same happens in the absence of prayers.” Steve Allen In the bible, the character that plays “Jesus” in Christian mythology makes a number of specific and remarkable promises about the concept of prayer. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Atheism, Belief, Christianity, Delusion, Prayer, Religion 20 Comments »A Case Against An Historical Jesus…
November 15th, 2011 Al Stefanelli THIS WAS WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY JIM WALKER. Amazingly, the question of an actual historical Jesus rarely confronts the religious believer. The power of faith has so forcefully driven the minds of most believers, and even apologetic scholars, that the question of reliable evidence gets obscured by tradition, religious subterfuge, and outrageous claims. The following gives [...]
Religious Belief Is A Fear-Based Lie
November 7th, 2011 Al Stefanelli “Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death” – Albert Einstein Fear. It’s what drives religion, gives it purpose, keeps a billion or so believers entrenched in willful ignorance, is responsible for the rampant denial of science and is the central [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Atheism, Belief, Christianity, Delusion, Fear, Hell, Islam 17 Comments »The Goodness Of God – A Perplexing Paradox
October 13th, 2011 Al Stefanelli With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. – Steven Weinberg If something is good simply because a god has commanded it, then anything that a god commands could be considered good. Of course, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Atheists, Delusion, God, Mental Illness, Morality, Religion 6 Comments »The Delusional Belief That God Is In Control
September 30th, 2011 Al Stefanelli God should be executed for crimes against humanity. – Bryan Emmanuel Gutierrez Every time, without fail, when I read a news story about the untimely and senseless deaths of the innocent in some sort of horrible accident, the responses from the Christian community are ludicrous. What irks me to no end are those who believe [...]
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