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How To Believe in God

smisaacson — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:54:47 -0500

“I don’t believe in God…” the man said to the elderly woman.

She laughed. “That’s okay, sonny. God believes in you.”

It’s a paraphrase of a scene from a Stephen King movie, one that I never finished watching, but the scene has never left me. I believe in God, in fact I believe in Jesus as the Son of God, but it hasn’t always been this way. After a childhood of being raised in the church, I found myself at a liberal arts college and academically deconstructing the Bible. I wanted to feel enlightened, but instead felt empty, like I had lost something. For the first time I understood the perspective of atheists—there is no God.

How To Know the Difference Between Atheist and Agnostic

Extra P. — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:14:20 -0500

People of faith will always have a hard time understanding why a fellow human being would choose to be either Atheist or Agnostic. That's OK. But there are vast differences between the beliefs and attitudes one can expect from either camp, and it's not accurate or fair to lump them together, though it is tempting.

What follows is a guide to understanding the difference between these two loaded A-words.

How To Be a Good Atheist

genepooldesign — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:05:38 -0500

Many people cringe when they hear the word, "atheist." Atheists are assumed to be all-around bad people, and are sometimes even confused for devil worshipers. That is simply not the case. Free thinkers tend to be educated people who are very ethical in work and they tend to take morality very seriously, yet they are among the most discriminated-against belief group in existence. For those atheists who need some guidance in being a good person, along with anyone else who may wish to use this how-to, I offer you “How To Be A Good Atheist.”