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The Soul of an Atheist

Daniel Hart L’Ecuyer In the pursuit of more unitive communication on issues of theology and spirituality, I would like to contest this particular statement made by Libby O’Neil in her recent article entitled -Why yes… I did just use math in my Christian Spirituality class:- –At its core, spirituality is just religion, which stems from …

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Why Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Worries Me

There is an Orthodox Jewish polemicist out there named Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. He often writes articles for the Huffington Post’s “Religion” section, including a recent response article to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. In this article, the Rabbi bashes President Obama for the emphasis placed on the reinvigoration of both science and …

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The Argument from Empiricism

  This article will briefly examine empiricism not only within the context of epistemology, but also its relevance in the sparring grounds of modern atheism and religion and the intimate connection the debate has to modern scientific reasoning.  In essence, empiricism is one of the few schools of thought in recent history that has been …

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Atheism in Society: Discrimination and Misunderstandings

Governor Bentley portrait

At his recent inauguration, Alabama governor Dr. Robert Bentley, M.D., stated that those who were not Christians were not his “brothers and sisters”: “Now I will have to say that, if we don’t have the same daddy, we’re not brothers and sisters. So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling …

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Why yes… I did just use math in my Christian Spirituality class.

attend a Catholic school where I am required by the administration to participate in one theology course each semester. At the end of my Christian Spirituality class last semester, I was asked to choose a symbol of my spirituality and write a paper explaining this decision. The following is an adaptation of my response. Symbol: …

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