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The Modern Library contains material written during or after 1970, which tends to be more scholarly than Kiosk material.
Todd Pence Scout
Not Practicing What You Preach The Boy Scouts of America’s Refusal to Recognize Atheism (1993) Todd M. Pence The Boy Scouts of America is an organization that was established to better the quality of life in America through having its members perform service for their respective communities and the nation as a whole, as […]
Anachronist Why I Believe 0 Intro
Introduction “Anachronist” This book inspired me to embark on a long search for knowledge and truth. I studied books on history, theology, and the sciences, researching many things Dr. Kennedy considered and many other issues he ignored; I examined some of his references; and I engaged in lengthy electronic debates with several learned individuals. In […]
Bill Schultz Persuade
The Epistemological Necessities for Persuasion by Bill Schultz 1. INTRODUCTION. Jeff Lowder recently circulated a draft essay entitled “Is a Proof of the Non-Existence of a God Even Possible?” In discussing the premise of that essay, it became clear to both of us that Jeff’s piece was centered on the issue of whether […]
Charles Echelbarger Nonbelief
Review of Nonbelief and Evil (2005) Charles Echelbarger Review: Ted Drange. 1998. Nonbelief and Evil: Two Arguments for the Nonexistence of God. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 403 pp. This article was originally published in Philosophy Now Issue 47 (August/September 2004). This Secular Web version contains minor editorial changes. Theodore Drange is one of a […]
Church State Scouts
Goverment Endorsement of the Boy Scouts Boy Scouts of America Practices Discrimination (2000) by Annie Laurie Gaylor (Off Site) Boy Scouts of America openly rejects membership applications by nonreligious parents and boys. BSA has never apologized for the pain it has caused youngsters who have been told “any boy can join,” then robbed of the […]
Dan Barker Kalamity
Cosmological Kalamity Dan Barker "Daddy, if God made everything, who made God?" my daughter Kristi asked me, when she was five years old. "Good question," I replied. Even a child sees the problem with the traditional cosmological argument. The old cosmological argument claimed that since everything has a cause, there must be a first […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Carbon 14 Constant Rate
Dr. Hovind (R2): The C-14 decay rate is not constant. Several factors, including the 11-year sunspot cycle, affects its rate of decay. It is painfully obvious that Dr. Hovind knows next to nothing about carbon-14 dating! Changes in the sunspot cycle do have a noticeable, short-term effect on the rate of C-14 production inasmuch […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Specific Arguments Continent
Young-earth "proof" #15: Continents are eroding at a rate which would bring them to sea level in less than 14 million years. Inasmuch as the continents are anything but flat, the earth cannot be billions of years old. (27.5 x 10^9 tons sediment/year are lost to the oceans by erosion; the present mass of the […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Specific Arguments Pressure
Young-earth "proof" #18: The incredible pressure found in oil and gas wells indicates they have been there less than 15,000 years. (Presumably, the oil or gas would have escaped long before then.) 18. The incredible pressure found in oil and gas wells indicates that the oil and gas have been effectively trapped. The initial, slow […]
Debates
Debates Is Creationism True? [Index] God or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the Evidence (2007) [ Index ] edited by Paul Draper Should We Believe in God? [Index] Why Be an Atheist? [Index]
Debates Secularist Affirm
On The Issue of Affirmative Action: Affirmative Action is part of the socialist political platform but it can also be found in various facets of our society. Many interpretations exist on the issue, along with varying degrees of support and opposition. Plainly put, affirmative action seeks to restore, or initiate, equality of opportunity among all […]
Debates Secularist Home
On The Issue of Home Schooling: Many parents today are opting to teach their children at home. Reasons for chosing this option include the dumbing down of our educational system, the methods used in teaching, the knowledge and understanding of teachers, and the continued support of religion within our public education system. Opponents to the […]
Debates Secularist Suicide
On The Subject of Suicide: Suicide is an option people have in life and, as we are all aware, it is often chosen by individuals usually unhappy in life. For secularists, suicide may be approached rather differently than the traditional religious believer and their thoughts on the afterlife. Should suicide be a consideration at all? […]
Doug Krueger Krueger Mchugh Krueger3
The Krueger-McHugh Debate: Theism or Atheism (2003) Doug Krueger Second Rebuttal by Doug Krueger My task in this debate is considerably easier than I had anticipated because not only has McHugh used a well-known and well-rebutted argument in his opening statement (the ontological argument), he has further stated in his rebuttal that he “can […]
Edwin Wilson Manifesto Ch18
CHAPTER 18 The Manifesto’s Long-Term Impact Over the decades since 1933, the radical nature of "A Humanist Manifesto" continued to be a source of controversy. Among the long-term effects of the manifesto, perhaps one of the most significant is the generation of a second manifesto in 1973. The forty interim years saw dramatic cultural and […]
Fred Edwords Relright
Getting Out God’s Vote Pat Robertson And The Evangelicals Frederick Edwords and Stephen McCabe (As published in the May/June 1987 issue of The Humanist, with additional bibliographic material provided at the end.) Being the year prior to an election year when the religious right seems to be gathering its strength to make a decisive push […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chap10
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 10 – Saul THE Deuteronomic history of Israel continues with the stories of Samuel and Saul which form the records of the beginnings of Hebrew kingship. Some sources are designated, such as "The Book of the Acts of Solomon" (I Kings 11:41), "The […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chap25
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 25 – Life and Literature of the Late Period THE next major project facing the people of Jerusalem was the rebuilding of the wall of the city. Zechariah’s dramatic claim that Yahweh would protect the city with a wall of fire (Zech. 2:5) […]
Gerald Larue Otll Part2
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue PART 2 – Before There Was an Israel PROLOGUE All human events occur within dimensions of space and time. Prerequisites for adequate evaluation of happenings are knowledge of the physical environment or stage-setting and comprehension of historical antecedents or factors preceding the event. Because […]
Graham Oppy Smith2
Book Review: THEISM, ATHEISM, AND BIG BANG COSMOLOGY (1996) Graham Oppy Recent scientific research into the cosmological origins of the universe has prompted a flood of philosophical speculations about the consequences of that research for views which invoke supernatural causes for the existence of the universe. Much of this speculation has come from people […]
Ibn Al Rawandi Review
Review of "Why I Am Not a Muslim" Ibn al-Rawandi [This review was originally published in the New Humanist, Bradlaugh House, 47 Theobald’s Road, London, England WC1X 8SP. Reproduced with permission.] In one of his early works the traditionalist writer Frithjof Schuon makes an acute observation about the mentality of Muslims: `The intellectual – and […]
Ilhan Arsel Din Adamlari Bolum14
Türk’ü “Türk’e” ve “Türk” ile Ilgili Her Seye Karsi Yabanci, Hatta Düsman Yapan Seriat Emirlerinin Insafsiz Uygulayicisi Olarak Din Adami I) Türk’ü Kendi Atalarina ve Geçmisine Düsman Yapan Din Adami: II) Insanlarimizi Arap Ruhu ve Zihniyeti ile Yetistirir Din Adami: III) Kur’an’i Arapça okutma konusunda din adami’nin kurnazligi! Batili din adami kendi insanini ve mensup […]
James Still Absurd
The Absurd Life: Barabbas and Christ James Still There is a certain Faustian conflict in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus says, "Blessed are they who have been persecuted within themselves. It is they who have truly come to know the father."[1] Just as Mephistopheles tells Faust that the darkness gives birth to the […]
James Still Kalam
Library: Modern Documents: James Still: Eternity and Time in William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument Eternity and Time in William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument James Still * The clocks were functioning, thus someone must have set them in motion, even if their winding had been designed to last a long time. -Umberto Eco […]
Jeff Lowder Jury
The Jury Is In The Ruling on McDowell’s “Evidence” Jeffery Jay Lowder (editor) Introduction (1997) by Jeffery Jay Lowder Josh McDowell’s Evidence That Demands a Verdict (hereafter, “ETDAV“) is arguably one of the most influential Christian apologetic books today. The purpose of Jury shall be to evaluate how well it does. Chapter 1. The Uniqueness […]
Julian Baggini Review Martin
Review of The Impossibility of God (2005) Julian Baggini Review: Michael Martin and Ricki Monnier (eds). 2003. The Impossibility of God. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 438 pp. Let’s get the well-deserved praise over and done with and move swiftly on to more interesting matters. All infidels (Infidel, noun, 1: one who is not a […]
Ken Saladin Saladin Gish2 Gish4
Closing Statement for the Negative (Gish, 5 minutes) Moderator: We will now have a five-minute closing statement from Dr. Gish. Gish: Ladies and gentlemen on page 353 of this book by Michael Denton, he says this: "Contrary to what is widely assumed by evolutionary biologists today, it has always been the anti-evolutionists, not the evolutionists, […]
Mark Vuletic Dent
REVIEW OF “EVOLUTION: A THEORY IN CRISIS” BY MICHAEL DENTON Keith B. Miller Department of Geology Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506-3201 There is much confusion in the popularized literature about the evidence for macroevolutionary change in the fossil record. Unfortunately, the discussion of evolution within certain parts of the Christian community has been greatly […]
Mark Vuletic Policy
Internet Infidels receives quite a bit of mail, as is evident to anyone who peruses our feedback section. To reduce clutter in the feedback section, we are now instituting a series of conditions for the printing of mail. In order to have your letter printed by Internet Infidels, it must meet the following critieria: Your […]
Mathew Sn Creation
Why alt.atheism Exists mathew [Editors note: Usenet newsgroups were once very popular venues for discussion of topics of interest. In the intervening years since the writing of this article, however, they have become less and less popular, primarily because they tend to be overrun with spammers. In the meantime, discussion boards, such as the […]