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Tag Archives: god
What matters most is how we live our lives
By Mike Dishnow, August 24, 2011 Who or what is the creator of “the creator”? The “first cause argument” is without merit. One can always seek a reduction of one more step. As Dean Stroud wrote in a column in … Continue reading
Morality not dependent on a god
By Mike Dishnow, July 14, 2008 Morality is not dependent on belief in a deity. The fallacy is not to be found in the benefits and values of morality, vis-a-vis God or otherwise; it is in the thesis that belief … Continue reading
Those Who Don’t Believe in God Still Can Be Good
By Jeremy Fejfar, November 28, 2010 The case is sometimes made that belief in a god is healthy for a society, that it somehow keeps a population behaving well and not reverting back to behave in a manner more akin … Continue reading
Posted in In the Media
Tagged atheism, ethics, god, good, good without god, morality, religion
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Sun Gods Have a Surprising Amount in Common
By Ed Neumann, June 20, 2010 Over the ages, ancient star gazers did not merely observe the movements of celestial bodies in the heavens but personified them and told stories about their lives on earth. The sun, considered the “savior … Continue reading
Posted in In the Media
Tagged christianity, god, gods, heliolatry, jesus, mithra, paganism, sun gods, sun worship
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Yes, We Can Teach Values without God
By Kathy Ivey, March 7, 2010 Children, our most valuable resource, absorb ethical, moral and spiritual values from the adults around them. One wonders, then, how children of atheists and agnostics fare in this realm, given the prevalent (and, I … Continue reading
Some Embrace God but Turn from Religion
“I’m going to church tomorrow,” Natalie Schwinn remembers her husband saying as they fell asleep one night in fall 2007. She wasn’t expecting it. The roof top cross at the Roncalli Newman Center. Scott Weaver grew up a Christmas-Easter churchgoer, … Continue reading
Does God Exist?
On November 16, 2010 the La Crosse Area Freethought Society co-sponsored a debate with the Christian Faculty Group and the La Crosse Secular Student Society (LS3). Another very successful endeavor, drawing a very large crowd. Much thanks to Mark Chavalas … Continue reading
Posted in Debates
Tagged atheism, august berkshire, christianity, debate, gannon murphy, god, uwl
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