This week’s question: Could you ever date/fall in love with/marry someone of religious faith? Romantic relationships that cross religious boundaries are a very deep and complicated topic, and one that deserves more than one column. So this will be the first of three columns that will deal these cross-crossed lovers. The initial question I [...]
Though the word “more” in this question is vague, I assume that it means, “Which existence is more valuable?” I believe that humans’ lives are much more valuable than any machine’s, even though I do not believe that humans possess an immaterial, immortal presence in the body that may be called a “soul.” Given our [...]
This Week’s Question: If not Adam and Eve, who were the first humans to conceive? This question doesn’t really seem relevant to our readership, as I doubt most of the people interested are bible-literalists, so for that, I apologize. Additionally, I do not feel qualified to give a true answer to this question, as [...]
For all of you Nexus readers, Ask an Atheist is a safe haven. An opportunity to ask what it really means to be an atheist, a rationalist, or a skeptic. We listen to everyone, no matter your beliefs, and offer the chance to pose moral, scientific, or even deeply personal questions (and watch us squirm). [...]
“Ask an Atheist” is built on a dialogue with the community, and its greatest strength is the back-and-forth dialogue that the Nexus so generously facilitates. As a part of that process, in a recent article, the atheist stated, “the church system [has] hindered the progress of human rights and scientific advancement.” This is more than simply an atheistic position, but an anti-theistic one. Some among the community of readers have responded to this claim and others from that article.
This week’s question: “How do you feel about the ‘Rapture’ this Saturday, May 21?” There is a group of people who believe that this Saturday is the Rapture and that October will be the end of the world. You’ve probably been offered a pamphlet from one of these folks. If you care to stop [...]
This week’s question: “Why do you guys single out Christianity?” As far as I know, the arguments presented in this column only go after the most basic understanding of what God is supposed to be. We never discuss arguments relating to the validity of a particular faith, the historicity of religious figures or the [...]
This week’s question: “Why are atheists so antagonistic/insulting? Wouldn’t they catch more flies with honey than vinegar?”
This week’s question: Without religious faith of any kind, how can you say you’re as good a person as someone who truly believes in something greater than themselves?
This week’s question: “The existence of suffering is often pointed to as a argument against the presence of a loving god, but how can one have a world in which humans are free without some of those choices being for ill rather than for good?”
This week’s question: “Doesn’t atheism lead to a belief that nothing has any meaning?”
This week’s question: “What caused you to turn away from religion? How did you lose your faith?”
This week’s question: “Why let atheists talk about theology? That’s like letting English majors criticize quantum mechanics!”
This week’s question: “If you do not believe in the eternal human soul, why do you think it is okay to eat animals but not humans?”
This week’s question: “What do you think about people who call themselves religious but never actually attend religious services or follow the rules of their religion? ”