Issue 131
News: Atheism is, in fact, rational.
Random websurfing led me to find an article somewhere, I forget where, exactly, but it was an Apologetics page which claimed the following: "Since nobody knows everything, even if one assumes that one has 1% of all knowledge in their brain, it is possible that God could be in that 99%, therefore atheism requires as much faith as theism." (This is a paraphrase by me.) However, there are two major flaws to the argument. The first is that, if one looks up the word "God" in the dictionary (any dictionary), one often finds definitions which specify that God must be omnipresent (in all things). So, therefore, if a person finds only one place where God does not exist, then he does not exist anywhere. Of course, the problem is trying to find out how to know God when one sees him, and Carl Sagan's parable of the dragon highlights the problem particularly well. However, even if we deny God his omnipresence to save our apologist's argument, his conclusion is flawed. For instance, to any parents who read this blog (besides my own), you have probably told your kids that Santa Claus has given them presents, while you are the ones who give them to the kids. Of course, you most likely don't know all the other parents in the world, so does it make sense to believe that it takes as much faith to not believe that a real Santa brings presents to many children besides their own as it does to believe that there isn't a real Santa? Of course not. At least, that's the way I see it.
Band Name of the Day: The Retardlings. From an episode of Li'l Bush, as one of the minorities that the leads lead to the Mexican border.
Film Idea of the Day: Nothing this week.
Film Review of the Day: From Dusk Till Dawn. I recently saw this movie, and I must say that it is very much a Quentin Tarantino movie in all but an actual "directed by" credit (although the fact that half of the movie is set in Mexico does give away the fact that it is, in fact, directed by Robert Rodriguez.) Either way, it is certainly better than many of the movies that Quentin actually directed.
Quote of The Day: "To answer your question, yes, I do believe in God, yes, I do believe in Jesus. But do I love them? No."
____________Jacob Fuller/Harvey Keitel, From Dusk Till Dawn.
Link of the Day: Here is a forum I'm currently trying to populate with people who'd want to get into.
Random websurfing led me to find an article somewhere, I forget where, exactly, but it was an Apologetics page which claimed the following: "Since nobody knows everything, even if one assumes that one has 1% of all knowledge in their brain, it is possible that God could be in that 99%, therefore atheism requires as much faith as theism." (This is a paraphrase by me.) However, there are two major flaws to the argument. The first is that, if one looks up the word "God" in the dictionary (any dictionary), one often finds definitions which specify that God must be omnipresent (in all things). So, therefore, if a person finds only one place where God does not exist, then he does not exist anywhere. Of course, the problem is trying to find out how to know God when one sees him, and Carl Sagan's parable of the dragon highlights the problem particularly well. However, even if we deny God his omnipresence to save our apologist's argument, his conclusion is flawed. For instance, to any parents who read this blog (besides my own), you have probably told your kids that Santa Claus has given them presents, while you are the ones who give them to the kids. Of course, you most likely don't know all the other parents in the world, so does it make sense to believe that it takes as much faith to not believe that a real Santa brings presents to many children besides their own as it does to believe that there isn't a real Santa? Of course not. At least, that's the way I see it.
Band Name of the Day: The Retardlings. From an episode of Li'l Bush, as one of the minorities that the leads lead to the Mexican border.
Film Idea of the Day: Nothing this week.
Film Review of the Day: From Dusk Till Dawn. I recently saw this movie, and I must say that it is very much a Quentin Tarantino movie in all but an actual "directed by" credit (although the fact that half of the movie is set in Mexico does give away the fact that it is, in fact, directed by Robert Rodriguez.) Either way, it is certainly better than many of the movies that Quentin actually directed.
Quote of The Day: "To answer your question, yes, I do believe in God, yes, I do believe in Jesus. But do I love them? No."
____________Jacob Fuller/Harvey Keitel, From Dusk Till Dawn.
Link of the Day: Here is a forum I'm currently trying to populate with people who'd want to get into.
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