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Excuses, Excuses

March 21, 2015 Matt 5 Comments

Sometimes I get into mini-debates with Christians on Twitter and Google+. I probably shouldn't even bother, but I'm fascinated by the way Christians think. Especially since I used to be one of them. They actually believe they're making good points, but what they're really doing … [Read more...]

Atheism, God ad hoc, debates, evidence, miracles, proof

LTMFS Part 23: Boredom and Persecution

March 21, 2015 Matt Leave a Comment

Letters to My Former Self by Southern Skeptic

16 years ago today, I wrote this in my journal: Church was good. The pastor preached from 1st Corinthians 1:18-31 and talked about not forgetting why Christ had to die for us and how wonderful the gospel is. I don't know if it affected anyone. Most of them have been going … [Read more...]

Letters church, equal rights, gospel, pastor, persecution

LTMFS Part 22: Praying and Believing

March 15, 2015 Matt Leave a Comment

Letters to My Former Self by Southern Skeptic

16 years ago today, I wrote this in my journal: Mom finally found a decent job, and she seems very excited about it. See, I told her God would be faithful. I found out there's tons of stuff by Finney, Wilkerson, Ravenhill, and Whitefield on the Internet. There's also lots … [Read more...]

Letters belief, demons, faith, pray, prayer, praying

LTMFS Part 21: Peace and Trust

March 8, 2015 Matt Leave a Comment

Letters to My Former Self by Southern Skeptic

16 years ago today, I wrote this in my journal: I've been getting up around 6:30 to worship and pray as I watch the sunrise. I feel like I've been much more at peace since I started doing this. I've been in a much better mood in general, but I'm tired today. We had to take … [Read more...]

Letters church, decisions, meditation, peace, prayer, trust

The Matrix and Atheism

March 4, 2015 Matt 4 Comments

Religion to the Believer and to the Atheist

The Matrix is one of my favorite movies of all time. I just rewatched it recently, but this time I noticed something I hadn't thought about before: Neo waking up from the matrix is a great analogy for a theist waking up from religion. Of course, it all depends on one's … [Read more...]

Atheism, God, Skepticism apostate, atheist, faith, matrix, reason, the matrix, theist

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