When racists or sexists make their posts and comments, they often argue that equality is a lie, humans are not equal and therefore we cannot have the same opportunities – in this argument, they are often either deliberately or not the confusing type of equality found in mathematics with the type of equality society should strive for.
The problem with the argument is that theists can easily get out of it. They can simply claim that omnipotence does not mean a being can do EVERYTHING. Omnipotence means that a being can do anything logically possible.
On this site, I often argue that we should think critically—not take whatever pundits, influences, preachers and Hollywood are selling and make it a part of us without giving it any more thought but think about those ideas. What usually…
Many people talk about secularism these days. Yet many of them do not know what they are talking about and are only repeating what they heard. People who wish to throw dirt on secularism spread falsehoods when they say it’s…
No, it’s not a group of people just hanging around at beaches and swimming pools naked. That’s naturism. Naturalism is a bit less fun than that. Introduction Naturalism is a philosophical view that only natural forces and laws are the…
In the previous post about arguments for the existence of God, we touched upon the Cosmological argument. We scratched the surface, presented the argument in the most basic form, and examined some objections to it. In the end, we promised to…
Continuing with the introductions to the arguments for the existence of God, we’ll now look at one of the most common arguments for God – the basic idea that the possibility of eternal bliss of paradise as a reward for…
If you have been living on this planet for the last few years and have from time to time concerned yourself with things other than a very narrow job field or have done anything else than playing video games all…
This post is about scratching the surface of cosmological arguments for the existence of God. As this is a very complex area and there are many disagreements and debates between brilliant thinkers and professional philosophers, I cannot stress enough that…
There are two distinct schools of thought when it comes to crazy conspiracy theories. First school of thought says that they should not be even discussed because it gives crazy, deluded or simply hopelessly ignorant people a platform to stand…