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POPSEnd Times A-Coming? A recurring argument lodged by theists against atheists is their inabilitiy to understand how non-believers can exist in a world of no god-given purpose. Theists seem incapable of comprehending the simple (to me at least) idea that each of us fashions our own purpose and meaning in life. This article touches on that aspect of thought.
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POPSThe End-times & Indonesia
Now, I'll admit, it must kind of suck to live in Indonesia, given the yearly earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic erruptions, government opression, open civil war, not to mention chronic religous strife, mob violence, poverty, hunger, and homelessness. But today I heard someone commenting that this was all a sign of the End-times of Biblical prophecy. Another person involved in the conversation remarked that "it must be terrifying to believe in God when bad stuff like that happens." Then it struck me how just how much terror God inspired in people. The idea of a supreme being seems not only to inspire hope and ecstasy, but also trepidation and fear. Though many people, through profound intellectual effort, preserve faith in a deity as a solely positive force in their lives, there are no doubt just as many who fail. Could this mixture of exaltation and intimidation created by faith in some people be responsible for the noticeable link between terrorist violence and religious zea
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POPSNew end date for Planet Earth: 2060 Isaac Newton is 1704 used "the Bible's Book of Daniel to calculate the date for the Apocalypse," according to this Daily Mail article. But when the author of this article writes, "Luckily for modern scientists in awe of his achievements, Newton based this figure on religion rather than reasoning." A lot of terrible things have happened, after all, based upon religious prophecy.
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