Debating Skill Tip: Equivocation/Conflation
I've seen both sides use this as intentional rhetoric, in error, and also mistaking the terms when attempting to call someone out on committing...
Tricks are for Kids, Silly Rabbi
Ego-centrism is as a normal and natural way of perceiving the world for each of us in our earliest years of discovery. Notice that small...
The Sucker’s Bet – Pascal’s Wager Revisited
I know I didn't actually sign up for this argument but since no one, as of yet, had added a file on this topic...
Atheism FAQ
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about the word "atheism" among theists. In order for theists and atheists to conduct meaningful...
Why is Evolution so Hard to Accept?
A friend of mine who regularly finds himself locked in deep discussion in defense of reason from militant Christian fundamentalists recently sent me a...
Definition: God
I think one of the most important points to remember when winning an argument with a theist is to first pin them down to...
Kalam Cosmological Argument for God
Rev 1.1
As far as Kalam goes, I think short of obtaining a much clearer definition of “existence” we can easily reject the theist’s entire...
Ten Commandments of Logic
1. Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argument. (Ad hominem)
2. Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person’s argument in order...
If I only didn’t have a brain
A Christian recently responded to a question of whether hell is a place of eternal torment by reflecting:
I sometimes imagine hell as being pure isolation...
News Flash 3113
The long sought after "argument for secularism" has finally been discovered in of all places under 500 feet of ash in the dank back...