Meet Jonathan Stephan, an Eastern Orthodox Christian from America who has some very particular views on atheism and the utility of Christianity.
Discussion with an Eastern Orthodox Christian
Atheism is not a belief system.
Tag: Theism
Being atheist
I’m an atheist. That doesn’t mean that I claim to know the answers to life, the universe and everything.
I’m an atheist. That doesn’t mean that I claim to know the answers to life, the universe and everything. It simply means that I don’t believe such answers, should they exist, would involve a God or Gods. That’s because I don’t believe in any God or Gods.
If you want to know about my actual worldview, philosophy or ideology you will need to ask me because, frankly my atheism doesn’t explain anything more than is contained in the first paragraph above.
From my perspective those who preach or prosyletise about Gods fall into one of 3 categories. They are either…
- Deceitful,
- Gullible,
- Both.
Either way they’re not fit to lead.
No f**ks to give
So God keeps His promises, eh? It’s funny how He finds it so much easier when the people doing the praying also have the benefit of technology and man’s ingenuity to help Him, isn’t it?
Debunking Paley’s watch and a minister who lies
Paley’s watch is named after Rev. William Paley, the minister who first used the analogy of finding a watch on the beach as an analogy to prove Biblical creation. Of course it does no such thing but religious conviction tends to limit the ability of even the most intelligent people to consider all the options.
Paley’s watch has morphed into a variety of forms over the years from Mount Rushmore to the 747 in the junkyard. It even underpins several “Look at the trees” type arguments, none of which withstand scrutiny.
Here’s my response to the minister who isn’t just limited in his thinking .. he’s downright deceitful.
Godly arrogance
He was led to a belief in Christ through his own arrogance.
The Discovery Institute, that bastion of psuedoscientific nonsense has a video clip currently doing the rounds. In it they claim that Dean Kenyan, physicist, biologist and creationist was led to his religious convictions by science. But that’s not true. He was led to a belief in Christ through his own arrogance. Here’s why.
The God free guide 