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Why I Can View Religion as a Beautiful Thing Even Though I'm Not Religious

Previously, I wrote "Confessions of a Raised Christian" in which I received many different responses. Click Here to View my Previous Post. It was no shock to me in the responses I received. Many believed I was a bitter,...
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Midnight figs: Existential Endeavors (the afterlife, dreams, and other dimensions)

Every now and again, usually around midnight, I'll be dozing off, zoning out, staring at a speck on the wall, and all of a sudden an idea will pop into my head. If, the next morning, I can recall what the idea was, I try...
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Seven BRIEF Ways You Can Use Christianity To Lengthen Your Life

Build friends and relationships and interact with people. Research shows that social isolation is as bad for your health as smoking 20 packs of cigarettes a day. Details were not given but I would imagine that it is...
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The Book of Steve has Been Revealed to the World! Join us!

Welcome to Penguinism! *It should be noted that this denomination of Penguinism is not associated with any previously existing version with the same name. For all intents and purposes, this should be considered New...
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6 Problems with Christianity, v1

I am a reform Jew. I was Bar Mitzvahed, went to Hebrew School after Bar Mitzvah, but don't say I know about Judaism at all. Nor do I know a lot about Christianity, but from what I do know, these are among its problems,...
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"Who Created God?" is an Illogical Question

This question is a major objection that atheists put forward to justify their disbelief. Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), a famous British philosopher, in his influential little essay, Why I am not a Christian, put this...
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One (Of Many) ways to avoid evil - A Christian Story

A pastor at my church told us a story and I will edit it and give you a similar story here. In her story, a married couple named Sin and Wickedness were operating a convenience store and trying to get people to buy their...
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The Kalam Cosmological Argument Exposed

What is the Kalam Cosmological Argument? The argument goes as follow: 1. Everything that began to exist must have a cause. 2. The universe had a beginning. 3. The universe must have a cause. So what's the issue?...
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As a Christian, this is what I learned today about loving evil wrongdoers in our lives

I was just listening to a podcast and the man said: If I hold my hand in front of my face, and ask you what you see, what do you say? If you are wise, you will say "I see the face behind the hand and not just the hand I...
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The Fine Tuning Argument Exposed

Fine Tuning, what is it? So let's get a good idea of what the Fine Tuning argument is. Most proponents of this argument will tend to point out that many physical constants, if they were not the value that they have, the...
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How Terminal Cancer Made Me Find Faith

When we are born, we are raised according to our parents ' beliefs and, over time, we are influenced by the world around us. When we are children and raised with religion, we do not understand quite well the power of...
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Welcome to Penguinism!

We live in a dark world that grows darker every day: people worship false idols, they argue over ancient texts, they even destroy sacred relics and monuments…all in the name of a God that has abandoned them. I am here...
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Does Hell Have a Purpose

Someone once told me that there needs to be a hell because there are so many people who escape their crimes on Earth. I couldn't disagree more. Although I don't believe in Hell, I spend my time questioning the thought...
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The Ramadan Rebound: Ramadan Is Over, So Is My Taqwa?

So Ramadan is over. You are now reminding yourself "yeah I can take a bite of this sandwich at 12 noontime" although it still feels a little weird. You've spent all your Eid money unless you do some new concept called...
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One of Four Ways to Conquer Adversaries - A Christian Perspective

Now not all of this is my own personal experience, some of it is stuff I've heard through third parties and am unable to verify but here are the stories I've been told. A guy from my school named Nathan told me he heard...
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A Guide to 19 Spiritual Blessings and 7 Holy Biblical Churches in the Bible

These are the 19 covenants in the Bible that I believe lead to 19 different spiritual blessings. I plan on explaining how these covenants function in a book that I am going to write. To me a lot of the things in these...
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Celebrating Eid, What is That?

I wish you a blessed Ramadan everyone and a happy Eid! Not many people know what is that. I am going to share what I know of and with a little help of MR./Or Mrs. Google (No sexism lol) So as for the word Eid, the...
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Why The Fermi Paradox Doesn't Make Sense To Me

@theflash675 and I were talking on this site a little bit after my response to a question, "Do You Believe In Aliens". I brought up the Drake Equation supporting the hypothesis that it is likely life exists somewhere...
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My Three Step Program to Help you Forgive Others as Jesus Commanded Us To

I don’t know if I mentioned my struggles with this. I think part of the problem was I had parents who were always judging and condemning me and others and they never forgave when I did something wrong or showed any kind...
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My First Time at a Mosque!

First impression? Its like a library, only there's lots of copies of the same book and no shelves in the middle just an open room. My dad made me leave my phone in the truck so I couldnt take a pic of the inside but this...
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