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Meditations This section is an ongoing series of articles, serious and otherwise, providing an agnostic viewpoint on various issues. As these are written over a number of years by various authors, a lack of consistency between articles can be expected. The aim is to stimulate thought and discussion, not to present a single viewpoint.
Your submissions to the Meditations section of this site, or discussions following up on any issue presented here are welcome. Prepare your article in your favourite text processor and use the Article Submission Form to submit it for publication. August Meditations: Meditation 716 - Self-organizing systems Meditation 715 - Are Papal Apologies Enough? Meditation 714 - Prayer: A Form of Authoritative Introspection? - by Will Petillo July Meditations Meditation 713 - Answers and Evidence Meditation 712 - Who's In Control? Meditation 711 - Augustine's Confessions Meditation 710 - Guns and the Second Coming - by Paul W. Sharkey June Meditations: Meditation 709 - Remembering George Carlin - by Manny Meditation 708 - Imaginary Psychic Visions Have Real Effects Meditation 707 - Belonging - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 701- 706 - The Gods (concluded) - by Robert G. Ingersoll Meditation 690 - 700 - The Gods (continued) - by Robert G. Ingersoll Meditation 685 - 689 - The Gods - by Robert G. Ingersoll Meditation 684 - What did Einstein think of religion? For quotations fans, we have an index to quotations. The following are the Meditations published to date:
Meditation #1 - Creation and the Universe Meditation #2 - Reality of the Church Meditation #3 - You live, You die, and then...? Meditation #4 - The Church & the Movies Meditation #5 - Are you born again? Meditation #6 - Psychic Predictions for 2000 Meditation #7 - The Case for Apathetic Agnosticism - Gabe Weinberg Meditation #8 - Primal Cause Revisited Meditation #9 - Article 2 - Revised Meditation #10 - How young is old enough? Meditation #11 - From Plato's Republic Meditation #12 - The Subconscious - Tyler Pester Meditation #13 - Plato's Proofs of the Gods Meditation #14 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Paul Quirk Meditation #15 - The School Project Meditation #16 - Letter to Dr. Laura Meditation #17 - Agnostic Christmas Meditation #18 - Right vs Wrong - by Jo-Ann (Now Reflection 20) Meditation #19 - Undoing Baptism (Now Ask the Patriarch 41) Meditation #20 - If Bishop Ussher was wrong... Meditation #21 - Why People Believe in God - by John Karpf Meditation #22 - Brttney Spers Nde Meditation #23* - Fundamental Flaw Meditation #24 - On Apathetic Agnosticism - by Reverend Paul Meditation #25 - A Personal Perspective - by Shawn Weekly Meditation #26 - God's Billboards Meditation #27 - Agnosticism and Atheism - by Michael Clay Meditation #28 - On Weak Atheism Meditation #29 - Becoming Agnostic - by Travis Rieken Meditation #30 - A Message to Michigan Clergy - by Len Zanger Meditation #31 - Arguments and Additions - by Levi Matsumi Meditation #32 - Harry Potter and the Christian Book Burners Meditation #33 - Something is Better Than Nothing - by Jeff Meditation #34 - Of Violence, Zealots, and Heresy Meditation #35 - Implications of perfection - by Sphere Meditation #36 - The Meaning of Life Meditation #37 - Do we have a misplaced faith in religious belief? - John MacLachlan Gray Meditation #38 - The Historical Evidence for Christ? A Challenge Meditation #39 - Are you getting it? Meditation #40 - God's Billboards Revisited Meditation #41 - Jesus = Coleslaw - by Douglas Ottney Meditation #42 - The Face of Total Depravity Meditation #43 - Are we here yet? Meditation #44 - The Question of God - by Tom Adam Meditation #45 - Agnosticism vs. Atheism and "The Happy Heretic" - by Tom Adam Meditation #46 - When the Church Has Total Control - by Rhett (Now Testimony 7) Meditation #47 - March on Washington Meditation #48 - Evolution vs Intelligent Design - by Jennifer Hancock Meditation #49 - Business Ethics of Believers Meditation #50 - The Creation of the Universe- by Andy Green Meditation #51 - Divine Bookkeeping; Divine Planning Meditation #52 - Does God have a Sick Mind?- by Peter Luckett Meditation #53 - The Greater Sin? Abortion - or Child Abuse? Meditation #54 - They cannot all be right, but they could all be wrong! Meditation #55 - Armageddon in the World's Religions - by Peter Meditation #56 - Who to thank? Who to blame? Meditation #57 - 23 October: Religious Fallacy Day Meditation #58 - Late Night Thoughts on Pascal's Wager Meditation #59 - Highly Recommended Reading - by Chen Chapman Meditation #60 - Agnosticism as a Religion - by Chen Chapman Meditation #61 - Christians & Forgiveness - by Kevin Carnes Meditation #62 - The Sky IS the Limit Meditation #63 - Coming Out of the Closet of Doubt - by Chen Chapman Meditation #64 - Quotations I Meditation #65 - The True Followers of Jesus - by Randal Meditation #66 - Scepticism, Inc. by Bo Fowler - by Frederik Ramm Meditation #67 - Park Ranger Geology Talks Meditation #68 - Is there a God? - by Donna Dixon Woodall Meditation #69 - Oh Daddy - by Chen Chapman Meditation #70 - The Ontological Argument: Is it Logical? - by Ryan S Meditation #71 - The Difficult Subject of Death - by Randal Meditation #72 - Psychic Predictions revisited Meditation #73 - How I Defeated the Salvation Army - by Chen Chapman Meditation #74 - A Sandwich Sermon - by Douglas Ottney Meditation #75 - Quotations II Meditation #76 - Fun with figures Meditation #77 - The Historicity of Jesus: A New Theory - by Dennis J Halnon Meditation #78 - On Censorship Meditation #79 - Apathetic, And Militantly Proud of It. Meditation #80 - Differences Meditation #81 - Apathetic Agnostic Resurrection Meditation #82 - Lying about "The Truth?" Meditation #83 - Quotations III Meditation #84 - Dialogue with our lord of the billboards Meditation #85 - Another Story - by Sam King Meditation #86 - Religion - by Aaron Brown Meditation #87 - Thanks for nothing, God Meditation #88 - Bringing on the Apocalypse Meditation #89 - Quotations IV Meditation #90 - Raelians - just reliving the '60s Meditation #91 - Convenient Reasons to Believe - by Jeremy Warach Meditation #92 - Gratuitously Obnoxious Deacronymizations of god. Meditation #93 - Five Questions of Character - by Jim Purcell Meditation #94 - Scriptural Contradictions - Guest Meditation Meditation #95 - The Truth Meditation #96 - Quotations V Meditation #97 - Buffy, the Myth Slayer Meditation #98 - God's Origin - by Timothy Peter Anderson Meditation #99 - Creator and Supreme Being: Is there a Difference?- by Peter Luckett Meditation 100 - Celebrating One Hundred Meditation 101 - Camp Quest - Guest Meditation Meditation 102 - First place Essay Contest submission Meditation 103 - Second place Essay Contest submission Meditation 104 - Man's Downfall - Guest Meditation Meditation 105 - Quotations VI Meditation 106 - Third place Essay Contest submission Meditation 107 - Please send me The Avenger Meditation 108 - An Annotated Genesis - Guest Meditation Meditation 109 - God's Messengers Meditation 110 - Creation Criticism - The symbolic dimensions of religion Meditation 111 - An Annotated Book of Joshua - Guest Meditation Meditation 112 - Quotations VII Meditation 113 - Celebrating Life's Passages Meditation 114 - Debating the Unicorn's Horn Meditation 115 - Is religious discourse possible? Meditation 116 - Revising "O Canada" Meditation 117 - Quotations VIII Meditation 118 - Fasting at a shrine Meditation 119 - The End? Meditation 120 - The Oasis Bordello Meditation 121 - Divine Providence on the Highway? Meditation 122 - Quotations IX Meditation 123 - Divine Right to Rule Meditation 124 - The failure of God as metaphor Meditation 125 - Robert Ingersoll's "Vow "- an agnostic classic Meditation 126 - Miracles? I don't need no stinking miracles! Meditation 127 - The Word According to Benny Hinn Meditation 128 - The Apathetic Agnostic Marketplace Meditation 129 - Sick of the Unknowing - Guest Meditation Meditation 130 - Quotations X Meditation 131 - Wordplay Meditation 132 - Huxley's "Agnosticism and Christianity" - an agnostic classic Meditation 133 - A Work of Fiction Meditation 134 - Praying for a Miracle Meditation 135 - The Word According to Pat Robertson Meditation 136 - When the beads don't work... Meditation 137 - I've heard from God! Meditation 138 - Setting off Fireworks Meditation 139 - Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Meditation 140 - Stockmarket tips from Jesus? Meditation 141 - Faith? - by Kristina S. Meditation 142 - Quotations XI Meditation 143 - Why - by Brent Morgan Meditation 144 - Druid Highway Safety Meditation 145 - Russell's "What is an Agnostic?" - an agnostic classic Meditation 146 - An American Tragedy - on Mormon Fundamentalism Meditation 147 - The Word According to Jerry Falwell Meditation 148 - Who do Catholic Politicians Represent? Meditation 149 - On Same-Sex Marriage Meditation 150 - A New Agnostic Membership Organization: The next phase in our growth Meditation 151 - Be your own god! Meditation 152 - Quotations XII Meditation 153 - Ingersoll's "Divided Faith" - an agnostic classic Meditation 154 - Our Lord of the Dino Doo-doos Meditation 155 - Garner Ted is Dead and Gone Meditation 156 - The Expert on who God Hates Meditation 157 - Mel Gibson's Passion Meditation 158 - Wishy-Washy Agnostics Meditation 159 - The Path to Enlightenment Meditation 160 - Just Look Around You! Meditation 161 - Pat wants to blow it up, real good Meditation 162 - Quotations XIII Meditation 163 - God's Team Meditation 164 - Excuses for God Meditation 165 - Friendly Fire Incident Meditation 166 - Denying the the Hallowed in Halloween Meditation 167 - Wonko Loves You - Just an another alternative religion Meditation 168 - Graphics for Posters & T-shirts Meditation 169 - True Faith - by Claude Shouse Meditation 170 - Quotations XIV Meditation 171 - On Hell & Jehovah's Witnesses Meditation 172 - Giving New Meaning to Oral Testimony Meditation 173 - Turtles all the way down Meditation 174 - Celebrating 500 Years of Charlatanry Meditation 175 - Childermas Meditation 176 - Mountains, mustard seeds, and sycamore trees Meditation 177 - Polar Openings Meditation 178 - Highway to Hell(o) Meditation 179 - Fun with Figures II: Thinking About 666 Meditation 180 - Quotations XV Meditation 181 - Just Another Beautiful Story... - by Jasmine Taylor Meditation 182 - When you stand before Him, what will you say? - A Reply Meditation 183 - Why does god have to prove his existence? Meditation 184 - Prophecies fulfilled? Meditation 185 - Agnosticism & Atheism - by Lynda Eyambe Meditation 186 - His Dark Materials Meditation 187 - It Ain't Necessarily So - by Dan Shanefield Meditation 188 - Scientific Proof of God (SPOG) Meditation 189 - Same-Sex Marriage Meditation 190 - Quotations XVI Meditation 191 - Mel Gibson's Splatter Flick: Gorefest 28 A.D. Meditation 192 - Intelligent Design Isn't Meditation 193 - Televangelist Application Form Meditation 194 - The Remainder Bin Meditation 195 - Intelligent Design is Neither a Theory Nor Intelligent Meditation 196 - Dealing with Death Meditation 197 - Religion in the Parks? Meditation 198 - On Israel Meditation 199 - An Ocean of Theology Meditation 200 - Still Preaching Agnosticism Meditation 201 - Quotations XVII Meditation 202 - No need to pray for me Meditation 203 - Unfairly Burning in Hell Meditation 204 - The Infinity / Infinity Religious Dilemma - by Dan Shanefield Meditation 205 - Gaps in the Record: Not a valid argument for disproof Meditation 206 - Ignorance, Lies, and Jack T Chick- Deconstructing Chick's Comics Meditation 207 - Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian - from EvilBible.com Meditation 208 - Becoming a Freethinker and a Scientist - by Albert Einstein Meditation 209 - Many gods to one God Meditation 210 - I don't really hate all Christians Meditation 211 - Quotations XVIII Meditation 212 - Called By the Lord - by Teofilo Contreras Meditation 213 - Medicine and Proselytization - by David Pidcock Meditation 214 - A Legal Question - by Teofilo Contreras Meditation 215 - The Relative and the Absolute God(s) - by Wes Herche Meditation 216 - Passion Plays Meditation 217 - See Change - by Teofilo Contreras Meditation 218 - The Time Before Time Meditation 219 - A Strange Kind of Love Meditation 220 - Gods & Barbers - by Hugo Hadlow Meditation 221 - Quotations XIX Meditation 222 - Reason And Science: Are they our gods? Or our religion? Meditation 223 - Bishop Spong's 12 Theses Meditation 224 - Save the Preacher from Lying Meditation 225 - Free Will Offering Meditation 226 - Fight Election Apathy Meditation 227 - Creation Revisited Meditation 228 - The Q-Verse Meditation 229 - Abou Ben Adhem Meditation 230 - Pascal's Wager, Again Meditation 231 - Quotations XX Meditation 232 - Redefining God - by Jeff Hiatt Meditation 233 - The Church of Popeye Meditation 234 - On Kittens and Ponies and Immaturity Meditation 235 - Under God Meditation 236 - Abuse of Statistics Meditation 237 - The Books Not Bought Meditation 238 - Updating the Seven Wonders of the World Meditation 239 - Tachyon Quack, Quack, Quackery! Meditation 240 - Burke on Scripture Meditation 241 - Quotations XXI Meditation 242 - Agnosticism: A Bayesian Approach Meditation 243 - The Devil Made Me Do It! Meditation 244 - The First Agnostic Meditation 245 - The No-Fun Religion Meditation 246 - An Act of God Meditation 247 - Word of The Day: ostracize - by Pennie Lee Hernandez Meditation 248 - Let Those People Go! Meditation 249 - The Jesus Mysteries - by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy Meditation 250 - Two-Five-Oh and Counting Meditation 251 - Quotations XXII Meditation 252- What is Faith to an Agnostic? - by Jim Stringer Meditation 253 - And the Gold Medal Fool Is.... Meditation 254 - Athletes Dying Young: Causes and Blame Meditation 255 - On the LDS Missionary Blacklist? Meditation 256 - Heaven is up in the Stars; or maybe not! Meditation 257 - Suffering for God Meditation 258 - The End of Faith Meditation 259 - An Inspiration to Us All Meditation 260 - Quotations XXIII Meditation 261 - Deconstructing religionist arguments Meditation 262 - The Powerlessness of Prayer Meditation 263 - The Meaning of "It's a Christian country." Meditation 264 - Catholic Bishops on How to Vote Meditation 265 - On Grape Juice and Wine Meditation 266 - The 10 Commandments Revisited Meditation 267 - Thanksgiving Meditation 268 - A Bible Genealogy Challenge Meditation 269 - Quotations XXIV Meditation 270 - Banning Halloween Meditation 271 - Curses Foiled Meditation 272 - More Fun With Figures Meditation 273 - Park Service Sticks With Biblical Explanation For Grand Canyon Meditation 274 - And Going to Hell Suddenly Looks a Lot More Attractive Meditation 275 - Quotations XXV Meditation 276 - Damned by God Meditation 277 - Damned by God Too Meditation 278 - Virgin Visions Meditation 279 - Robert G. Ingersoll by Douglas Harper Meditation 280 - The "Lost" City of Atlantis Meditation 281 - The doctrine of "Hell" is an infamous lie. by Robert G Ingersoll Meditation 282 - Who possesses "The Truth?" by Nikolai Alexandru Meditation 283 - The Origin of Children by Erkki Aalto, trans Jopi Louki Meditation 284 - Truth, Myths, and Fictions Meditation 285 - Billy James Hargis Meditation 286 - Quotations XXVI Meditation 287 - Thinking About The Church and Neutrality Meditation 288 - Choosing your Orientation Meditation 289 - A Christmas Sermon by Robert G. Ingersoll Meditation 290 - Return to Sender Meditation 291 - Atheist Flew Flown Meditation 292 - Practical Atheism vs Philosophical Agnosticism by John Pariury Meditation 293 - Deist Flew Flawed Meditation 294 - A Devil's Dictionary Sampler 1 Meditation 295 - A Devil's Dictionary Sampler 2 Meditation 296 - A Devil's Dictionary Sampler 3 Meditation 297 - Adam and Eve and the Talking Snake by Russell Odell Meditation 298 - Tsunami Disaster Meditation 299 - The Invisible Pink Unicorn: A Risible Visible Red Herring Meditation 300 - The Reality Pyramid and the House-of-Cards by Thomas Meditation 301 - Quotations XXVII Meditation 302 - Inventing a Religion by Dr. M.D. Magee Meditation 303 - Live Like Christ! Meditation 304 - The Problem with Agnosticism by Sphere Meditation 305 - The Myths of the Great Flood Meditation 306 - Why I Am An Agnostic by Clarence Darrow Meditation 307 - Disguised Religious Instruction Meditation 308 - The Future Jew Meditation 309 - An Introduction To Biblical Nonsense by Dr. Jason Long Meditation 310 - I Heard it on the Radio: Lyrical Misunderstandings Meditation 311 - The Purpose-Driven^® Life Meditation 312 - Misplaced Faith Meditation 313 - Quotations XXVIII Meditation 314 - Psychic Super Bowl Meditation 315 - The Agnosticism Which Dares Not Speak Its Name Meditation 316 - What the Missionaries Taught by Russell Odell Meditation 317 - Strange Births by Russell Odell Meditation 318 - Where did they all come from? Meditation 319 - No Faith Required, Trust Me! by Gary Lampe Meditation 320 - Feel free to find a better way Meditation 321 - Pain and Suffering is Good for You? Meditation 322 - Gay Springfield Meditation 323 - Anachronistic Dinosaurs Meditation 324 - Smoke and Mirrors Meditation 325 - Quotations XXIX Meditation 326 - Our Right to Judge Meditation 327 - Charles and Camilla Meditation 328 - Free Will Meditation 329 - Accepting the Culturally Dominant Religion by Philip van Bergen Meditation 330 - Questioning Argument from Design by Dr. M.D. Magee Meditation 331 - Possibilities of God by Philip van Bergen Meditation 332 - On Exhortation by Philip van Bergen Meditation 333 - Faustian Bargains Meditation 334 - The Christ Crucified by Philip van Bergen Meditation 335 - American Madrassahs Meditation 336 - Inconsistent Deity Meditation 337 - Quotations XXX Meditation 338 - Myth, Metaphor and Literalism Meditation 339 - Belief Came Before Disbelief; So What? Meditation 340 - Don't Read That Book! Meditation 341 - God's in the Genes Meditation 342 - A Spiritual Questionnaire Meditation 343 - Christianity 2.0 by Maarten van den Driest Meditation 344 - Why are we cruel? Meditation 345 - Choose! How? And Why? Meditation 346 - God, show the world! Meditation 347 - Agnostic about ALL gods? Meditation 348 - Criticism of an Easter Day Sermon by Evan D Meditation 349 - Quotations 31 Meditation 350 - Required Knowledge by Maarten van den Driest Meditation 351 - The Coercive Power of the State Meditation 352 - God's Laws; Man's Laws Meditation 353 - Dangers to the faith Meditation 354 - The Failings of John Paul II Meditation 355 - The White Buffalo Cult and the Fundamentalist resurgence by Wilfred C Lyon Meditation 356 - Thoughts on Reincarnation (1) Meditation 357 - Thoughts on Reincarnation (2) Meditation 358 - Atheist Atrocities? I don't think so Meditation 359 - Men of Science; Men of the Cloth Meditation 360 - A thesis on God and Teddy bears by Reverend Bob Meditation 361 - My creed by Eduardo Carrión Letort Meditation 362 - And 666 becomes just another number Meditation 363 - The Son of Man by Bob Morris Meditation 364 - Quotations 32 Meditation 365 - Scripture vs. Reality Meditation 366 - Review: A Short History of Nearly Everything Meditation 367 - Where does the absolute certainty come from? Meditation 368 - Noah's Ark: Still searching Meditation 369 - Getting the Devils out of New Jersey Meditation 370 - Anarchic Relationships? Meditation 371 - Either, both, or neither Meditation 372 - Revising Ramakrishna Meditation 373 - Why convert to that! Meditation 374 - The SETE Institute: A proposal Meditation 375 - Interpreting Onanism Meditation 376 - Researching Buddhism by Phil van Bergen Meditation 377 - Deep Impact Astrology Meditation 378 - Lot's Wife Meditation 379 - That Prayer to St. Jude Meditation 380 - Quotations 33 Meditation 381 - Intelligent Design? by Eduardo Carrión Letort Meditation 382 - The End of Faith by Reverend Fouad Meditation 383 - To a pathetic ill-informed coward Meditation 384 - Is Your Name A Swear Word? by Jasmine Taylor Meditation 385 - Should we blame Islam? Meditation 386 -The Tragedy of Faith by Bob Elliott Meditation 387 - Is There a God? by Phil van Bergen Meditation 388 - Israeli Death Curse Meditation 389 - On Being Born Left Handed by Wilfred C. Lyon Meditation 390 - US Supreme Court Decision Meditation 391 - Questionable Astrology Meditation 392 - Women in the Catholic Priesthood I Meditation 393 - Women in the Catholic Priesthood II Meditation 394 - Put your trust in fate? or God? Meditation 395 - Don't Worry; Be Oblivious Meditation 396 - Free Market Society; Secular Society Meditation 397 - Cartoon Wisdom Meditation 398 - God is the Answer: 20 Questions Meditation 399 - "Intelligent Design" Versus Evolution - Another Factor by Dan Shanefield Meditation 400 - Pat Robertson: Hypocrite	Meditation 401 - Quotations 34 Meditation 402 - Prayer's Result: Wet My Pants; Overall Result: Became Agnostic by Dan Shanefield Meditation 403 - The Black Canyon of the Gunnison Meditation 404 - We are god's pinata by syrinxfox Meditation 405 - Remember the Truth will not set us free, that is our job by Reverend Bob Meditation 406 - How stupid to they think we are? by syrinxfox Meditation 407 - Where do we get our beliefs? by Bob Morris Meditation 408 - How does anyone believe this stuff? Meditation 409 - Medicine or Miracles Meditation 410 - Reasonable Faith and Its Use by Maarten van den Driest Meditation 411 - The Emperor’s New Clothes by Bob Morris Meditation 412 - Reflections on how great God is! by Andrea Fiondo Meditation 413 - The Religious and Spiritual Importance of the Human Brain by Gordon Wayne Meditation 414 - Did You Just Call God a Pussy? by Reverend Bob X Meditation 415 - The Cross (Flash Presentation) by Reverend Bob X Meditation 416 - What is an Agnostic? by Bertrand Russell Meditation 417 - Why does God need government support? by Nigel Schofield Meditation 418 - Pat Mouths Off Again Meditation 419 - There's No Christ in Christmas Meditation 420 - Crop Circles Meditation 421 - Circularity by kkaammeelliiaann Meditation 422 - All in the mind? by Donald J Fiore Meditation 423 - A letter to Jerry Falwell Meditation 424 - What does irreducible complexity imply? Meditation 425 - Quotations 35 Meditation 426 - Which has the higher probability? by Phil van Bergen Meditation 427 - Heaven and Hell by Dan Weiss Meditation 428 - Is there a goldfish god? Meditation 429 - Tears of Blood Hoax Meditation 430 - I don’t know by Kevin Haney Meditation 431 - Fighting Belief in Court Meditation 432 - Insensitivity Meditation 433 - The Offensive Face of Islam Meditation 434 - Meeting the standards for knowledge Meditation 435 - Why I Am Agnostic, by Robert Green Ingersoll (1896) (part 1) Meditation 436 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 2) Meditation 437 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 3) Meditation 438 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 4) Meditation 439 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 5) Meditation 440 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 6) Meditation 441 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 7) Meditation 442 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 8) Meditation 443 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 9) Meditation 444 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 10) Meditation 445 - Why I Am Agnostic (part 11) Meditation 446 - "I don't know" is the answer ,by Rev. Eric Meditation 447 - Another Alternative To "Intelligent Design," by Dan Shanefield Meditation 448 - What Is a Suitable Spiritual Figurehead or Divinity? by Gordon Wayne Meditation 449 - Looks Pretty Suspicious! by Dan Shanefield Meditation 450 - Quotations 36 Meditation 451 - Terminology Meditation 452 - Strawmen Arguments Against Disbelief Meditation 453 - Suicide Bombers Prove The Amorality of Religion by Dan Shanefield Meditation 454 - The Bomb in the Turban Meditation 455 - The Bomb in the Turban II Meditation 456 - An Optimistic or a Pessimistic Attitude Toward Our Humanness by Gordon Wayne Meditation 457 - The Damage Religion Causes by Robert Green Ingersoll Meditation 458 - Blasphemy and Human Rights Meditation 459 - What is Blashphemy? Meditation 460 - The dangers of being too religious by Dr. M.A Persinger Meditation 461 - "Spooky" Modern Science: Does It Prove There's A God? by Dan Shanefield Meditation 462 - Free Will Theorem Meditation 463 - Free Speech Applies to All Meditation 464 - Literally an outboard motor? Yeah, right! Meditation 465 - Is It A Human Instinct To Believe In God? by Dan Shanefield Meditation 466 - The ink of the scholar Meditation 467 - Thoughts on God by Marc McClure Meditation 468 - What to do for Lent Meditation 469 - Reading my bible Meditation 470 - Reading my bible II Meditation 471 - Quotations 37 Meditation 472 - From where, if not from reading scripture... Meditation 473 - The Unpardonable Sin by Robert Green Ingersoll Meditation 474 - The "Miracle" of Lourdes Meditation 475 - What! No Riots? Meditation 476 - Is the bible worth reading? by Lemuel K. Washburn Meditation 477 - Tolerance goes both ways by Kristine Meditation 478 - Scientology and South Park Meditation 479 - Religious Ideology and Human Nature by: Gordon Wayne Meditation 480 - What I Know About Some Churches by Marilla M. Ricker Meditation 481 - Apostasy in Afghanistan Meditation 482 - Crimes Against God Meditation 483 - Serendipity Meditation 484 - Quotations 38 Meditation 485 - On Christian scientists by Kaye Madison Meditation 486 - Celebrating the Human Body by Gordon Wayne Meditation 487 - Quotations Concerning Agnosticism by Ed Babinski Meditation 488 - Criticism of an Easter Day Sermon by Evan D Meditation 489 - Did it work? Meditation 490 - God and Gasoline Meditation 491 - A Just God? Meditation 492 - Factory Outlet Meditation 493 - It's not the book that's their problem Meditation 494 - Gravity & Evolution Meditation 495 - Can Fundamentalism Truly Be Religion? Meditation 496 - Sometimes it's just a matter of personal credibility Meditation 497 - Why I Do Not Believe: Chapter 1 by Augustus Jacobson (A freethought classic) Meditation 498 - Origins of belief by Allan W Janssen Meditation 499 - Superman and Jesus Meditation 500 - Ego Meditation 501 - Thanks for the Meme-ories - by Allan W Janssen Meditation 502 - Ancient Religious Myths or Contemporary Stories - by Gordon Wayne Meditation 503 - Psychic Scam Meditation 504 - Carr Does It Again - Twice Meditation 505 - Quotations XXXIX Meditation 506 - Are the "plant gods" the intelligent designer? Meditation 507 - Banning Magazines Meditation 508: Organic Spirituality 1: Introduction - by Gordon Wayne Meditation 509: Organic Spirituality 2: Our Physical Well-being Meditation 510: Organic Spirituality 3: Sense of Security Meditation 511: Organic Spirituality 4: Social Acceptance Meditation 512: Organic Spirituality 5: Self-Improvement Meditation 513: Organic Spirituality 6: Humanitarianism Meditation 514: Organic Spirituality 7: Conclusion Meditation 515 - Shelter from the Storm Meditation 516 - Kent Hovind's Dinosaur Adventure Land: What a Shame! What a Disaster! - by Olga Meditation 517 - Faith Tried Meditation 518 - The Fanatic Meditation 519 - Infinite Horizons: Curiosity’s Voyage - by Will Petillo Meditation 520 - Power and Authority - by Gordon Wayne Meditation 521 - Supernatural Events - by Margarita Carrión Meditation 522 - The Bible is analogous to the King Arthur story by Dan Shanefield Meditation 523 - Skye Alexander's Predictions for 2006 Meditation 524 - What will astrologers do about Pluto? Meditation 525 - The Martyr? Meditation 526 - Quotations XL Meditation 527 - Will's Wager - by Will Petillo Meditation 528 - Denying Christianity and other religions by Lucas Werner Meditation 529 - Knowing God by - Michael Fitzpatrick Meditation 530 - Religious Freedom and Religious Intolerance - by Dennis Halnon Meditation 531 - What was the Pope thinking? (I) Meditation 532 - What was the Pope thinking? (II) Meditation 533 - Where's the accountability? Meditation 534 - Urban Myths, Publicity, and Coincidence Meditation 535 - A religion of peace? Meditation 536 - A Confession - by Will Petillo Meditation 537 - The Soul and Agnosticism by George Rush Meditation 538 - Centre of the Universe? Meditation 539 - Needing God Meditation 540 - The evidence in the world around us Meditation 541 - The Parable of the Pizza - by Will Petillo Meditation 542 - Definitely or probably? by Jasmine OM Taylor Meditation 543 - Gospel Illusionists Meditation 544 - Losing the young Meditation 545 - On Insulting Religious Belief Meditation 546 - Two Ways to Go - by Watson Heston Meditation 547 - Quotations XLI Meditation 548 - Gibberish Meditation 549 - Prayer Studies and God Meditation 550 - The Islamic Reply to Pope Benedict Meditation 551 - Approaching Infinite Wisdom - by Gordon Wayne Meditation 552 - Milton Friedman & Freedom Meditation 553 - Giant hoaxes Meditation 554 - Luke on the Stand - by Karl Southward Meditation 555 - Lessons from Sudoko Meditation 556 - Challenging the First Article of Faith - by Hugo Meditation 557 - Sharing False Religions Meditation 558 - Agnosticism or Atheism? - by Hugo Meditation 559 - Crowfoot on Life and Death Meditation 560 - Rights and Responsibilities - by Gordon Wayne Meditation 561 to Meditation 568 - Views of an Agnostic by Ross E. Browne (part 1) Meditation 569 to Meditation 574 - Views of an Agnostic by Ross E. Browne (part 2) Meditation 575 - The God Delusion: A Review Meditation 576 - All bow down before the mighty... ... wheel! by Kurt Hamm Meditation 577 - A contemptible "psychic" Meditation 578 - Faith and Reason, as Explained to a Five-Year-Old - by Will Petillo Meditation 579 - Quotations XLII Meditation 580 - Burden of Proof - by Will Petillo Meditation 581 - The most ridiculous argument for God Meditation 582 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam: A Review Meditation 583 - Pat Robertson: Just another fraudulent psychic Meditation 584 - A God of Convenience? A Treatise on Rejecting Religion - by Jeffrey Meditation 585 - The failure of prayer: Is God off "on a journey"? Meditation 586 - Past Speculations, Present Analysis, and Future Applications: Some Thoughts on Religion - by Will Petillo Meditation 587 - The Right to Speak & Responsibility to Listen - by Gordon Wayne Meditation 588 - Another Reason for the Failure of Prayer Meditation 589 - Narcissistic Personality Disorder: The Insanity Hypothesis Meditation 590 - Whose Government Is It? Meditation 591 - Unbelievable Claims Meditation 592 - The Origins of Religious Thought and Practice Meditation 593 - The Natural Distribution of Status and Power - by Gordon Wayne Meditation 594 -The Lost Tomb of Jesus Meditation 595 - Breaking the Spell: A Review Meditation 596 - Tribe Instinct Leads To Religion by Dan Shanefield Meditation 597 - Definition of a Philosopher - by César Chesneau Dumarsais Meditation 598 - Advocating Absolute Power or Democratic Power by Gordon Wayne Meditation 599 - Axioms of Existence Meditation 600 - The Wrong Lesson Meditation 601 - Quotations XLIII Meditation 602 - Articulate thought, the source of imaginary friends? - by Bernardo Arroyo Meditation 603 - Bible Teaching and Religious Practice - by Mark Twain Meditation 604 - A Critique of Richard Dawkin's "The God Delusion" - by George Rush Meditation 605 - Inerrant, irrefutable, infallible can be proven? Meditation 606 - Some Implications of Intelligent Design - by Phil van Bergen Meditation 607 - A combination of instncts leads to belief - by Dan Shanefield Meditation 608 - Coincidence or God? Meditation 609 - Religion Explained: A review Meditation 610 - Is the Morality of Jesus Sound? by M.M. Mangasarian Meditation 611 - Falwell Dead Meditation 612 - Self-contradictory and unintelligible. Meditation 613 - Religious Right Faltering? - by Dennis J. Halnon Meditation 614 - Enjoy It While It Lasts - by Dan Shanefield Meditation 615 - Divine Dentistry Meditation 616 - James Joyce: A Prophet For Our Times Meditation 617 - I Am A Strange Loop: A Review Meditation 618 - Creation Science Museums: Neither science nor museum Meditation 619 - Arrogance and Humility Meditation 620 - What if you're wrong? (The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! - Part 1) Meditation 621 - If you had five minutes to live.... (The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! - Part 2) Meditation 622 - Quotations XLIV Meditation 623 - Freedom of Religion: Germany vs.Tom Cruise Meditation 624 - Freedom of Religion: Germany vs. Scientology Meditation 625 - Gone soft on Scientology? Meditation 626 - Maybe DNA Was From Another Galaxy - by Dane Shanefield Meditation 627 - Maybe DNA Was From Another Galaxy II- by Dan Shanefield Meditation 628 - The Final Message Meditation 629 - What is my purpose in life? - by Will Petillo Meditation 630 - The "Laws of Science" and God Meditation 631 - Hitting The "Cosmic Jackpot" by Dan Shanefield Meditation 632 - The Big Bounce Meditation 633 - Sex in Heaven Meditation 634 - Sex in Paradise Meditation 635 - Quotations XLV Meditation 636 - An Apathetic Agnostic’s Apology of the Imago Dei - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 637 - On the origin of life Meditation 638 - Bible or Geology? Meditation 639 - Maybe A God Beyond Our Understanding by Dan Shanefield Meditation 640 - The Purpose of the Universe Meditation 641 - The Science Of Human Life is Almost Unbelievable by Dan Shanefield Meditation 642 - The Cemetery by Robert G Ingersoll Meditation 643 - Favorable Perspective On Life Without Intelligent Design by Dan Shanefield Meditation 644 - The End, Revisited Meditation 645 - Knowledge, Belief, Existence and Faith: The Theist, Atheist, and Agnostic - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 646 - Ecclesiastes, summarized Meditation 647 - Can Reality Really Be Real? Meditation 648 - Not a Teddy Bears' Picnic Meditation 649 - Sharia Justice Meditation 650 - The Return of the Book Burners Meditation 651 - Some Things Just Can’t be Known: Hooray and Hallelujah - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 652 - Can a Mormon Be Elected US President? Meditation 653 - The Uncertainty of Science Meditation 654 - The Christian Candidate Meditation 655 - The Strange Case of Dr. Robertson and Mr. Giuliani Meditation 656 - The Gratuitous Smear Campaign Meditation 657 - That Dangerous Subversive Book Meditation 658 - Exorcise Me Meditation 659 - Who actually practices Catholic Satanism? Meditation 660 - What to Believe? - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 661 - Just standing around, looking around. Meditation 662 - Does Jesus Really Love Me? - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 663 - Duties to God - by Robert G. Ingersoll Meditation 664 - The Parable of the Chess Game - by Will Petillo Meditation 665 - Disillusioned Enlightenment - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 666 - Quotations XLVI Meditation 667 - The Power of Prayer; a fable Meditation 668 - Happy Imperfection Day - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 669 - The Creed of Science - by Robert G. Ingersoll Meditation 670 - No, Virginia, it isn't a sound argument Meditation 671 - Defining God Into Existence Meditation 672 - Stupidities Meditation 673 - Science, Philosophy and Religion by Bernardo Arroyo Meditation 674 - Science, Philosophy and Religion by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 675 - Two sides of the same... uh... sign Meditation 676 - Deciding not to choose Meditation 677 - No sense in arguing with crazy people - by Manny Meditation 678 - The Bizarre Bazaar - by CC Keiser Meditation 679 - No, Dr. Graham; the answer is NOT in the Bible Meditation 680 - Something out of Nothing Meditation 681 - Call to Arms - by Jasmine Taylor Meditation 682 - Where is the line? Religious teachings and child abuse. Meditation 683 - We don't know the origin - by Jasmine Taylor Meditation 684 - What did Einstein think of religion? Meditation 685 - The Gods by Robert G. Ingersoll Meditation 686 - The Gods part 2 Meditation 687 - The Gods part 3 Meditation 688 - The Gods part 4 Meditation 689 - The Gods part 5 Meditation 690 - The Gods part 6 Meditation 691 - The Gods part 7 Meditation 692 - The Gods part 8 Meditation 693 - The Gods part 9 Meditation 694 - The Gods part 10 Meditation 695 - The Gods part 11 Meditation 696 - The Gods part 12 Meditation 697 - The Gods part 13 Meditation 698 - The Gods part 14 Meditation 699 - The Gods part 15 Meditation 700 - The Gods part 16 Meditation 701 - The Gods part 17 Meditation 702 - The Gods part 18 Meditation 703 - The Gods part 19 Meditation 704 - The Gods part 20 Meditation 705 - The Gods part 21 Meditation 706 - The Gods part 22 Meditation 707 - Belonging - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 708 - Imaginary Psychic Visions Have Real Effects Meditation 709 - Remembering George Carlin - by Manny Meditation 710 - Guns and the Second Coming - by Paul W. Sharkey Meditation 711 - Augustine's Confessions Meditation 712 - Who's In Control? Meditation 713 - Answers and Evidence Meditation 714 - Prayer: A Form of Authoritative Introspection? - by Will Petillo Meditation 715 - Are Papal Apologies Enough? Meditation 716 - Self-organizing systems

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