Truth Champion
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Comparing Spirituality and Religion
For the purposes of this web site and general discussions based on it the terms “spirituality” and “religion” will be used primarily as follows.Spirituality will refer to the sense of “self” (atman), or “I am,” or such awareness a sentient being might have of itself that is often described as the “man in the machine.”…
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Has the World Changed?
Among the many ways some atheists make a nuisance of themselves on social media is assuming the world 3.000 years ago should be similar to the world today. The assumption isn’t necessarily correct. The description of the ancient world in scriptures is of a very much more cruel and violent place than even the Nazis…
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Is There a Best Blind Faith?
If there were only one blind faith the question would be different. How good is it?There are however several different blind faiths and not just in various religions.There is the blind faith lower ranking military must have in their officers.There is the blind faith many people have in science.Some people are going to complain that…
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The Meaning of Marriage
There should be no doubt that marriage no longer means what it once meant, at least not to many people especially on a rampage on social media. A cause of change has been “no fault” divorce laws that began in 1969 and in California then spread across the country. That of course was long before…
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Morality and Miracles Incompatibility
Morality and miracles are not really very compatible. If anyone could just zap up a house and a car on a whim what would be the point of marriage? If anyone could just zap up anything in any amount why is stealing wrong? Just zap up enough for everyone.This dilemma is addressed in scriptures in…
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Figurative and Literal Communication
There is an essential difference between the literal communication as always found in science, and the figurative communication usually found in religion.Communication in science is always literal because science is only concerned with things anyone can see, or can see with the help of lab instruments. Because religion usually concerns things difficult or impossible to…
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Generally Speaking
Many people learned in elementary school that generalizing about an individual based on the membership of that of that individual in some group is wrong. For example to assume that an individual likes iced tea based only on the observation that individual is from the southern United States is an improper use of generalization. Furthermore…
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Evolution “Debates”
Confusion remains what people attempting to “debate” evolution mean by the term “evolution.”People had been breeding plants and animals, more or less wittingly, and successfully, for centuries before the Bible was put in writing. There is even an account of gene pool modification in the story of Jacob tending Laban’s flocks in Genesis 30:31 to…
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Strength in Argument
A serious public relations problem has developed for “science” lately in that President Trump is often characterized as an “anti-science” president partly because of his choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, but also because some of his other policies often do not follow established schooling, like his tariffs.…