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    Free will vs. predestination: Which are you?

    Virtually every cognitively capable organism will believe they have free will for this reason: Such an organism will be able to imagine doing many actions but will/can not always see the factors that preclude a "chosen" action. The result is that they will firmly believe they can do something...
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    Distinguishing Design from Fine-Tuning

    I have a comment/question relating to fine tuning: The fine tuning for God rests upon the improbability of certain observed phenomena. I would like to point out that improbability is a subjective concept determined by the specificity with which the phenomenon is described. I can make anything...
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    Distinguishing Design from Fine-Tuning

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    God and heaven and hell in the After Life: if it turns to be true of false?

    This is Pascal's Wager.
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    Loving God = Eternal Torture?

    "So I asked the chaplain: “Do you remember Suzanne? Do you remember what a loving heart she had? Do you think God would put her in hell forever with no chance of escape, just because she was not a Christian?” And the chaplain said Yes, if she was not a Christian, that is what God would do. And...
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    Loving God = Eternal Torture?

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    Loving God = Eternal Torture?

    It has always been curious to me how the Christianity can teach eternal torment is the punishment for not believing. Furthermore, belief is not something that you can freely choose. Myself, I find it impossible to believe something that I am highly confident is false. Christianity is one of...
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    Intelligent design, my version.

    I would also call to your attention that adding any additional assumption (like "directed by divine will") when it isn't needed is a violation of the Principle of Parsimony, aka Occam's Razor.
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    Intelligent design, my version.

    You have raised an interesting point: If someone makes a statement that reflects some opinion, research, or fact provided by a source other than their a**, I think they should give a reference so it can be checked. So in the above, you have stated that "...at the peak of the last ice age the...
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    What are the other books of religious groups?

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    Consciousness and the physical body

    You are spot on! Perhaps the greatest problem with an immaterial consciousness such as that described in near-death, out-of-body experiences, ghosts, demons, angels, etc. is that all non-physical consciousnesses are said to manifest indications of emotion, desire, antipathy, anger, revenge...
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    Why exactly does Evolution bother some faiths so much?

    Creationism is a major argument that there's a God. Evolution takes that argument away by providing a natural explanation for life and humans. If creationists can disprove evolution, the only explanation left is God had to do it.
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    Does religion impair vital critical thinking skills?

    This omits the "critical" component. "Critical" in critical thinking doesn't mean rational or any of those other things. It refers to criticizing thinking and finding fault with the thinking it addresses. In other words, "here's some thinking...what's wrong with this? Does it follow the rules...
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    My past and current problem

    ... All I ask is your help. I asked other forums and they've barely helped or ridiculed me. My heart truly goes out to you, to be so troubled by things and entities that don't exist. I am a clinical psychologist who has seen things like your problem before. There is a very simple way to test...
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    Prayer Against Demons

    dear Bluebaloney: To help you, I need to know how these demons are tormenting you. Do they have any restrictions? I mean, can they kill you? Give you a painful incurable terminal disease? Can you engage them in conversation? Is it possible that this is all a result of your psychological...
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    Prayer Against Demons

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    Can a literal Genesis creation story really hold up?

    The problem with not taking the whole Bible literally, is that there's no way to tell what is meant literally and what is meant figuratively. It's even more confusing because some things are clearly meant figuratively. Plus the fact that if you don't like the literal meaning, you can always...
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    Psychology a Religion?

    As a Ph.D. psychologist I can say this is wrong, wrong, wrong. Psychology is the science of behavior and cognitive processes. It already knows what a human is. Psychology seeks to determine what is desirable and undesirable about human nature. [Again, psychology does not seek to determine...
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    Psychology a Religion?

    I wish people would define their terms! If everyone has a different idea of what a term means how can you have meaningful discourse? Try defining religion. Try defining psychology. Also, ask yourself why nobody claims physics and chemistry are religions. This will bring some clarity to the...
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