Reg the Fronkey Farmer

I think that Tara Isabella Burton is right – there is a normal human yearning for something that is neglected by traditional atheism, which can be called “faith”, or “hope”, or “optimism”

What is traditional atheism? It is the same now as it was 2000 years ago. It is basically a lack of belief in the existence of any gods. Atheism does not striv…[Read more]

Have a great week everyone!!

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that’s also the definition of delusion.

Richard Dawkins.

.….you have a limited ranges of choices, “choices” being defined here as known choices. I can choose vanilla or chocolate chip…..

Most people would consider this a “freewill choice” and we all understand that sensation of freedom to make our own independent choice. But what most people don’t get is that their choice of ice cream is ent…[Read more]

One easy way we can all help is to make small loans to people. $30-$100 is probably nothing to most of us. If in the unlikely event of never getting it back we will still eat tomorrow and sleep in a bed afterwards.

Here is how to do it. Kiva Lending

Come on folks….you know you want to 🙂

Without meaning, life is meaningless, and it seems that people don’t like life to be meaningless, it goes along with “aimless”, “pointless” etc.

That is quite the tautology Simon.  For many millions of people life means being born to suffer. They live on the edge of starvation and famine and often know nothing other than civil war and conflict.…[Read more]

I wonder if Hollywood would ever make a movie about this case in Egypt? Would they dare cast a non-Muslim as the presiding judge in the court?

I think Noel that we all die alone, no matter how many spectators are present 🙂

Along with cooperation, this was Jesus’ main message in my opinion…

I also don’t get that Simon. Jesus was all about abandoning everything. In some verse in Luke 14 Jesus says that if you want to follow him you must love him more than anyone in your own family. You must love him even more than your own life! How can anyone thrive under those m…[Read more]

Sounds like a good plan Strega. A bad plan would be to travel to Sydney this week.

Have a great week everyone!!

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson, 1787.