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Pledge of Allegiance: Information, History, Arguments

Was the 1950s addition of "under God" unconstitutional? Not only that, it's fundamentally immoral because it tells people that there is an inherent, officially supported connection between American patriotism and belief in a particular sort of god.

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C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Desire

Wednesday July 23, 2008
One of the earliest arguments offered by C.S. Lewis for believing in the existence of God can be labeled the 'Argument from Desire.' According to Lewis and other apologists, every desire is necessarily a desire for something, and every natural desire must have some object that will satisfy it. Since humans desire the joy and experience of God, therefore there must be a God that will satisfy our desires.

 

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Religious Defense of 'Scientific' Intelligent Design

Wednesday July 23, 2008
People who deny the truth and reality of evolution do so for exclusively religious reasons. There are no legitimate scientific arguments against or alternatives to evolution. Most people are as ignorant of this as they are of evolution itself, so while they think they might be able to base their objections on science, in the end all they have is religion — and the fact is, that's their only motive as well. Sometimes this comes through when a person makes a vague gesture towards allegedly scientific objections to evolution but then only talks about their religious objections. Read more...

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