Sexual Purity Confused Me As a Male
So, sexual thoughts make you feel evil and their absence makes you feel the opposite of evil? It is not that simple or black-and-white.
Sexual Thoughts Do Not Equal Sexual Actions!
Contrary to Christian purity culture, sexual thoughts are not as wrong or evil as sexual actions.
False Beliefs About What God Loves and Hates
What happens when we assume that God loves whatever we love and hates whatever we hate? That is a form of projection.
No Brain Parts For Seeing and Hearing? No Afterlife!
How can we see and hear the afterlife if we do not have the faculties of sight and sound while we are there?
The Lie That Life Gets Easier With God’s Help
Life did not get better when I prayed nor when I asked God for help. Leaning on my own understanding was one of my best self-discoveries in adulthood.
You Are NOT a Soul. You Are Your Metabolism.
Why is your soul responsible for your energy when science knows that metabolism is responsible for your energy? Learn about the physical reality of enzymes and biochemical reactions.
God Does Not Make Your Body’s Energy. Glycolysis Does.
How does the body make energy? What is metabolism and glycolysis? How did glycolysis evolve?
Intuition Does NOT Confirm Intelligent Design
This is a critical review on Douglas Axe’s book called Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed. This review opposes Intelligent Design.
Evolution of Enzymes
Enzymes and the speed of chemical reactions were important to evolution billions of years ago.
Alzheimer’s Argument Against the Soul—Part 2
The soul/spirit cannot exist if we can see material decay of consciousness. Alzheimer’s disease includes genetic factors that demonstrate the material decay of consciousness. This is a physicalist view on consciousness/brain.
What Causes Chemical Reactions?
What causes your chemical reactions? How do you get them? What does your body share with your household items?
The Laws of Thermodynamics
What are the laws of thermodynamics and how do they affect our biology and our lives?
The Alzheimer’s Argument Against Immaterial Consciousness
Alzheimer’s Disease exemplifies how consciousness is rooted in the brain. Contrary to Christianity’s claims, consciousness is not rooted in anything immaterial.
Why I Am Not A Christian
How I escaped the shackles of Christianity. Listen to my story on the Ask An Atheist show with John Richards.
Why Does Evolution Not Allow Us to Live Forever?
Death and aging are full of mysteries. If survival is nature’s greatest instinct, why will natural selection/evolution not allow us to live forever?
Why We Age and Die— Senescence: Part 2
This is part 2 of my discussion about senescence as a reason for why we age and die.
Why We Die—Senescence: Part I
You have been dying since the moment you were born. The mechanism that tries to prevent cancer and death will eventually turn on you.
The Universe is Biased For a Specific Molecular Shape
Your life would not be possible without a particular molecular shape. Your DNA and sugars are shaped just right. Blame it on the universe’s bias for life to point in a particular direction.
Christianity is NOT the Answer to Everything
When you cannot call on Jesus to fix your leaking sink and damaged car, maybe you also must call on yourself to fix your mental and emotional wounds.