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Christopher Tanner
- Mar 13, 2015
- 5 min
Faith: It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
© David Teachout As a human being I’m interested in broadening the understanding of my experiences and increasing my knowledge by identifying what I’m ignorant of and then looking to fill in the gaps. My humanity also determines the limits to fulfilling those desires. I have particular interests by virtue of being me, not every subject draws me the same way. I have time limitations so I have to choose on a daily basis what to read, what to study and plan accordingly for the f
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Christopher Tanner
- Feb 18, 2015
- 2 min
Atheists Can Be Moral: Definitions Make All the Difference.
It is often claimed by theists that atheists are incapable of being moral, because atheists lack a “moral authority.” I was recently confronted with the notion that it is possible for me to practice “good ethics”, but not possible for me to be moral, because I don’t have an acting moral authority, outside myself. I don’t want to beat around the bush too much, so here are some definitions: 1 mor·al Pronunciation: mr-l, mär- Function: adjective 1 a : of or relating to the judgm
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Christopher Tanner
- Jan 23, 2015
- 7 min
Christianity is a Religion, Deal with It!
Recently one of my favorite atheist bloggers Hemant Mehta (The Friendly Atheist) posted a video blog discussing the question “Can you hate religion but love Christ?”. My experiences with people who claim to follow Jesus but not be religious differ slightly from Mr. Mehta’s in an interesting way- while he seems to have encountered people who reject religion and also the label of ‘Christian’, all the non-religious Christians I have known are still happy and proud to refer to th
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