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I've Chosen My Path, but I Still Seek Understanding

I was watching on YouTube an episode of “Thinking Twice." This program host debates, some of which I find very interesting. I was watching one the other day about science and if it has done away with the need for…
Why is God Such an Unappetizing Topic?

There are so many things I can ask here to you all at Revelife. But my most burning question is, why is God such an unappetizing conversation topic outside of church? Even at church or faith communities, conversations m…
Nonviolence: More Than A Discussion

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog I recently had a discussion with a friend in which he said he felt nonviolence was merely a "classroom discussion" in the United States because there is a lack of extreme and v…
The Importance of Perennial Debates

By Nic Don at Theopolitical There are some debates that come up in a constant, self-feeding cycle, and I can’t stand them. See: gun control, Calvinism-Arminianism, Sean Connery or Roger Moore. But there are debat…
Gun Control and Good Discussion

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog The shooting in Colorado has inspired many people who like guns and don't like gun control to post clever little pictures on their Facebook pages for everyone to see. Some of t…
Being Attacked for Your Beliefs: It Happens to Everyone

No matter what belief, faith or philosophical stance that is taken, the one holding it will one day be attacked for being different from the attacker. It is a sling fest, I believe, and perhaps it has always been so.…
Pornography and Our Insufficiency In Discussions

By J.N. Hong In this post, I am mainly referencing this post by RELEVANT Magazine. I tweeted a few days ago (a few weeks ago now) that the natural conclusion from a post from RELEVANT Magazine on pornography was to nev…
Why I Love Atheists

[This is reposted as part of our Best-Of Revelife Week. It was originally posted on October 30, 2009.] "An atheist, like a Christian, holds that we can know whether or not there is a God. The Christian holds that we c…
Insurrection in the Empire

By Sam at Creative Theology I am meeting with people from my workplace over the lunch hour to read scripture from the Common Lectionary and discuss the implications of following Jesus in our culture. We met yesterday…
Keeping on Topic: Discussing When We Disagree

I wrote a post a while ago about my views on Christmas, and what I think about the holiday as an atheist. I talked about commercialism, secularism and other issues surrounding the celebration of Christmas these days. A…