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Being an atheist means embracing reality as it is, not as you wish it to be. It’s about taking full accountability for your life instead of outsourcing it to unseen forces. No waiting for divine plans, no blaming fate; just the clarity that your success, your growth, and your impact are entirely in... read more

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So, let me get this straight...

There is a tag for skeptics, but no one posts anything. I am trying to figure out if we are dropping the ball or if the world is already using up all the irony and we have none left for solidarity posts. Please discuss.

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First they fascinate the fool... then they muzzle the intelligent. - Bertrand Russell

There is no greater weapon in the arsenal of the demagogue than emotionally manipulating the credulous. The fool is easily seduced by spectacle, by the grandiose theater of certainty where complexity is discarded in favor of comforting simplicities. He is drawn not to substance but to the... read more

Double Standards in Believing Accusations: The Numbers Don’t Lie

There’s a clear double standard in how we respond to accusations depending on whether they come from a man or a woman. When a man says, “She mistreated me,” the first reaction from most people is skepticism. They’ll say, “We need to hear her side of the story,” or, “There must be more to it.” In... read more

Thing that appear in my mind this morning

Yes. And that is not an accident, nor merely a theological quirk. It is structural. Most religions do not oppose immortality because it is impossible. They oppose it because it breaks the psychological machinery that religion relies on. Let me lay it out cleanly. --- 1. Mortality is the... read more

Have the mindset most likely reach the truth

Not the mindset most likely to not believe a lie (skepticism), not the mindset most likely to catch a lie (conspiratorial), not the mindset most likely to not oppose the truth (relatavism). You can have a mind centered approach that is informed (but not decided) by your heart, and not falling into... read more