Author: Bill Flavell
Six things atheists do wrong
Atheists, if you aim to help believers reconsider and, perhaps, revise their unwarranted beliefs, there are some things you should be aware of. Insulting believers will not make them realize they are a dick, it will make them think YOU are a dick. Telling them the Bible is fiction will only make them conclude that you don’t understand the Bible. Telling them that only a fool would believe in...
How we know gods are imaginary
Across the globe and across time, humans have loved and worshipped thousands of gods. But, if one god was real and all the rest fake, we would know. Consider three possible benefits of believing in a god: 1) PRAYER Believers in fake gods would be constantly complaining their prayers are never answered whilst believers in a real god would be jubilant over their amazing success rate. 2) COMMUNION Be...
God vs Surgeons
Here’s a test for those pastors who claim they can work miracles through God; take them to a hospital to pray for 30 patients. Ten patients have aortic valve failure and need replacement heart valves. Ten are almost blind, suffering from advanced cataracts—their eyes need replacement lenses. Ten have chronic osteoarthritis in their knees and need artificial knee joints. In a modern hospital,...
Your inner caveman revealed
Viewing from a distance can often reveal things that cannot be seen close up. To gain a sense of perspective, it is interesting to look at our species, not for a few generations but for our entire existence. The best evidence available suggests our species has roamed the earth for at least 200,000 years, probably more. Most of that time we were itinerant hunter-gatherers. We used sharpened sticks ...
How to prove an afterlife exists
I’ve finally worked out how to prove you will live again after you die. My method relies entirely on empirical evidence and requires no faith whatsoever. Here is the process step-by-step: Ascend to the top of a very tall building, the higher the better. Leap from the top floor and fall to the ground. Evaluate the evidence: If you wake up and your smashed body is perfectly restored, you have ...
Ten common-sense questions every believer should ask
Why, after debating this for thousands of years, are we no closer to agreeing which god is real or even if there are any gods at all? Why, over 500 years, has science continually ruled God out, but NEVER ruled him in? Why do god believers use transparently invalid arguments to justify their beliefs? Why is there not even one argument for a god that all fair-minded people can agree to? Why does geo...
Atheists believe in nothing!
Why do religious people so often think atheists believe in nothing and stand for nothing? They couldn’t be more wrong. I stand for believing only things that are true. I stand for equal rights, equal opportunities and non-discrimination on grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, age, disability and more. I believe in treating my fellow humans with respect and preserving the...
The Bible’s final metaphor
Many parts of the world (but not all) are moving away from a literal interpretation of the Bible. The evidence that the Earth was not formed before the stars; the universe was not formed in a few days; and man did not suddenly pop into existence is so overwhelming, that you need a special determination to avoid evidence to believe the Biblical accounts. But once you have taken that first step and ...
Five days that unravel the Bible
Let’s for a moment assume that God is real, and let’s take the Genesis creation story at face-value. Many people believe that Moses was the author of the book of Genesis but I wonder where Moses got the story from? Moses was a prophet who spoke directly to God. He was not alive at the time of the creation so he must have got the creation story either from God or part from God and part ...
Theology vs Science
Theology essentially studies simple questions; does god exist and what is his nature? Despite this, and several thousand years of effort, theology has reached no consensus on either question. There has been zero progress. Why are these questions simple? Because if God exists, it would be blindingly obvious. If God is everywhere, can communicate with every human being and makes local changes to the...
How atheists indoctrinate their kids
Jonny: “Mum, we talked about God at school today. Do you believe in God?” Mum: “Some people believe there is a god; some believe there are many gods, and some believe there are none. Some gods are long forgotten, others are still worshiped. There have been thousands of gods and religions over the years. Most of them disagree with each other, so they can’t all be true. Almo...
Christianity’s dirty secret
Even before children begin school, parents involve their children in religious rituals and teach them religious stories. As they grow up, children are told how important it is to BELIEVE these stories, and to revere the book in which they are found. If children question or, doubt, any of these stories, they will be warned not to think such things—questioning incurs parental disapproval. Young chil...