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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Jim Downard

Jim Downard is a Spokane native (with a sojourn in Southern California back in the early 1960s) who was raised in a secular family, so says had no personal faith to lose. He's always been a history and science buff (getting a bachelor's in the former area at what was then Eastern Washington University in the early 1970s).

Trump By the Movies (Popcorn Optional)

In “Back to the Future” Doc Brown was incredulous in 1955 when Marty McFly told him that Ronald Reagan was president in 1985. What would be the reaction of 1985 audiences, to be told who would be Chief Executive in 2019?

Ask An Atheist: What if I Believe in Reincarnation?

The short answer is that a belief in reincarnation is not automatically an endorsement of gods (or "devils", whatever they are), and so you can believe in reincarnation and be an atheist too.

Ask An Atheist: I don’t know vs. I don’t believe

As an Atheist, what are your thoughts about the statements: "I don't believe in God" and "I know that God doesn't exist"?

Ask An Atheist: Did Jesus Christ Exist?

That's an easy one (for me at least): yes, at least the Jesus part.

Ask An Atheist: What Are The Concrete Beliefs of Atheists?

Which leads us to the modern usage of the term, which has broadened to mean those who do not hold belief in any gods at all.

Ask An Atheist: Reincarnation

Can an atheist believe in reincarnation?

Ask An Atheist: Is homosexuality logical?

Why are some people attracted to the same sex? It's not unrelated to why people are attracted to anyone at all, and that broader topic is an ongoing one in scientific research.

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