Jim Downard, Author at SpokaneFāVS

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).

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

July 5, 2019 Commentary, Features 0

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?

June 13, 2019 Commentary, Features 0

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?

May 5, 2019 Commentary, Features 0

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

March 31, 2019 Commentary, Features 0

Can an atheist believe in reincarnation?

Ask An Atheist: Is homosexuality logical?

March 17, 2019 Commentary, Features 0

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.

Ask An Atheist: Defining Life

March 9, 2019 Commentary, Features 0

Life as an organic replicator seems as good a shorthand one as any, though even if a particular organism is incapable of replicating (some defect in its biology) that wouldn't make it not alive, would it?