by Damien AtHope | Dec 15, 2015 | Blog
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art Damien Marie AtHope’s Art I am antireligion because of rationalism and to me, religion is antirationalism I am a Rationalist who is an Axiological Atheist “Rationalism is an approach to life based on reason and evidence. Rationalism...
by Damien AtHope | Dec 13, 2015 | Short-writing or Quotes
Good must have Bad? I was asked by a believer if I agreed that to value good we had to know or have bad. I reject this completely you don’t have to get punched to know the value of a hug. Nor would you add pain and suffering to a child to ensure that they valued love...
by Damien AtHope | Dec 13, 2015 | Blog
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art “Understanding Religion Evolution: Animism, Totemism, Shamanism, Paganism & Progressed organized religion” Understanding Religion Evolution: Pre-Animism (at least 300,000 years ago) Animism (Africa: 100,000 years ago) Totemism (Europe:...
by Damien AtHope | Dec 13, 2015 | Short-writing or Quotes
“Damien, you say you don’t value faith but what you fail to realize in saying this is that almost everything we do requires some sort of faith.” Wrong, wrong, wrong faith, is strong belief without evidence or contrary to evidence. I use reason: conjecture, inference...
by Damien AtHope | Dec 11, 2015 | Blog
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art Is it simply lacking a shelter such as a covering over one’s head? If so, is someone standing or sleeping under a bridge or some other covering no longer homeless? I would think not but then again I am wondering what is homelessness? If...