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Atheists get criticized for taking the word "faith" to mean something along the lines of "belief without sufficient evidence," even though sometimes that's pretty much what we're given to work with when someone tries to describe their faith to us. But I want to give people a fair shake, so I'd...

Imagine that a famous philosopher of religion has developed a new argument regarding the existence of God. If you are a theist, imagine that the philosopher is an atheist arguing against the existence of God. If you are an atheist, imagine that the philosopher is a theist arguing for the...

I need help from the more philosophically experienced. Is there a name for when someone will ignore the differences between certain things because they are the same on some more basic level? For instance, if someone said that it's not possible to build a shelf out of ice since both ice and...

Background: a pastor friend of mine cited the "who would die for a lie" argument a while back and asked what I thought of it. I told him that I had always heard eleven of the twelve disciples were martyred for not renouncing their faith, but I didn't actually know where these stories had their...

Question: If it is a violation of religious freedom to require certain businesses (florists, bakers, DJ's, venue owners, etc.) to provide their services in support of a same-sex wedding when such unions violate the owner's religious conscience, is it not equally as great a violation if a...