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My Search for Truth

I was born in Montreal and raised in Vancouver, Canada. My parents were morally upright but non-religious. Our neighbors could also be described as non-religious. I did not know any Christians or serious followers of any other religion while I was growing up. Though my neighborhood was poor, its public schools were outstanding and its libraries...

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Can you be an atheist and an environmentalist?
Can you be an atheist and an environmentalist?

Note from the author: Due to the fact that this article has often been misunderstood by commenters, please read the following carefully. I would like to clarify that: a) Atheists can act as morally, or even more morally, than theists. b) Many atheists live very moral lives. c) Atheists CAN be environmentalists. Many atheists, and theists, are also...

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Suffering: How can God allow it?
Suffering: How can God allow it?

One of recent history's greatest natural disasters rocked south Asia and the Horn of Africa the day after Christmas, 2004. FoxNews.com reported, "Sunday's massive quake of 9.0 magnitude off the Indonesian island of Sumatra sent 500-mph waves surging across the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal in the deadliest known tsunami since the one that devastated...

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