Tag Archives: Islam

Quran Contradiction #8: Will Jews and Christians go to hell?

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

It’s very, very unlikely that hell exists. But if it does, can we rely on the Quran to figure out who’s going there and who isn’t? Well, no, we can’t. In verse 3:85 the Quran tells us that everyone who follows any … Continue reading →

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Prominent Lebanese filmmaker and actress, Nadine Labaki, slams religion in Facebook post

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

I’m a huge fan of Nadine Labaki. Her films tackle serious sociopolitical/religious themes using Lebanon as a scenic backdrop, but the messages she conveys through film are universal. My personal favorite is Caramel, which explores gender roles and sexual taboos from … Continue reading →

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Questions for Christians about apostasy in Islam

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

Lately it’s become a minor trend to anonymously — but publicly — announce one’s irreligion in countries where apostasy is criminalized and atheists are often imprisoned or worse. Here is a photograph I saw yesterday from the Atheist Republic that nicely … Continue reading →

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God is not alive: He does not meet the basic criteria for living things

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

In biology the definition of life is a little tricky. It’s rather difficult to make a single, coherent statement about what life is. Instead, biologists have a list of descriptive traits that define life. For the purposes of this post, … Continue reading →

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All babies are born Muslims (and other Islamic nonsense)

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

Four points: All babies are born Muslims. All humans are at least subconsciously Muslims. Atheists don’t exist (because my roommate says so). Allah tricked Christians into being Christians.

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How I survived the clown revolution in Beirut

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

I don’t often make political statements on this blog. But the wars in Syria and now between Palestine and Israel sometimes hit a little close to home. At first glance this video looks like merely a statement about the strength … Continue reading →

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Science suggests we have no free will: Implications on belief

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

In 1985 Benjamin Libet published a peer-reviewed paper where he instructed his test subjects to lift their arm while recording their brain activity. What he found was interesting. Brain activity increased before the subject had even decided to lift their … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Silence of Mind Award

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

In keeping with the tradition of Potholer54‘s Golden Crocoduck Award, I’m suggesting a brand new award for the blogosphere. The Silence of Mind Award (The SOMA) will be awarded to blog commenters who make outlandish, unintelligible, and unscientific claims to … Continue reading →

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There are no authorities: Stop block quoting to make a point (a short rant)

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

I’ll be honest, when I’m reading someone’s blog and they have a block quote by a philosopher to lend credit to their position on something, I usually skip the entire thing. Theists often block quote C.S. Lewis or, for whatever … Continue reading →

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Allah’s arsenal against devils: The Quran thinks stars are missiles

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Ryren Cadora

I’ve already written about the bible not understanding what stars are, so I’m not going to harp on that. This is a post to highlight the hilarious scientific ignorance about stars in the Quran. Behold: And We have certainly beautified the … Continue reading →

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