Debate

A Trialogue Ludwig Feuerbach still has that long beard he wore while he was alive. Albert Camus, is wearing a pea coat, and he has an unlit cigarette in his mouth. They are sitting in the room quibbling over something I can’t decipher. What this place is, I don’t know. Where this place is, I didn’t know either. My brain is somewhere on earth, probably a hospital, trying to recuperate from the damage. Ludwig sees me. He starts speaking…with his German twinge of course. Ludwig: Ah! Willkommen! What brings you here? Me: I don’t know. I can’t remember exactly. The …

We sat together in the room listening to Pachelbel’s Canon in D. He considers himself way smarter than I. I spend my existence trying to prove him wrong. …..“Well every rule has an exception” I retorted. He had stated something and I whimsically just chipped in that remark. That little remark opened the floodgate. He seemed disgusted by my use of the trite remark. “I expected more from you! How would you resort to such platitude?”  He squashed the butt of his cigarette and flicked it into the bin. “How do you mean?” I asked quite warily. Choked by the …

My name is John. I am a 42 year Old man. We don’t need to voice it out, our love is mostly implicit. Just by looking into our eyes, we know that we love each other. Our love runs deep. But why can’t people see that? It’s not like they know about our love, nor will we tell them, but why, oh dear God why do we have to hide this beautiful feeling? If I had my way, I’d scream it from the mountaintop that we were having sex: Beautiful and passionate sex. I don’t mean to be crass, but …

David Bern: I’d first like to say that I appreciate the work of both “Josh” and Orekoya Moyosoreoluwa and wish more conversations like yours went on between atheists and religious people. Religious faith is a process of non-thinking. It discourages scientific inquiry and promotes confidence in ignorance. It preys on our childhood credulity and has become so embedded in our minds that even as intelligent adults we remain shackled to religious ideology. In your definition, you say that religious faith is guided by “overwhelmingly compelling evidence.” James Randi distinguishes between confidence based on overwhelming evidence and blind faith. Religious belief …

I was eating a bowl of cereal in my room on Wednesday night, when my friend Josh (name changed), walked in. He collapsed on my bed and started to talk about a test we had during the week. Whilst he was talking, I interrupted and said an audible prayer. He looked at me as if to say, “Why are you praying? The test has already been taken.” I saw the look and answered that God works in mysterious ways. That was the statement needed to start the conversation that followed. “God!” He said with a punctuated taunt, embellishing his voice. …