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The Independent Thinker

• The Independent Thinkers Duties and Rights
• The fate of the average man
• Reality, knowledge, and truth
• What is enlightenment?
• A working definition of critical thinking

Secular Thinking

• What is atheism?
• FAQ's about atheism
• Is atheism a religion?
• Working definitions
• The difference between religious thinkers and secular thinkers

Religion

• The origin and evolution or religion
• The second major problem with religions
• Four categories of religious belief
• Is America a Christian nation?

Book excerpts

• Wings of Illusion
• The Crazy Ape
• A comparison of magic and religion

Quotes

• Assorted quotes I have collected over the years
• Quotes on religious tolerance

Interesting links

• Freethunk.net, some funny cartoons.
• LOL God, fun blog for atheist humor and stuff.

The difference between religious thinkers and secular thinkers

(Belief: conviction of the truth of some statement. Something we regard as being true.)

• Religious thinkers "believe" the universe was created and is being controlled by a supernatural entity called god.
• Secular thinkers "believe" the universe was created and is being controlled by the laws of nature.

This is the fundamental difference between religious thinkers and secular thinkers.

Their are plenty of facts to “prove”¯ either position. But it is the fundamental assumptions we inherited through our birth culture that generally determines whether we “believe” in god, or “believe” in the laws of nature.

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them. - Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr.