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Title: Blind Faith: Blind Folly | by Frank O'Meara

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No sane adult believes in Santa Claus. But countless millions of children and adults believe that Christmas celebrates the incarnation of a non-existent God as a human baby, destined to become the Redeemer of mankind by suffering the punishment we deserve for our sins. At Christmastime, believers prefer to ignore Calvary and even Easter, and rejoice in the details of the touc...


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To reward you for your fidelity, I thought you might enjoy reading the first chapter of my book “From Illusions to Illumination. The Itinerary of a Franciscan Priest from Catholicism to Atheism”. You’ll find its transliteration right here in this blog, February 5, 2018. I hope you enjoy this account of my first fifteen years and the origins of my “vocation” to the priesthood....


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Christmas cribs are cute. But the fervor which surrounds them may make us wonder whether that baby Jesus is in fact the Savior of mankind, the incarnate Son of God. Midnight Mass, the music, the carols, the faith-full – sincere believers as level-headed as we are – all combine to question our atheism. Read a handful of blogposts to restore your conviction that religious faith...


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Some atheists seem to think that they are helping their cause by avoiding mention of Christ when referring to the feast celebrating the supposed birth of the “Anointed” Son of God. There are better ways of affirming one’s atheism; wishing family, friends and the postman a “Happy Christmas” is not an act of faith. If you want to get into an argument about the divinity of the m...


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I taught myself to play the flute, not the trumpet. But, honestly, where else will you find an atheist blog, written by a former priest and professor of Theology, with more than 1500 posts ? If you read just one post per day, it would take you four years to read them all. Read one before breakfast. It will make your day and leave you smiling at religious credulity. RI...


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