Will Religion Ever Disappear?

By Rachel Nuwer

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A growing number of people, millions worldwide, say they believe that life definitively ends at death – that there is no God, no afterlife and no divine plan. And it’s an outlook that could be gaining momentum – despite its lack of cheer. In some countries, openly acknowledged atheism has never been more popular.

Video: PZ Myers - The Conflict Between Science and Religion

Our Target Audience

Our target audience are switched-on, open-minded Christadelphians, or young people with Christadelphian parents, who are intelligent, who are rational and critical thinkers, who possess common sense, are intellectually honest and who have a keen desire to understand the truth about life and our Universe.

Video: Dan Barker - How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists

Evolution Cartoon

Book Review: 'The End of Biblical Studies' - Prometheus Books, 2007.

Hector Avalos, 'The End of Biblical Studies'
Reviewed by Robert M. Price
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What a refreshing book! Professor Avalos questions the utility and advisability of continuing to keep the superannuated field of Biblical Studies alive in its present form: as a species of apologetics on behalf of Christianity, whether in its evangelical/apologist form or its academic/ecumenical/liberal form.

More on Human Evolution

The Ken-Cat

By Ken Gilmore
(Ken is a Christadelphian, NOT an Ex-Christadelphian)

It is a testament to how fear and dogma can blind reason when the copious fossil record for human evolution is not even acknowledged, let alone contemplated. Although writing for an evangelical audience, these remarks from geologist Davis Young apply equally validly to our community:

 

03 - Your Inner Monkey: Documentary on Evolution and the Connection Between Humans and Apes

02 - Your Inner Reptile: Documentary on Evolution and the Connection Between Humans and Reptiles

01 - Your Inner Fish: Documentary on Evolution and the Connection Between Humans and Fish

New Bill Nye Book: "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation"

"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found."—Bill Nye

Sparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has set off on an energetic campaign to spread awareness of evolution and the powerful way it shapes our lives.

The Pagan Origin of the Noah's Ark Myth

Should Religion Be Taught In School?

Planet formation captured in new photo proves that God DID NOT create the Heavens and the Earth.

A protoplanetary disc
has formed around
the young star HL Tau

The clearest ever image of planets forming around an infant star has been taken by the Alma radio telescope.

In a vast disc of dust and gas, dark rings are clearly visible: gaps in the cloud, swept clear by brand new planets in orbit.

The sun-like star at the centre, HL Tau, is less than a million years old and is 450 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.

I'm stuck. Please tell me what to do. - Another recent Email from a reader.

Do I leave, or do I stay in the Christadelphians?

Hey, Ex-Christadelphians

Basically I'm writing this because I'm not really sure what to do with this whole Christadelphian thing. I'm a female and I've lived in it all my life and I think it is actually becoming mentally damaging for me to stay. For example even sending this email feels like a sin and makes me feel like I am a worthless person.

I need advice please. What should I do? - Email from a reader.

How can I leave
the Christadelphians?

Dear Ex-Christadelphians

I was brought up Christadelphian but left home and got married when I was 21. Due to pressure, guilt etc from my family I eventually got baptized. My husband and children have not come into the faith. I am fond of my bros and sisters in the ecclesia and many of them are my family; but I am really just attending out of duty. I have come to the point where I don't believe in God at all. I feel like a fraud and just going through the motions.

A Question From A Reader

Hi Ex-Christadelphians

I was just wondering if I could pick your brains. How would you answer someone using Daniel's image as fulfilled prophecy?

 

Andrew

Forty thousand year old art found in an Indonesian cave - Yet more problems for YECs!

The Ken-Cat

By Ken Gilmore

Artwork in a limestone cave in Sulawesi previously thought to be only 10,000 years old has now been dated to nearly 40,000 years using uranium-thorium dating techniques [1]. That makes it the world's oldest artwork found to date, predating cave art in Europe.

Behind The Cosmic Curtain

Email from an escaped Christadelphian

Freedom from Christadelphianism
is easier than you think

Hello John

I've been intending to write to you for a while to congratulate you on the great work you are doing.  You, together with Bart Ehrman have given me the means to escape the mental prison in which we were once were trapped.