Pages by Vexen Crabtree
Problem of Evil: If God existed it wouldn't have created evil or suffering
Heaven: Arguments from the existence of heaven that a morally good creator does not exist
Secularisation Theory: Modern society will continue to reject religion. World-wide statistics
Revealed religion is wrong: (click to read full essay)
If God is moral then everyone has a chance to enter heaven. This means people who never learn which religion is correct, or even accept the wrong religion, have a chance at entering heaven. Our moral actions must determine whether or not we enter heaven, not our knowledge or religion therefore revealed religion must be false. [View argument in full: Religion is pointless]
"God doesn't need souls in order to control our consciousness, God can revive and restore our consciousness as it sees fit. The existence of immaterial souls is not required to explain any supernatural phenomenon or magical events associated with willpower or even life after death. There are insurmountable problems with the physics of how souls would interact with our bodies. Souls do not exist and have no reason to exist.""Souls" by Vexen Crabtree 2004 Oct
"Magic can be explained through at least two separate methods both of which do not require either good or evil forces to exist. The Solipsistic explanation of supernatural magic and the Quantum physics explanation. Ghosts and communication with the dead can be explained in terms of electromagnetic patterns, Chaos theory and Quantum Physics (aside from the normal explanation of delusion)."
From "Spiritual Reality: Spiritualism without God" by Vexen 2002 Sep 16
"Of the fundamental statements that explain the existence of the Universe: Many of these are the same whether you apply them theistically to God, or as an atheist, to the Universe. Comparing these assumptions, I note that the atheist makes fewer assumptions about reality. This essay attempts to quell some arguments between atheists and theists who both claim they are making more "logical" assumptions when in fact many of their "different" assumptions are the same, with the exception of extra theistic assumptions such as the existence of a loving being, a conscious creator, an imminent god."
"Faith:Assumptions that theists and atheists make" by Vexen, 2002 Aug 29
"Theists make many assumptions about the force that causes the Universe to exist. Whether this force or not is God is unprovable, hence we have theism being based on faith. In addition to the basic assumption that God exists, theists make many additional leaps of faith, such as God being all-powerful, emotional, benevolent, that God wants to be worshipped and omniscience along with other particulars of various monotheistic religions. This essay highlights those assumptions and reminds us that the existence of God does not mean that we can arbitrarily make these assumptions about God."
From "Assumptions that theists make" by Vexen Crabtree 2002 Sep 25
By Vexen Crabtree 1999 May 05