Homar Murillo

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Name: Homar Murillo
Date registered: August 19, 2011

Latest posts

Religious Conservatism and Homophobia — May 16, 2012
Brute-Force Logic — September 6, 2011
Refuting the Five Ways of Aquinas — May 27, 2011
Some Fundamental Logical Fallacies of Religion — May 18, 2011

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Religious Conservatism and Homophobia

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Articles,
Opinion

May 16, 2012

by Homar Murillo

May 16, 2012

A brief review of history will easily reveal that religious conservatism has always been anti-progress, anti-justice, anti-equality and anti-rational thought — from the issue of slavery to racial segregation, from women’s suffrage to women’s reproductive health. Although morality and traditional …

Tags: homosexuality, human rights, LGBT, lgbt rights, same-sex marriage

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Brute-Force Logic

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Opinion

September 6, 2011

by Homar Murillo

September 6, 2011

I find it odd when theistic philosophers try to prove the existence of God using logic and mathematics. It seems to me that these philosophers treat God as some sort of mere abstract concept that can be manipulated by human …

Tags: Anselm of Canterbury, ontological argument, Saint Anselm

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Refuting the Five Ways of Aquinas

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Opinion

May 27, 2011

by Homar Murillo

May 27, 2011

In this work, Aquinas presented five logical ‘proofs’ about the existence of God. However, these arguments are full of logical loopholes and inconsistencies. Saint Thomas was guilty of jumping into conclusions without any empirical support.

Tags: arguments, belief, god, logic, religion, thomas aquinas

17 comments

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Some Fundamental Logical Fallacies of Religion

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Opinion

May 18, 2011

by Homar Murillo

May 18, 2011

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Logical fallacies divert attention from the main issue, which is the validity of conclusions. I will try to define some of the logical fallacies that I think most religions purposely or unintentionally commit.

Tags: argument, logical fallacies, reason, religion

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