Homar Murillo

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Name: Homar Murillo
Date registered: August 19, 2011

Latest posts

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

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  1. Refuting the Five Ways of Aquinas — 17 comments
  2. Brute-Force Logic — 4 comments
  3. Some Fundamental Logical Fallacies of Religion — 1 comment
  4. Religious Conservatism and Homophobia — 1 comment

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Religious Conservatism and Homophobia

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 …

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Brute-Force Logic

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 …

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Refuting the Five Ways of Aquinas

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.

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Some Fundamental Logical Fallacies of Religion

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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.

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