Critical Thinking Archives

Last week I began a series with a post about how illogical it is to believe that there is a supernatural entity who answers your prayers. In the next post I suggested that only irrational people could believe in religion. Yet, in the third post, I said I believed in the power of prayer, or more specifically, the power of mind and thought. Finally, I promised that in this post, I would explain my idealistic vision of a prosperous world…

The Power of Thought and Prayer

We’re continuing the series on god, prayers and prosperity. Last post I told you that I don’t believe in god, but I do believe in the power of prayer. And I do believe that it is possible the prayers of Sloopy, his wife, and their friends and family could have helped cause her recovery.

God, Prayers, and Prosperity

Last post we continued the discussion on god, prayer, and prosperity. I said that you don’t manifest prosperity because you make a prayer, and an omnipotent force responds favorably to your plea. While believers are no doubt convinced that they worship the one true god and their god answers their prayers, the evidence would certainly not support that.

Poverty Sucks

Last post I told you that there is nothing spiritual about poverty. There are millions of mind viruses circulating around the planet implying that it is somehow noble or virtuous to be poor. If you have such a belief even remotely on the fringes of your consciousness, you need to eviscerate it immediately. Let’s be completely certain about this…

Poverty, White Privilege and Racism

Last post I made my case for why I believe poverty is a sin. I predicted it would shock some and anger others. That was true. The plan was to make this follow up post about why there is nothing spiritual about being poor. But based on some reaction to the last post, I want to detour and explore some issues people raised.

The Sin of Poverty

“Poverty is a sin.” Charles Fillmore shocked the religious community when he made that statement decades ago. And people are still shocked, or sometimes even angry, when I affirm this still today. I think these reactions happen because people don’t understand the actual meaning of the word sin. So let’s explore that a little…

Category: Critical Thinking

The Tortoise God

The False Hope of Religion

A World Where Religion Doesn’t Exist

The Power of Thought and Prayer

God, Prayers, and Prosperity

Poverty Sucks

Poverty, White Privilege and Racism

The Sin of Poverty