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	<description>One man&#039;s martyr is another man&#039;s asshole. Which are you?</description>
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		<title>I have seen it done</title>
		<link>http://methodicalmusings.com/2010/06/27/i-have-seen-it-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My motivations are fucked up

They point two ways

Scarred by rejection

Hidden behind smiles

I find myself disillusioned

-

I did everything right

Was honest and loving

Opened my heart

In a flurry and frenzy

Honesty-pushers call me a liar

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What's left for this soul of mine?

When missionaries deceive

When pastors mislead

The elders say submit

Then give you the lip [Why should I be better?]

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The moral highbrows

Use it for immorality

Nothing left

But selfish smarts

Against their own game

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Humility is overrated

When used as a tool

To use others

For your own gain

I have seen it done

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		<title>To Christians: What is morality to an atheist?</title>
		<link>http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/08/08/to-christians-what-is-morality-to-an-atheist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apologetics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By far, the most common argument I see made against atheists is that while they have moral standards, they do not have a defense of morality and therefore are "borrowing" from a Theistic (e.g. Christian) worldview every time they make a moral statement. This is presented as evidence that atheists have an internal contradiction in their worldview whereby they are not allowed to make any moral statements because they cannot account for the origin - or source - of morality.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=methodicalmusings.com&blog=1180971&post=404&subd=guitarstrummr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving Faith: It&#8217;s not About Arguments</title>
		<link>http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/07/07/leaving-faith-its-not-about-arguments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apologetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leaving the Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not about the arguments.

In order for a person to leave a faith, the perceived value of leaving the faith must exceed the perceived value of staying.

Evangelism, then, is the art of marketing an idea's value. Good evangelists dance the dance of making God's wrath hotter and God's salvation sweeter. The greater the perception of God's wrath, the greater one's perception of God's salvation. Conversion is ones entrance into a social structure whose entire end-goal is to fine tune and balance this perception of God's wrath and God's salvation so that the greatest number of people convert and stay. Those faiths that achieve this balance between threats and rewards most effectively will survive and reproduce.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=methodicalmusings.com&blog=1180971&post=264&subd=guitarstrummr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aikido</title>
		<link>http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/06/07/aikido/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aikido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://methodicalmusings.com/?p=232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight at Aikido our sensei mentioned something that hit home pretty hard. He mentioned that the difference between aikido and other martial arts is its focus on effecting change in the world &#8211; without causing pain. The idea is to alleviate conflict without causing harm to your aggressor. And this got me to thinking a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=methodicalmusings.com&blog=1180971&post=232&subd=guitarstrummr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An open letter to my family</title>
		<link>http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/03/25/an-open-letter-to-my-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leaving the Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meaning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://methodicalmusings.com/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear family,

It has been almost one year since I realized fully that I could no longer believe the tenets of Christianity in just about any form. I searched high and low, studied the Bible diligently, studied the apologetic arguments deeply, and talked to probably hundreds of individuals from family members to professors to pastors to other students at Moody Bible Institute. Many of you may remember my initial notes on Facebook. At that time I was simply trying desperately for any individual who could provide sufficient Christian answers to questions which already had excellent answers outside the faith. The responses I received from Christians pushed me further away from the faith. The occassional hatred, predictability, and clear lack of critical thinking in so many responses convinced me that the Holy Spirit could not be indwelling those who were posting on my notes.

I simply could no longer believe...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=methodicalmusings.com&blog=1180971&post=158&subd=guitarstrummr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness</title>
		<link>http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/03/21/happiness/</link>
		<comments>http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/03/21/happiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So last night I was talking to a friend and it got me thinking about happiness and having a fulfilled life: what it is and what it is not. First I want to start with a presupposition: a fulfilled and happy life is possible. We all know people who claim to have fulfilled and happy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=methodicalmusings.com&blog=1180971&post=133&subd=guitarstrummr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moral repercussions of leaving the faith</title>
		<link>http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/03/04/moral-repercussions-of-leaving-the-faith/</link>
		<comments>http://methodicalmusings.com/2009/03/04/moral-repercussions-of-leaving-the-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leaving the Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I did not anticipate upon leaving the faith was just how much my curiosity about "sin" and the "world" had been suppressed by the structure of rules and "thought regulations" I had imposed upon myself via the Bible or had been imposed upon me via the sect of the Christian faith I was raised within.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=methodicalmusings.com&blog=1180971&post=54&subd=guitarstrummr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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