Tylzen's Thoughts http://tylzen.com Thoughts of an Atheist Dane Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:41:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Response to Erica http://tylzen.com/response-to-erica/ http://tylzen.com/response-to-erica/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:38:00 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=541 This is a response to woman named Erica, who contacted me with series of questions. It has been edited to only include the questions I found interesting for the public, it is used with permission from Erica. Are you often on TWL Live? I like Mr. Silverman (his logic, his personality generally, from what I’ve [...]

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]]> http://tylzen.com/response-to-erica/feed/ 0 Updating & 13.5% to goal http://tylzen.com/updating-13-5-to-goal/ http://tylzen.com/updating-13-5-to-goal/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:31:25 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=540 It was time for a change, change for the better I hope. I have made and implented a new design, it is more plain, brigther and easier to read. There have also been added social media sharing options in the bottom of all posts, so if you find some you like, you can now easily [...]

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]]> http://tylzen.com/updating-13-5-to-goal/feed/ 0 Now accepting donations http://tylzen.com/now-accepting-donations/ http://tylzen.com/now-accepting-donations/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:48:08 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=532   Hi everyone, It has been awhile since I have updated my blog, but with good reason. A lot happened in 2012, and much of it took most of my time from the Summer of 2012 to January 2013. These things were: Getting into a relationship, and leaving it My son being in and out [...]

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]]> http://tylzen.com/now-accepting-donations/feed/ 1 Does a Belief in a God give Life more Meaning? http://tylzen.com/does-a-belief-in-a-god-give-life-more-meaning/ http://tylzen.com/does-a-belief-in-a-god-give-life-more-meaning/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:32:50 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=523 Time and time again, I hear from the religious that a life without belief in [a] god[s] is meaningless, or at least removes meaning from life. I never had an issue with having [a] meaning[s] with my own life, as I see it, you make your own meanings and goals. Now I wonder, what is/are [...]

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]]> http://tylzen.com/does-a-belief-in-a-god-give-life-more-meaning/feed/ 0 An Atheist Temple? Why I Think It Is A Silly Idea! http://tylzen.com/an-atheist-temple-why-i-think-it-is-a-silly-idea/ http://tylzen.com/an-atheist-temple-why-i-think-it-is-a-silly-idea/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:16:43 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=518 Recently this idea about building an Atheist Temple in London has been circulating on the internet. It originated from this article in the Guardian 26 January 2012, where philosopher and writer Alain de Botton said the temple would be a counter-weight to the more aggressive and destructive form of the new atheist movement, formed by [...]

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]]> http://tylzen.com/an-atheist-temple-why-i-think-it-is-a-silly-idea/feed/ 1 Renaming it will not fix the problem http://tylzen.com/renaming-it-will-not-fix-the-problem/ http://tylzen.com/renaming-it-will-not-fix-the-problem/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:36:18 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=512 The group leader of the Danish Socialist People’s Party, Pernille Vigsø Bagge, got the brilliant idea that in Denmark we should rename our Ministry of the Church to Ministry of Life Philosophies. A statement that she withdrew within 24 hours after everyone in Denmark laughed at the idea, or suggested it should be something else [...]

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]]> http://tylzen.com/why-i-think-secularism-is-important/feed/ 2 A Response to Jeffrey http://tylzen.com/a-response-to-jeffrey/ http://tylzen.com/a-response-to-jeffrey/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:08:31 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=498 Jeffrey, Christian… I used to be like you. I used to think God didn’t exist. I wasn’t raised that way, but as I reached early adulthood I just didn’t see how Christianity could be any different than any other religion – therefore, in my warped way of thinking – none of them could be true. [...]

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]]> http://tylzen.com/a-response-to-jeffrey/feed/ 2 Around and Around We Go Again… http://tylzen.com/around-and-around-we-go-again/ http://tylzen.com/around-and-around-we-go-again/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:04:49 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=495 It amazes me sometimes, how often I may get the same old arguments, or ideas of what I believe or do not believe. Far too often, I try to explain that I do not believe in gods, yet I am met with messages like these; From @POCOYOSMILE on Twitter, “@Tylzen oh srry .its calld bein [...]

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]]> http://tylzen.com/around-and-around-we-go-again/feed/ 0 A PM I got on YouTube, that warmed my heart. http://tylzen.com/a-pm-i-got-on-youtube-that-warmed-my-heart/ http://tylzen.com/a-pm-i-got-on-youtube-that-warmed-my-heart/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:32:03 +0000 Christian Thostrup http://tylzen.com/?p=488 {EAV_BLOG_VER:456c46ca3cbf7fb6} The message below I received on YouTube from a Swedish friend, who I have had some discussions with, about his belief, and my world view. /Tylzen     I have come to the conclusion that I am an agnostic atheist, and after having thought it through, and how I am going to feel. That [...]

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