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The God Illusion: Primitive: Care, Cruelty, Religion, & Reason in the Human Animal
Welcome to **The God Illusion**, a thought-provoking blog series that explores the arguments against the existence of God and the claims of Christianity. This category is born from my personal journey—nearly 60 years as a devout Southern Baptist—before embarking on a path of questioning and critical thinking that led me to abandon my faith. Through these posts, I aim to share articles, YouTube videos, book summaries, and other resources that critically examine the evidence for the Christian God and other supernatural beings.
Richard L. Fricks is a novelist, former attorney and CPA, Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Editor, and creator of The Pencil-Driven Life. He lives in rural North Alabama near Boaz, where much of his fiction and reflection remain rooted. His work explores story, inherited purpose, faith and doubt, family pressure, moral contradiction, consciousness, ordinary life, and the practice of beginning again with a pencil.
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