Posted on April 13th, 2009 by Staks
Last year when the whole Proposition 8 campaign was in full swing, all the fundamentalist religious groups raised record amounts of money. Just to give you an idea of what record amounts of money looks like, here are the top two fundamentalist groups: Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) – $278.7 MILLION Dollars Focus On The Family […]
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Posted on March 16th, 2009 by Staks
As many of you may know, Saturday was March 14th or 3.14 or Pi Day. This is a day in which we should all celebrate math and science and make learning fun. Many in the greater atheistic community have wanted to create atheistic holidays to celebrate since we don’t really celebrate religious holidays. I don’t […]
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Posted on March 6th, 2009 by Staks
While there is no religion of atheism nor is there a doctrine of atheism to which all atheists need to subscribe to, many atheists have united together and formed freethought and humanistic communities which promote rational thinking, education, and reason over superstition. Because of the emphasis on rational thought and education it is not a […]
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Posted on March 5th, 2009 by Staks
Today, the California Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in the Proposition 8 case with a decision set to come in 90 days. Back when I was in college, a gay friend of mine was putting on an educational program called “Homosexuality and Spirituality.” This was the second time that she was putting on […]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Staks
And the nominees are… The Economy, Homosexuality, Racism, Politics, Religion. And the winner is… Religion! Hugh Jackman discussed the economy first by putting on the seemingly low budget intro, which was much funnier than I thought it would be. And of course Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up a lot of Oscars including Best Picture. Clearly the […]
Filed under: Politics, Religion | 7 Comments »
Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Staks
I know right now there are a lot of problems that need to be solved. The economy is still plummeting, terrorists are still looking for an opportunity to attack, Israel and the Palestinians are still at each other’s throats, and then there is global climate change and all the other important problems that need solving. […]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Staks
The Super Bowl these days is all about one thing, the commercials and every advertiser wants to make sure their new million dollar ad makes it on the air for this commercial event. This is after all the one time of year when people actually want to watch the commercials. Of course, it has become […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2009 by Staks
Believe it or not, today is Election Day. It is probably the most important election that most Americans probably never heard about. Today is the day in which the Republicans elect their champion to fix their Bush stained reputation and attempt to maybe keep some measure of relevance in the years to come. In other […]
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Posted on January 28th, 2009 by Staks
Maybe it is because I grew up in the “We Are The World” generation, or my love of Sci-fi (particularly Star Trek and Babylon 5), or maybe it was my study of early American history, or maybe it was all those things combined, but I have always believed that it was humanities destiny (if you […]
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