Posted on September 27th, 2011 by Staks
I really do hate when religious believers tell me that they don’t judge people and then proceed to call those who don’t believe in their ridiculous beliefs evil sinners. When I call them out on it, they inform me that they aren’t calling me an evil sinner, God is through the Bible. Well shit, that’s […]
Filed under: Glory to God, image of god, Judge God, Projection, Religion, sin, the bible | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 23rd, 2011 by Staks
One of the big selling points for God is that he is alleged to be unchanging. One Christian I recently talked to put it this way, “God is the same today as he was yesterday.” The implication is that God’s views are consistent and unchanging. In one sense, this makes sense. If God knows everything, […]
Filed under: god, image of god, Religious Manipulation | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 15th, 2011 by Staks
In the western religious traditions, it is believed that we are not only children of the same God of Abraham, but that we were created in His image. However, people come in many shapes, sizes, and colors so questions arise. If we are all created in the image of God, what does God look like? […]
Filed under: anti-intellectualism, Argument by Design, Creationism, image of god | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 14th, 2011 by Staks
The other day, I received a “Prayer Carpet” in the mail. This church out in Oklahoma sent out a letter with writing all over the envelope addressed to “Current Resident.” The envelope was pretty think too. Inside, it contained a piece of paper folded several times. It had the printed image of a carpet on […]
Filed under: delusion, image of god, Personal, prayer, Religious Manipulation | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 17th, 2011 by Staks
I want to make it clear that God is a character in a series of books known as the Bible. He is a fictional character. With that in mind, Christians often fall back to the view that we can’t know the mind of God and that God works in mysterious ways. But this really isn’t […]
Filed under: anti-intellectualism, god, image of god, Religion, Vague Higher Power, wwjd | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 4th, 2010 by Staks
Christians often accuse me of being too vocal about my atheism. Some have even claimed that I wear my atheism on my sleeve. While I do have a few atheist t-shirts (maybe three), I rarely wear them except to atheist meetings and meet-ups. Sure I have a bumper sticker, but that really is about it. […]
Filed under: culture war, image of god, Religion | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 22nd, 2010 by Staks
I got a message today from a fellow atheist asking why so many atheists take a literal view of the Bible rather than argue the Bible from a more metaphorical position. I think it is a fair question to some degree. For starters, here in America we tend to run into a large number of […]
Filed under: atheism, conversation, good cop-bad cop, image of god, Religion | 7 Comments »
Posted on September 15th, 2010 by Staks
I recently had a conversation with a Christian whose concept of God is so vague that he couldn’t define it. Now, I often talk about how Christianity has two main God concepts, the first being the character of God as portrayed in the Bible and the second being some sort of vague higher power concept. […]
Filed under: conversation, god, image of god, Vague Higher Power | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 23rd, 2010 by Staks
I love it when Christians try to use logic to show why God can’t do something or why God must do something a certain way. Don’t these Christians realize that they have created a character that is too perfect for their own good? I keep hearing the voice of Doc Brown from Back to the […]
Filed under: anti-intellectualism, god, image of god, logic, miracles, Religion | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Staks
That’s right bitches, it is Everyone Draw Mohammad Day. I love this holiday. It is right up there with Everyone Blasphemy Jesus Day. Seriously though, I have already written my take on this subject for the Examiner (because they pay more). So check out my article on why it is Immoral to criticize Draw Mohammad […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, culture war, Current Events, free speech, image of god, islam, Religion | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Staks
I know I am known for being a vocal atheist, but the other night I realized the proof for God that I just can’t deny. Now I know that God really does exist. So today I will show you this proof and see if anyone can disprove it. I was able to touch God, see […]
Filed under: Disproving God, god, image of god, Ontological Argument, Religion, Vague Higher Power | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 24th, 2010 by Staks
Yesterday, I watched the ABC Nightline debate between Sam Harris and Deepak Chopra featuring Michael Shermer and some crazy lady. The subject of the debate was whether or not God has a future. In reality, the real debate was whether or not Deepak Chopra is trying to be the next L. Ron Hubbard. Many times […]
Filed under: atheism, conversation, Decline of Religion, delusion, god, image of god, Religion, Vague Higher Power | 10 Comments »
Posted on March 23rd, 2010 by Staks
In a recent discussion with a fundamentalist, the question was asked to me as to whether or not I wished that God existed or whether atheism was my desire. I thought this was an interesting question for a few reasons. To start off with, the obvious fact that ones desire for something to be true […]
Filed under: Atheism NOT Religion, blood sacrifice, conversation, delusion, image of god, Ontological Argument, Religion | No Comments »
Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Staks
Often times when Christians find out that I am an atheist, they will ask me why I hate God. Usually I inform these Christians of the obvious by asking them how I could hate something that I just said I don’t believe even exists? This rarely satisfies them and maybe they are right. After thinking […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, god, image of god, Religion, the bible | 7 Comments »
Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Staks
Christians seem to have the greatest public relations department. Even many atheists seem to think that Jesus was some white guy with a long beard who wandered the Middle East trying to bring about world peace. According to the Bible, Jesus was a real asshole. Sure everyone knows about the golden rule and the character […]
Filed under: family values, image of god, morality, Neighbor, Preaching, Real Christians, Religion, the bible, wwjd | 56 Comments »
Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Staks
If you ask fundamentalist Christians, they will tell you that many well known atheists in history have had deathbed conversions to Christianity. Among the names that I have heard from Christians include Voltaire, Sartre, Mark Twain, Thomas Paine, and of course Charles Darwin. Of course, these well known freethinkers never really had a deathbed conversion. […]
Filed under: death, deathbed conversion, image of god, Religion | 13 Comments »
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by Staks
Today I have heard probably the single worst argument for the existence of God that I have ever heard. This argument is so stupid that it amazes me what lengths people go with mental gymnastics in order to justify their imaginary friend. If people are indoctrinated into belief in God and people are manipulated by […]
Filed under: god, image of god, Ontological Argument, Projection, Religion | 9 Comments »
Posted on November 9th, 2009 by Staks
Almost anyone who reads the Bible cover-to-cover from an objective perspective will be able to notice that the story is ridiculous. It is almost certain that the character of God as portrayed in the Bible is as fictional as the evil Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter series. And yet there are still billions (with […]
Filed under: god, image of god, Ontological Argument, Religion, the bible, Vague Higher Power | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by Staks
Religious people often claim to be the servants, slaves, pawns, etc. of God and make claims such as “God is my co-pilot.” What they mean by co-pilot isn’t that God helps them drive through life, but that God does the driving while they just sit in the passenger seat with a glazed look on their […]
Filed under: image of god, Religion | 11 Comments »
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by Staks
While yesterday’s blog asked about whether God has the same kind of body parts we humans have since we were made in his image, today’s blog deals with the part of god which actually does look like us, Jesus. Jesus was a man. Men have penises. Therefore, Jesus had a penis. So here is the […]
Filed under: circumcision, image of god, Religion | 7 Comments »
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by Staks
I never really understood the whole “image of God” thing Christians always talk about. I look in the mirror every day and I have to tell you that I really don’t think I look a thing like God. For starters, I can actually see myself. That aside, does God have two legs, two arms, two […]
Filed under: god, image of god, Religion | 21 Comments »
