One of my issues with the Abrahamic religions is that it doesn’t just focus on the ridiculous belief in an all-powerful supernatural being, but that they demand that we worship this imaginary being (often times in some strange and interesting ways). A popular argument that some fundamentalist believers use is that [...]
Filed under: God-Shaped Hole, Religion, god of the gaps, responsibility | 7 Comments »
Thanksgiving can be a difficult time of year for many in the greater atheist community who have to sit and interact with our usually more religious family members. In such settings, the topic of religion is almost certainly going to come up. Every atheist is in a different situation on this holiday. Some have pretty [...]
Filed under: People of Reason, Religion, conversation, thanksgiving | 4 Comments »
Think about it for a moment. Let’s say you are God. You have always existed and then suddenly even though nothing has changed or can change you decided to poof create the Universe. Why? If nothing had changed why wouldn’t God just keep doing what God was doing? What caused God to decide to one [...]
Filed under: First Cause Argument, Religion, god | 21 Comments »
It seems that Sarah Palin’s 15 minutes of fame is not up just yet. It is pretty well established that she was picked to be the 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential candidate largely due to her strong fundamentalist views. The McCain campaign had hoped to get the Religious Right energized about his campaign through her. While McCain [...]
Filed under: Current Events, End of Days, Religion, palin, prophecies | 8 Comments »
A lot of times I talk about the immorality of Christianity. Most of the time, Christians and even a few atheists jump to defend Christianity by talking about various good deeds particular Christians have done and continue to do. But I wasn’t talking about Christians being immoral; I was talking about Christianity being immoral. What [...]
Filed under: Evils of Christianity, Judge God, Religion, blood sacrifice, morality, responsibility, sin | 10 Comments »
Today is the day that Christian evangelist Ray Comfort and his same-sex heterosexual partner Kirk Cameron were supposed to give out copies of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species. The Comfort Edition of the book contains a 54 page introduction written by Comfort which basically Glenn Becks Darwin. The funny thing is that part of Ray [...]
Filed under: Religion, culture war, morality, ray comfort | 8 Comments »
Yesterday, I got the H1N1 vaccine. But for weeks now, I have been hearing about all the conspiracies and concerns in relation to this vaccine. Some seem perfectly rational and understandable while others are as ridiculous as the Abrahamic God. The more ridiculous concerns about this particular vaccine deal with the evil Illuminati. Apparently, they [...]
Filed under: Current Events, New World Order, Vaccines, education, healthcare | 16 Comments »
Last week, I got a nasty e-mail from a fellow atheist about one of my blogs. This atheist didn’t agree with my approach to religion and thinks that we ought not to offend the religious in any way. He claimed that my view of atheism reflects negatively on all atheists. I wonder, does that mean [...]
Filed under: Atheism NOT Religion, Religion, atheism | 7 Comments »
Fundamentalist Christians constantly say that God has been banned from public school. That is a lie. God has not been “banned” from public schools at all. If a child wants to pray to God, Jesus, Allah, Xenu, or Ringo Star before, during, or even after a test, they are absolutely free to do so. While [...]
Filed under: Preaching, Religion, culture war, education, free speech, prayer | 7 Comments »
Christian evangelist Ray Comfort is known for his use of fear as a tool to gain converts. While he is not the only one by a long shot who uses this tool, he is one of the more notable culprits. Comfort and his completely straight heterosexual partner Kirk Cameron (aka Mike Seaver from Growing Pains) [...]
Filed under: Judge God, Preaching, Religion, Religious Manipulation, ray comfort, ten commandments | 6 Comments »
A very popular 11th grade English teacher was suspended last week because he handed out a short story by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk. The story was called “Guts” and is a cautionary tale about teens experimenting with masturbation techniques. The story is pretty graphic and is full of strong imagery. Aside from the obvious [...]
Filed under: Religion, education, sex | 8 Comments »
No doubt everyone is aware that today is Veterans Day. Today is the day that we are all supposed to thank those who serve in the military and those who have served in the military. I ask why? Why do we honor those people? The reason that we are given is that we honor their [...]
Filed under: Politics | 14 Comments »
Recently, I watched the new DVD film, “Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson.” The film follows the book tour of atheist Hitchens and fundamentalist Christian Wilson as they debate each other on the question, “is Christianity good for the world?” Hitchens describes himself as an anti-theist in the film and makes the argument that morality [...]
Filed under: Religion, atheism, morality | 7 Comments »
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: Ontological Argument, Religion, Vague Higher Power, god, image of god, the bible | 3 Comments »
All the big news stations have been talking about the White House’s war on Fox News, but that is only one battle. Obviously Fox News is a Republican tool used to spread propaganda in the name of news, but few realize that CNN is also a Republican tool used to spread propaganda in the name [...]
Filed under: Political Activism, Politics, healthcare, journalism | 8 Comments »
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Today is of course the anniversary of the day when the Catholic plot to blow up the Protestant controlled Parliament went astray. This year, I think we need to take this holiday a little more seriously than we normally would. First, it is of course a reminder that Christians [...]
Filed under: Catholics, Current Events, Obama, Politics, Religion | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, the Friendly Atheist posted a story about a new bus campaign going up soon in Washington State. Here is what the ad will look like: Hemant thinks that this is an “inaccurate” ad and that religious people will use it “against us.” I take issue with this. First, it is not inaccurate. As a [...]
Filed under: Atheism NOT Religion, People of Reason, Religion, atheism, billboards, culture war | 7 Comments »
Bill Maher said it best when he pointed out that the Democratic Party has moved more to the right and the Republican Party has moved to the nut house. This is evident in this off year election. There are three races around the nation that people are looking at today. The first is the New [...]
Filed under: Political Activism, Politics | 10 Comments »
It seems that every few months someone sends me a link to a YouTube video (or ten) with important information that I “have” to see. As it turns out, there is a group of rich and powerful people who have been plotting or hundreds of years to take over the world and turn the rest [...]
Filed under: New World Order, Religion, delusion | 21 Comments »
