Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Staks
There is an issue that generally comes up with creationists in particular. For some reason, some creations believe that if they attack Charles Darwin, they are attacking the scientific theory of evolution. What they don’t understand is that while Darwin wrote the book The Origin of Species, he isn’t the authoritative source of evolution. When […]
Filed under: Authority, Biblical Scholarship, evolution, ray comfort, Religion | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Staks
Back in the day, there was a popular religious phrase that people used. People didn’t ask whether someone believed in God but rather asked if you were a “God fearing” individual. In the age of public relations and individual empowerment, theists no longer use this phrase. Today, people don’t like to be afraid. When most […]
Filed under: God Fearing, Religion | 11 Comments »
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Staks
Today is the President’s first official State of the Union Address. But what is the state of our union with respect to atheism? According to the ARIS Poll done at the end of 2008 non-belief has been up not just all across the nation but in every single state. Obama has reversed Bush’s policy on […]
Filed under: atheism, People of Reason | 21 Comments »
Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Staks
It is kind of funny sometimes when religious fundamentalists claim that America is an atheist nation. Sometimes they even say that in the same breath as when they tell me that America is a Christian nation. Of course I have to inquire. Sometimes religious people don’t understand the difference between atheism and secularism and as […]
Filed under: atheism, church/state, culture war, education, Religion | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Staks
Many well reasoned atheists disagree on issues of taxation, foreign policy, states rights, etc. So I can understand why not all atheists are politically active and that all the atheists that are politically active may not all be Democrats. But what I can’t understand is how any well reasoned atheist could possibly be a Republican. […]
Filed under: atheism, church/state, culture war, evolution, free speech, Gay Issues, global climate change, palin, People of Reason, Politics, Religion, science | 22 Comments »
Posted on January 22nd, 2010 by Staks
Christians often ask me for evidence for god’s nonexistence. Right from the start, that is a ridiculous demand. But as it turns out there is actually really strong philosophical evidence for god’s nonexistence. Christians created a God that is too perfect to exist. The Christian theologian Anselm once defined God as a being in which […]
Filed under: blood sacrifice, delusion, Disproving God, free will, god, logic, Ontological Argument, Religion, sin, Vague Higher Power | 20 Comments »
Posted on January 21st, 2010 by Staks
There is a difference between knowing and believing. Fundamentalist Christians often think that if they believe something is true, that makes it true. They might even claim that it is “true for them.” More often than not, they will even say that their view of their religion is Truth. I want to point out that […]
Filed under: delusion, Religion, truth | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Staks
The Liberal Lion has been tea-bagged. At the time of his death, Ted Kennedy was the second most liberal Senator and now he is being replaced by someone who may turn out to be the most conservative Senator. How is that possible? It’s easy. The Democrats have no balls. President Obama in particular has been […]
Filed under: Current Events, healthcare, Obama, Political Activism, Politics | 25 Comments »
Posted on January 19th, 2010 by Staks
Often times when I get into a conversation with a fundamentalist Christian, they tend to get offended by the mere possibility that they don’t know everything. I think people of reason and fundamentalists have a very different view of knowledge and a much different view of what it means to lack knowledge. As a person […]
Filed under: anti-intellectualism, education, god of the gaps, ignorance, Religion | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 18th, 2010 by Staks
Whenever I talk about all the immoral and horrible things that Christianity is responsible for in the world, some Christian will always respond by reminding me that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Christian. Guess what? The Christian is correct Martin Luther King Jr. was indeed a Christian. So what? Hitler was a Christian too. […]
Filed under: Evils of Christianity, Martin Luther King Jr., Religion | 7 Comments »
Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Staks
I often get into prolonged conversations with fundamentalists. Usually after a little while our conversation changes from antagonism to a genuine exchange of ideas. The fundamentalist then starts to see where I am coming from and begins to reason on his or her own through the theological bullshit that has been drilled into their head. […]
Filed under: conversation, discussion, Every Knee, free will, god, Religion | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 14th, 2010 by Staks
Yesterday Haiti was hit with a massive earthquake. It didn’t take long after the earthquake hit the news for televangelist Pat Robertson to say something stupid and insensitive in order to make money. The thing that gets me is that people seem surprised by this. What did you expect from Pat Robertson? After the 911 […]
Filed under: culture war, Current Events, pat robertson, Religion, satan, science | 8 Comments »
Posted on January 13th, 2010 by Staks
For many mainstream Christians (usually not the fundamentalists), religion isn’t about divine truth. In fact, to these particular Christians, their religion isn’t even about the Bible. Instead, religion basically boils down to one simple question, what would Jesus do? When I say this however, I don’t mean that these mainstream Christians think that their religion […]
Filed under: Mainstream Christians, Religion, Vague Higher Power, wwjd | 6 Comments »
Posted on January 12th, 2010 by Staks
My father used to tell me this old Jewish joke about a Jew praying at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. There was this Jew who came to the Wailing Wall every day for ten years to pray. One day, someone asked him if any of his prayers were every answered. He responded by saying, “No, […]
Filed under: conversation, discussion, evolution, Religion | 8 Comments »
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by Staks
One of the big issues that I often have with fundamentalist religious people is that more often than not they will make wild accusations about atheists and sometimes these accusations even come in the form of a question. These questions often have implied answers which are not true and are just mean spirited toward atheists. […]
Filed under: atheism, conversation, Hope, Religion | 9 Comments »
Posted on January 8th, 2010 by Staks
While the holiday season is fresh in my mind, I wanted to talk about yet another aspect of Christian hypocrisy. During the holiday season, fundamentalist Christians often yell at the top of their lungs that if atheists are offended by Christmas crap, that’s too bad. O’Reilly friends have are happy to inform us that the […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, Christmas, culture war, free speech, Political Activism, Religion | 21 Comments »
Posted on January 7th, 2010 by Staks
A number of years ago, when I was doing the Dangerous Talk radio show on WCUR 91.7 FM in West Chester, I had a fundamentalist Christian preacher on. This particular preacher would travel to different Universities and tell everyone that they were going to Hell… even the other fundamentalists Christians. In any case, I invited […]
Filed under: blood sacrifice, morality, Religion, the bible | 10 Comments »
Posted on January 6th, 2010 by Staks
Yesterday, two of my favorite authors verbally attacked each other on the interweb pages of foreignpolicy.com. Sam Harris and Karen Armstrong have both written outstanding books. As an atheist, I frequently recommend Armstrong’s The History of God and The Bible: A Biography to Christians. I also recommend Harris’s Letter to a Christian Nation. Armstrong asserts […]
Filed under: atheism, education, People of Reason, Religion, Vague Higher Power | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Staks
Apparently, this weekend there will be a meeting of atheist leaders. I didn’t even know there were atheist leaders, but I digress. I’m sure my invitation must have been lost in the mail. In any case, one of the topics on the agenda is whether or not to have one huge massive atheist unity convention […]
Filed under: atheism, Current Events, People of Reason | 6 Comments »
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Staks
Over the break, I got a lot of e-mails asking me about my de-conversion story. To be honest, my story isn’t that interesting. I was never a fundamentalist nor did I have a lot of family pressure to stay religious. But it’s a new year, so I guess I’ll tell the story. First, it is […]
Filed under: atheism, conversation, de-conversion, Religion, Religious Manipulation | 6 Comments »
