Posted on December 21st, 2011 by Staks
Christians are always complaining about how mean atheists are and how Christianity is a religion of peace and compassion. But this is just another Christian delusion. The fact is that the opposite is true. It is pretty rare for atheists to threaten Christians over some expression of their religiosity. Sure, there may be atheists that […]
Filed under: Evils of Christianity, Love, morality, twitter | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 20th, 2011 by Staks
On Sunday, I was on the Twitter and saw that some of the atheists that I am following had experienced a miracle. It turns out that Christopher Hitchens was seen alive three days after he died of cancer. The evidence is clear, Hitchen has risen! People tweeted about seeing an empty coffin and others saw […]
Filed under: Belief, death, delusion, Hitchens, miracles, twitter | 8 Comments »
Posted on December 19th, 2011 by Staks
When atheists and Christians discuss religion we often talk past each other. That being the case, I came up with an idea that might change that. I think we should try to meet Christians halfway… as long as they are willing to meet us halfway. Here is how it works. First, we offer to meet […]
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Posted on December 14th, 2011 by Staks
Earlier this week, I wrote about how religious believers often seem like they are just waiting to die and that this world is just a doorway into the next world. For many Christians, this world only purpose is to serve God by proselytizing until the end comes. But now, when a Christians comes to proselytize […]
Filed under: death, deathbed conversion, Religion | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 13th, 2011 by Staks
People often have conversations in which we label others into groups. Those group identities can be created by others or the group themselves. Either case, when we talk about the group ambiguity creeps in. The perceiver may make the assumption that the conversation must apply to the entire group rather than the group in general. […]
Filed under: context, conversation, logic | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 12th, 2011 by Staks
One of the most common statements religious believers make toward atheists is that without the promise of everlasting life, our lives must be meaningless. Quite frankly, I think it is reversed. It seems to me that most religious believers are so focused on their afterlife that they go around this life just waiting to die. […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Belief, Criticism, death, healthcare, Projection, Religion | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 9th, 2011 by Staks
Christians are always claiming that Jesus is the reason for the season and many fundamentalists have started “Keep Christ in Christmas” campaigns. Yet it has been pretty well established as common knowledge now that Christians stole Christmas from the pagans. The fact is that Christmas doesn’t belong to Christians. It doesn’t even belong to the […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Christmas | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 7th, 2011 by Staks
Religious believers often accuse atheists of being angry, but if you ever read comment on any article dealing with atheism, it really seems like it is the theists who are the angry ones. Why is that? Last weekend, atheists rallied to protest our exclusion from the “Free Speech Zone” in West Chester, PA. The local […]
Filed under: culture war, Religion, truth | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Staks
As an atheist, I have no problem informing people that their imaginary friend is… well, imaginary. But it seems that many of my fellow atheists get all bent out of shape when the imaginary friend happens to be Santa Claus. Yesterday, I published an Examiner article about a news anchor who told the obvious truth […]
Filed under: atheism, censorship, Media, Parenting, Religion | 12 Comments »
Posted on December 2nd, 2011 by Staks
We are all familiar with Epicurus’s Problem of Evil but for the Christian there is a bigger Problem of Evil too. I’ll call it the Problem of the Cruelty Asshole. Epicurus has put his problem this way: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able, but not […]
Filed under: conversation, Evils of Christianity, god, God Fearing, hell, Judge God, Religion | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 29th, 2011 by Staks
I recently watched Greta Christina’s presentation at Skepticon IV about why atheists are angry. It is well worth the watching. In it, she mentioned that Christians often give atheists advice on how we should run our movement. This particularly caught my attention because I hear this all the time and even heard it shortly before […]
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Posted on November 28th, 2011 by Staks
Fundamentalist Christians are upset because apparently President Obama didn’t mention God in his Thanksgiving Day address. Personally, I don’t know why the President has to even have a Thanksgiving Day address. But the Right Wing has been complaining all weekend that Obama “omitted” God from the address. The Amazing Atheist did a great video on […]
Filed under: church/state, culture war, Obama, Offensiveness, Religion, thanksgiving | No Comments »
Posted on November 15th, 2011 by Staks
Recently a Christian commented on a forum that he was tired of all the “Christian basing” and that Christians do so much good in the world. He pointed out that Christians are often first on the scene of disasters and give more to charity than atheists do. So I wrote him a response and thought […]
Filed under: atheism, Criticism, missionaries, Vaccines | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 10th, 2011 by Staks
Back in my college days, there weren’t a lot of atheist t-shirts out there. I had a shirt that I got from Hot Topic that said, “i am god” in all lowercase letters. There is an interesting story with this shirt and what happened when I wore it to my Christian friend’s Creationism program. My […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, atheism, conversation, Creationism, de-conversion, god, Personal, Religion | No Comments »
Posted on November 1st, 2011 by Staks
Often times when I get into a discussion about religion with a Christian they will abruptly stop the discussion and ask me a particular question. Sometimes they even ask this question after I have shown the ridiculousness of the story pointing out plot hole after plot hole. “What if it is true?” Sure I can […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Belief, conversation, delusion, hell, humanism, morality, Religion | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 28th, 2011 by Staks
No, I didn’t misspell the holiday, I renamed it. Recently, there has been a new fundamentalist Christian movement to take back Halloween for the prudish and those who are fun impaired. The Jesusween movement encourages wacky Christians to give out Bibles instead of candy when kids come knocking on the door. But I want to […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, culture war, Halloween, hell | No Comments »
Posted on October 25th, 2011 by Staks
Over the years, I have helped to de-convert many people away from religion. One would think that if the religious really believed what they claim to believe then they would consider me to be a worse criminal than most serial killers. A murderer takes away someone’s life, but I have taken away people’s eternal afterlife. […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Belief, de-conversion, death, delusion, hell, morality, Religion, Soul | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 24th, 2011 by Staks
A friend of mine died recently. When I first met him, he was a Christian. However, he also had a strong analytic mind and so it didn’t take long for him to research the questions I posed to him. As a result, he de-converted. He told me once or twice about his really religious family. […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Coexist, culture war, death, Evils of Christianity, God-Shaped Hole, humanism, Religious Manipulation | 6 Comments »
Posted on October 21st, 2011 by Staks
Christians hate to admit this, but Jesus was the Harold Camping of his day. According to the Bible, he thought that the world was coming to an end soon. He constantly warned everyone to give away all their money and possessions because he didn’t think they would need them since the end was nigh. Jesus […]
Filed under: End of the World, prophecies, Religious Manipulation, The Rapture | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 18th, 2011 by Staks
Last week, when I was at the Silverman/D’souza debate, Dinesh D’souza accused David Silverman of being dogmatic about his “belief” concerning death. Silverman asserted that there is no afterlife. He later walked back his assertion to say that we know that to the degree that we can know anything. But the thing that gets me […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Belief, Certainty, death, Dinesh D'Souza, Religion, science, Soul | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 17th, 2011 by Staks
Over the weekend, one of my college friends died. He was a young guy and would occasionally comment on my facebook wall when I was discussing politics. While he might have denied it, I claim him as the first person I deconverted away from Christianity. What I realized however is that much of the words […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, death, People of Reason, Personal, Religious Manipulation | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 13th, 2011 by Staks
Last night I attended a debate between American Atheist president, Dave Silverman and Ann Coulter’s ex-fiancée and hack, Dinesh D’Souza. The question on the table was, “Is Christianity good for the world?” While the debate was held at the University of Pennsylvania, I noticed that the crowd was heavily religious. When I left, I saw […]
Filed under: debate, Dinesh D'Souza, Most Dangerous Religion | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 11th, 2011 by Staks
Rick Perry’s pastor friend recently called Mormonism a cult because Rick Perry’s opponent Mitt Romney is a Mormon. But I have found that a surprisingly number of Christians make this claim also. The fact is that Mormonism is a cult… and so are Christianity and every other religion. A while ago, I did a two-hour […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Argument by Popularity, Religion, Religious Manipulation, scientology | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 29th, 2011 by Staks
Some Christians believe that the Bible has answers to every question and I suppose that if to read into it enough that is true. However, if you read into it enough you can find contradictory answers to every question too. Since we are in an economic crisis, I thought I would consult the Bible about […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, culture war, Politics, Religion, Self-Help, the bible | No Comments »
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 22nd, 2011 by Staks
I hate when people go out of their way to appear honest. This usually means that they really aren’t honest and are just trying to put up a false front. However, sometimes actually being honest isn’t enough. For atheists we not only have to be honest, but since we are often under a microscope by […]
Filed under: atheism, morality, People of Reason | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 20th, 2011 by Staks
Religious believers seem to think that if life is finite, then life is meaningless. As an atheist, I think the opposite is true. The very fact that life is finite is the very thing that makes life meaningful. If we had eternal life, then what would be the point of it? We strive and work […]
Filed under: death, responsibility | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 19th, 2011 by Staks
I always find it interesting when Christians tell me right from the start that they will never be convinced that they are wrong. But what is really interesting is that they then project that stone wall mentality onto me. They tell me that they will never be convinced or that neither of us will be […]
Filed under: anti-intellectualism, Certainty, de-conversion, Religion | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 16th, 2011 by Staks
Christian apologists really have no understanding of statistics. They are always making claims like, “The chance of the Earth being in just the right spot for life as we know it to exist are…” Unless that number is 100% they are wrong. John Allen Paulos has a great book on this called, Irreligion: A Mathematician […]
Filed under: logic, Religious Manipulation | No Comments »
