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OH NO! MY KID BELIEVES IN GOD!!
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Another Day, Another Two Students Punished for Not Standing During the Pledge of Allegiance
Friendly Atheist
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I do not live in a dull, cold scientific world.
The source of this quote comes from Lynne Kelly's book "The Skeptic's Guide": http://www.lynnekelly.com.au/the-skeptics-guide/
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"What a good thing it is": Guest Post by Marsha Botzer for SSA Week
This is a guest post by Marsha Botzer for SSA Week. What a good thing it is to be involved with the Secular Student Alliance! I’ve been an out and proud Atheist since I was a young adult and went t...
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Sleeping upon a mountain: A poetic and exceptional account of the explorations and essence of the Himalayas
Mukul Mangalik reviews ‘Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime’ by Stephen Alter.
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Sacrilege Sunday - Why I Am An Atheist
Sundays in my house are not sacred or holy. They are treated pretty much the same as any other day of the week, just a bit more lackadaisical. The mornings are usually spent in bed with my boys before getting up to either make breakfast or go out for it. I wouldn’t have them any other way. Except for the part where I have to go to work Sunday nights. Long story short, Sundays have long been Sacrilege Sundays for us as we are not church goers or believers in any way.
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Are We Just Molecules in Motion?
Christian apologists object to what they see as the consequences of the naturalistic view—that humans are nothing more than machines. Can this mechanistic outlook explain the facts of consciousness and morality?
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Yes, There Are Atheists Who Still Fear Hell
Even though I no longer believe I still find myself AFRAID of Hell. It was beaten into me for so many years it is like a fear that I am finding difficult to shake. So my question is what advice could you give me to get over this fear. Maybe you could do a blog on this topic. It is so difficult to get over this very real fear. I want to enjoy my atheism as you and many others do but this fear of hell is truly hell.
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Secularism
QualiaSoup explains what he means when he says he's a "secularist."
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Sola fide: Does Christianity always promote morality?
When I was chatting with Linda Calhoun at the goat dairy, she brought up the “justification by faith, not works” issue as an argument against religion. What kind of God, she argued, would forgive someone who lived a life that harmed others (Hitler is the classic example), if that person simply confessed on his deathbed that he accepted Jesus as a personal savior?
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Loaded question
How can I be an intellectually honest atheist when it seems to me that atheism itself, logically demands that I distrust my brain, because it’s merely a cosmic accident – evolved from a random, mindless and unguided process in the 1st place?
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6 (Unlikely) Developments That Could Convince This Atheist To Believe in God
Atheists often point out that religious faith is closed off to evidence that contradicts it. What evidence would persuade atheists that their atheism was mistaken?
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Answers in Genesis explains "Were you there?"
One of the common tactics of believers in Young Earth Creationism, and devotees of Answers in Genesis, is to reply to statements about evolution with the question, “Were you there?” Ken Ham has been pushing this approach since at least 1989, and it’s dishonest horseshit, as I’ve explained at length.
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Intelligence, Atheism and Culture
When someone tells me that religious people have lower intelligence than atheists, I translate that immediately into “Well-off people with some economic stability and access to higher education are less dependent on the social safety net religion provides.” That’s all it really means.
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Am I evil for pointing out that Jesus was evil?
We live in a world where outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins gets called “militant” for using mere words and accurately describing the Bible god as “genocidal,” but where Jesus gets called “The Prince of Peace” for endorsing the Old Testament theocracy that was actually genocidal and for promising to personally commit atrocities infinitely worse than every 20th century dictator *combined.*
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More Atheist Leaders Who Aren't Dawkins or Harris: Alix Jules
This week’s profile/interview: Alix Jules. Jules is President of Black Non-Believers of Dallas (BNOD), an organization created to provide networking opportunities for nonbelieving peoples of color. It is open to everyone; however, its focus is to provide a safe space for godless black and brown nonbelievers. They provide a southern beacon to our friends in shared disbelief, reminding them they’re not alone.
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Gospels vs. the Perfect Miracle Claim
Try to imagine the most compelling miracle story possible. Here’s one; tell me what you think: I met Jesus yesterday. At first, I didn’t believe who he was, but he turned my lawn furniture from steel into gold. I just got back from a dealer who assayed the furniture, confirmed that it was solid gold, and bought it. Over 200 pounds of gold at $1355 per ounce works out to be close to $4.5 million. Guess who’s a believer now!
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The Dragon In My Garage
Suppose (I'm following a group therapy approach by the psychologist Richard Franklin) I seriously make such an assertion to you. Surely you'd want to check it out, see for yourself. There have been innumerable stories of dragons over the centuries, but no real evidence. What an opportunity!
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Respecting Beliefs
TheraminTrees offers an explanation of why he doesn't subscribe to the view that 'we should all respect each other's beliefs.'
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Oh God! The lord’s my sex guru: Pious perverts, quasi-incestuous misogyny and the twisted world of religious sexual repression
Evangelicals are penning sex manuals. The purity movement oddballs are on the move. It's all deeply disturbing.
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