Militant Agnostic cries "Atheists are Mean!"
John Humphrys is upset with us “militant” atheists and he’s not too fond of the “militant” theists either. What’s got the militant agnostic’s boxers all twisted? We militants are pretty damn sure about our respective ideas. At least, that’s what Humphrys’ would like us to conclude, but there’s a problem. [...]
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Mocking celebrity piety leads to censorship
We’ve heard it a million times in a million different ways. The winners of a blowout football game thank the anointed one for their victory. Actors who win a prestigious award thank the anointed one. Such was the case this past week when the Emmy’s. Celebrity after celebrity thanked the anointed one for their award. Then Kathy Griffin won [...]
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An overheard conversation
Sitting at the bus stop earlier I had the misfortune to overhear a woman going on and on about an atheist she knew. From her tone and her volume I know her kind of believer. The kind that will NOT leave you alone. The kind that ignores the phrases and words we use to avoid saying “I don’t [...]
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Mao, Stalin and Hitler, Oh My!
Another day, another Christian who can’t get through an article about us big bad atheists picking on the poor little Christians without a reference to the Evil Triplets. What did we do this time? Well, we got upset about the SCOTUS decision that said the president can spend taxpayer money on [...]
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Greg Epstein determined to start fight with atheists
Something needs to be done about Greg Epstein. He is seriously damaging the reputation of humanism, be it “religious” or “secular”. Last month he got his arse chewed about off for referring to outspoken atheists as fundamentalist atheists while promoting some shindig he was/is involved with. So [...]
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Lying for Jesus is still lying Mr. Sibley
“Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion should be done and may in the end be our greatest contribution to civilization.”
These words were spoken by Steven Weinburg last fall. They reappeared a few days ago in an article by Robert Sibley in the Ottawa Citizen titled ‘The dangers of [...]
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If it wasn’t for Hell, I’d kill you but that doesn’t make me a bad person
If there’s anything about believers that really creeps me out it’s the idea that announcing that the only thing keeping them from going on a rampage is the belief that their god(s) will do something nasty to them if they do is a good thing. Take The Godless Delusion for example. [...]
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