Rizwan Khan's Groups (13)

  • Philosophy

    327 members Latest Activity: Mar 14 Potentially, the Atheist Nexus is home to many philosophers, professional or amateur. This group will be the place for them to debate philosophical…

  • Atheist Morality

    414 members Latest Activity: on Thursday A place for atheists to discuss morality issues. What shapes your morality? What new perspectives have you found since abandoning faith (if you ever…

  • Love, Compassion, and Morals

    21 members Latest Activity: Aug 22, 2012 At the time I searched (thoroughly) this was the only AN group I could find with the word 'Love' in the title, aside from "Lovers of Shakespeare"?…

  • Take it and Run

    14 members Latest Activity: Mar 9, 2012 Do you have Ideas but lack the ability to implement them? Share your good ideas and let someone else run with it. (YouTube Clips, Website Ideas,…

  • Nexus Book Club

    821 members Latest Activity: May 12 A group for those of us who like reading and books. Fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry... everything goes.

  • Atheist Revolution

    121 members Latest Activity: Nov 29, 2012 This group is for readers of Atheist Revolution.

  • Richard Dawkins

    1515 members Latest Activity: Apr 24 I don't think he needs a description :)

  • Atheists who were Muslims

    113 members Latest Activity: 18 hours ago

    Former Muslims who have seen the light and have let go of God....and fellow sympathizers

  • Young Atheists

    392 members Latest Activity: 16 hours ago A group for young atheists, any ages from 0-20 welcome! People love to underestimate young people, especially minors who can't vote, but we are a…

  • Indian Atheists

    195 members Latest Activity: May 15 Welcome to Indian Atheists! The purpose of this group is to promote social interaction between atheists from India. Standard forum rules apply.

Blog Posts

War on Christmas in May

Posted by matthew greenberg on May 21, 2013 at 12:18pm 3 Comments

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/texas-merry-christmas-bill_n_3312786.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

i've got no problem with everyone saying "merry christmas" on christmas day.  however, they've turned it into an entire holiday season where it lasts a month or more.  in those situations it should be perfectly acceptable to say "happy holidays" or call it a…

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My first funeral as an atheist

Posted by Two Cult Survivor on May 21, 2013 at 11:30am 0 Comments

I posted the bulk of this on another thread, but wanted to add some context separately.

I finally confronted my faith and embraced the fact of my atheism late last August, 2012. Days after I revealed my "epiphany" to a few friends who knew me from another message board, my sister died from Lou Gehrig's Disease (which pissed her off because she hated catching a disease from someone she never f---ed).

THAT was my sister, understand? She was a beautiful, life-loving, potty-mouthed…

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Death of a family member

Posted by Larry Taylor on May 20, 2013 at 8:15pm 10 Comments

OK. I am venting. My mother died two weeks ago. She was a “god fearing christian.” Before her death she refused all medical treatment. She wanted to be left alone. She even refused to speak with my brother who is a methodist minister. He is a pip, let me tell you! I suspect she did not believe, but a woman born in her time could not and did not state her actual beliefs. This is the opening salvo to all christians; FUCK YOU! I had so many people come and tell…

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Unbelievable!!!!!!!!

Posted by Christy Stewart on May 20, 2013 at 2:17pm 6 Comments

This probably should not have shocked me as much as it did (especially since I am in Texas). I actually thought my coworkers were playing a joke on me because they know I am an atheist. Sadly, this was no joke. This actually happened.

I work in a psychiatric hospital. The doctors who admit patients are general MDs. (Psychiatrists see patients after admission) Yesterday evening we received several calls from irate parents. A new doctor who was doing admissions yesterday actually…

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