God created the world in six days. On the seventh day he rested. If god thought it was good to rest, so should the Jews. I cannot speak to the origin of a day of rest in other societies.
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Hi Adam! I think the advice given by Mike was superb. Since you are at the beginning of your own de-conversion process, give yourself some slack. There is plenty of time to learn the ins and outs of debating religion. My only caution is this: for…
Unless you were raised by atheist parents, you probably had some recovering to do when you left religion. The purpose of RR is to provide a landing place for people when they jump from religion.See More
What Can Science Say About God and the Afterlife?Saturday, February 20th3:30 PM Public Lecture by Dr. StengerThe claim has been made that reason and science supply new and persuasive evidence for the existence of God and the afterlife. A creator God is said to be supported by the apparent fine-tuning of the physical parameters of the universe to make life possible. The afterlife is suggested by studies of past-life memories, near-death experiences, and various paranormal claims. Furthermore,…See More
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Go to the AAI website, then to the conventions link on the left...let me get you a link....
http://www.atheistalliance.org/Conventions.html
You'll see a list of past conventions, and some options for Photos for the 2008 and 2007 conventions.…
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Welcome to Atheist Nexus with its 9200+ good friends and discussion groups.
Among the groups, may I suggest trying the busy group “ORIGINS: Universe, Life, Humans, Evolution, Religion.....” with its 135 commonsense topics whose discussions rebuff religious nonsense. You will be welcome.
One discussion is "Proud to be Atheist" (72 posts) seeing that atheists and humanists hold the intellectual high ground compared with the pathetic superstitions of the god followers.
Terry Meaden (English archaeologist; founder of “Origins”; proud to be atheist like you)