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Has anyone read "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Goz Mar 5, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes
If you haven't read this book yet, I highly recommend it (there's a foreword by Christopher Hitchens). Essentially, the book is an autobiography on the life of a Somalian born Muslim woman who after…Continue
IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Curry Apr 2, 2010. 35 Replies 0 Likes
If you ask Dawkins, Hitchens and others, childhood indoctrination in any religion is a form of child abuse. By pushing a religious ideology on a child, while their brains are rapidly developing, you…Continue
How to convert a theist...
Started Dec 23, 2009 0 Replies 0 Likes
The title may be a little of an attention grabber....not sure it’s possible to directly convert a believer. BUT...I have made some really interesting headway with my wife (a solid christian who…Continue
Great to find my people!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Skeptic Dec 23, 2009. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Here's my story... (its not short- but I’ll make it as short as I can)Born in a christian home, with christian parents. Went to a christian school, married my high school sweetheart (15 years now), a…Continue
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Skeptic replied to Skeptic's discussion IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
"That's a little confusing....you have the Atheist "A" as your avatar, on the Atheist Nexus forum...yet you are happy about your religous indoctrination and doubt you'll ever be an atheist?"
David Curry replied to Skeptic's discussion IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
"Then I doubt you'll ever understand the true horrors of indoctrination. ^_^"
David Curry replied to Skeptic's discussion IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
"If you become an atheist and still feel that way, I'll be amazed."
Goz replied to Skeptic's discussion Has anyone read "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
"Yes I did...Before I got to read her book,I saw her do a talk on C Span...She was astounding. I was glued to my seat.
I also had trouble putting her book down. It was a real page turner."
Prog Rock Girl replied to Skeptic's discussion Has anyone read "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
"One of my favorite books. There are some people who have the assumption that if you have something negative to say about Islam, you must not know anything about it (to know Islam is to love it??) or you don't "understand" it…"
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Has anyone read "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
If you haven't read this book yet, I highly recommend it (there's a foreword by Christopher Hitchens). Essentially, the book is an autobiography on the life of a Somalian born Muslim woman who after years of abuse and submission to her family and religion, ran away to Holland to seek refugee status (escaping an arranged marriage) and eventually became an atheist. It gives poignant insight into the Muslim world in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Ethiopia etc. a world that I know nothing about. For…See More
Skeptic replied to Tom Thompson's discussion Theist friendly books
"If your family is more fundie than progressive, in that they do beleive in a literal 6 day creation (early earth), Noah's flood, and that evolution is not real then I would suggest a book by Gordon Glover called Beyond the Firmament. OR...check…"
Skeptic replied to Joe Henry's discussion Christian: "being an atheist requires to much faith"
"Turek has a debate on youtube with Hitchens where Turek essentially runs through his points from his book(and yes, it is the same old tired stuff). I thought Hitchens handled it pretty well and really pissed Turek off. You could see how frusterated…"
Skeptic replied to violet cleonstar's discussion Am I a Deist?
"Yep...that’s deism. I can’t even begin to understand your position.
When contemplating the possibility of a deistic god, I have to admit to myself that one certainly could exist. But with a non-personal god, who doesn't expect you…"
Jo Jerome replied to Skeptic's discussion IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
"In that case, it seems to me ... "Fighting delusion with oppression is a clear sign that the oppressors themselves are deluded.""
Tom Thompson replied to Skeptic's discussion IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
""Fighting delusion with oppression never works as we see over and over in various mental institutions."
That is an important point to make, I think. I cringe when I hear calls for government intervention to enforce "what we…"
Sigmund replied to Skeptic's discussion IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
"Well, yes, but doesn't it go a bit further than that? If you repeatedly tell a child something untrue, that will hinder their view of reality and ability to think clearly (because they have to wade through all the false assumptions first) and…"
Freedom of Anonymity replied to Skeptic's discussion IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
"Then you should study genetics. It doesn't play "fair", or "equal", or whatever other term for trying to making every human equal/social label/conformist idiocy.
No one actually is "equal". Anti-competitive…"
ryan cameron replied to Skeptic's discussion IS INDOCTRINATION CHILD ABUSE?
"Agreed, the only way we could truly enforce this kind of thinking as "child abuse" is by going after religion as fraud and making the very act of being religious illegal. Fighting delusion with oppression never works as we see over and…"
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- At 7:09pm on January 25, 2011,
Aniece Weatherford said… Hey Breven.
I didn't know you were still hooked up with Atheist Nexus.
See ya tomorrow..early.
Mom
- At 1:35pm on December 31, 2009,
thedogma said… - hey Howard...how does it work with a Christian wife etc...is she hostile to things? My husband is a bit of a worry...he;s been cool so far, but I think he is a bit scared of it.
- At 7:05am on December 23, 2009,
Kalypso said… - Welcome to A/N.
- At 5:48pm on December 22, 2009,
Dr. Terence Meaden said… - Welcome to this great site and its thousands of bright people like you who recognise religion for the superstition and giant fraud that it is,
and that God and gods are merely fictions filling up valuable space inside unlucky people's brains.
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