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September 2009 Blog Posts (177)

First Thanksgiving at my Mother In Law's place

By popular demand...

Thanksgiving is a holiday with many associations. People think of family and friends. Some people think of the gratitude they feel for all they have. But most people also think about food. Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie are all favorites I look forward to at Thanksgiving, and I am pretty sure I am not alone.

The first Thanksgiving at my mother in law’s house was memorable. My wife was only a girlfriend, back then, and Thanksgiving was a… Continue

Added by Nightfall on September 28, 2009 at 2:36am — 3 Comments

When Atheists Go Bad

We pride ourselves, here on Atheist Nexus (and in other atheist forums), on being intelligent, rational, educated human beings. We also, in the main, abhor those religious views which lead to racism, sexism, homophobia and other irrational prejudices.

But, as we move forward from being a 'philosophical stance' into a 'movement', should we, can we, and, if so, how can we, distinguish ourselves from atheists who have abandoned belief in God, but not irrationality and… Continue

Added by Chrys Stevenson on September 27, 2009 at 9:30pm — 14 Comments

CNN: "Fox News, YOU LIE!"

Youtube - Rick Sanchez on Fox News' full-page ad claiming other media did not cover the 9/12 protests in Washington, DC.

CNN To FOX News: “You Lie!” Demands Apology - Blogcritics.org

CNN’s Rick Sanchez became livid on his program Friday about a color ad that FOX News had… Continue

Added by George on September 27, 2009 at 12:57pm — 5 Comments

Let's try this Blog Thing..

So.. Usually my outlet is my Youtube page (Jeanstake).. But lately it has just not been doing the job for me... I really just wanna meet someone like me.. I love my friends dearly, I really do.. But there's like this big barrier it seems.. I feel like I'm discriminating against people who believe but the fact is I'm so sick of these beliefs that I don't care about being called discriminatory anymore! Is it wrong for me to want a friend?? I don't think so. So um yeah. Maybe I'll try this… Continue

Added by Jean on September 27, 2009 at 11:38am — 4 Comments

Religious slips....

This post is inspired by Emekan. I often find myself using religious phrases to places emphasis on a situation. For example, I don't always correct people when they say "bless you" when I sneeze. Although I say gesundheit because it means good health... Or I sometimes say: "the devil is busy," "Oh god/Jeez," "Or when the religious right is caught in controversy I will say: "Thank god." Any one else guilty of "Freudian slips" with religious phrases?

Added by Anwar Diamante on September 27, 2009 at 9:09am — 13 Comments

Childlike wonder

I had a love of science and math when I was a child but the southern baptist church I grew up in discouraged it. It was not our place to search for the answers to things, god had all the answers and who were we to question god? I remember loving learning about dinosaurs in school and one day the preacher said that dinosaurs never existed. I remember it just breaking my heart hearing that, because if the preacher who is so close to god says there are no dinosaurs then it must be true. I remember… Continue

Added by South Ga Freethinker on September 27, 2009 at 8:06am — 4 Comments

Yes the Bible is ridiculous but....

this is the most bad ass story I ever read:

From biblegateway, Second Kings 2:23-24

23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

What caught my… Continue

Added by Jay on September 26, 2009 at 10:30pm — 4 Comments

The Crutch of Religion

(Originally posted on MySpace 30 Aug. 2009)

So I'm at a wedding yesterday (a christian wedding at a church) and one of the members of the church says to me, "Only if people would put half the effort into serving the Lord as they put into preparing a wedding". To which I commented back, "If they'd just put half the effort into serving each other the world would be alot better". To which he replied, "Well, that's part of serving the Lord, serving each other". I then politely excused… Continue

Added by DAVID LAWTON on September 26, 2009 at 9:18pm — 2 Comments

Feeling like "the other"

When Simone DeBeauvoir wrote her opus "The Second Sex" she coined the term 'the other' or 'l'autre.' She used this term to signify a woman's place in the world. Basically stating that women were considered the second sex. Meaning, they were secondary to the men. Although from a biological/ statistical standpoint women outnumber and outlive men. When I wrote my graduate thesis I took the ideology of 'the other' further. I wrote my thesis on… Continue

Added by Anwar Diamante on September 26, 2009 at 3:30pm — 15 Comments

p-dox

take a look :
http://p-dox.org/

Added by lasto on September 26, 2009 at 2:15pm — 1 Comment

Mondo Diablo Episode 215: Christian Pirates Rape Red Riding-Hood

Captain Hook and his crew lure young children to their boat and Shanghai them into accepting Christ with exciting tales involving pirates and dope.

Playlist

Captain Hook * Intro and Pirate Theme Song

Tiny Tot Calvin * Christian Cowboy

Alleee 1

George Liberace * I'm in Love Again

Christian Pirates

Pirates 2

Kinky Boots

Frances Baskerville * The… Continue

Added by Rev Hellbound Alleee on September 26, 2009 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Thanks to atheistnexus' TJ Morgan for the priviledge of an interview.

I posted another article as one of my many freelance writing incarnations at: http://tinyurl.com/ya4gkpk. This one is an interview with atheistnexus.org musician and artist, philosopher and poet, TJ Morgan. Accompanying the interview dealing with his background, his journey to atheism, his art and music is a embedded video, also… Continue

Added by John F. Felix on September 26, 2009 at 9:28am — No Comments

Rockford Higher Criticism Examiner Interview

I've been interviewed by John F. Felix, the Rockford Higher Criticism Examiner at Examiner.com!

Go the Examiner interview here

Read the full Q/A interview… Continue

Added by TJMorgan on September 26, 2009 at 8:27am — No Comments

A question

Ok so I was watching this video and it got me thinking. What came to mind is this several questions the simplest of which is:

If we had the ability to travel to other stars would you want to?

Later a related question came to mind:

If it were announced that we were going to colonize another planet would you want to be one of the colonists or would you want to remain on… Continue

Added by David Lee Halle II on September 25, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Ray Comfort's "Origin of Species" Giveaway: A Challenge

I've posted the following challenge to Ray Comfort's blog. I'm re-posting it here in hopes of showing my fellow atheists why we have nothing to fear.

TO THE CREATIONISTS

You all seem to have a lot of faith in this new edition of On the Origin of Species. I’m surprised at you putting so much faith into a book which most of you have never read in its complete form and which is, with the exception of Ray’s introduction, a strong argument against… Continue

Added by OutlawGirl on September 25, 2009 at 7:49pm — 5 Comments

The September Meeting of The Fayeteville Freethinkers

I will be attending the September meeting of The Fayetteville Freethinkers. I always have a great time at every meeting.

Freethinkers, it's time for our September meeting. We'll have another action-packed meeting devoted to promoting critical thinking, science, and freethought in general. First off, you have a homework reading assignment. You are to read this article by our freethinker friend Art Hobson which was published in the NW Arkansas Times, August 29, 2009. Here is the…

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Added by Robert Madewell on September 25, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Fighting Against The Gay Agenda - Show 500! Next Week. Oct 1st.

Next Week! Show 500! Fighting Against "The Gay Agenda". Atheist Rapper Charlie Check'm reappears but in a different capacity this time. Chuck can now add Anti-Gay and anti-fat women to his repertoire. Check'm says he doesn't hate gays but believes that "homos" have brain damage and that they shouldn't be allowed to marry.

He makes an appearance to defend his stance and also explains why he thinks any rational person, especially atheists and agnostics, should also be against the "gay… Continue

Added by infidelguy on September 25, 2009 at 7:30am — 25 Comments

Big international news..

Big international news is being made about the Qaddafi speech. Qaddafi, of course refers to the controversial head of state of Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, whose last name is also spelled Qaddafi, Gaddafi, and Kaddafi. He recently delivered a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. It was his first at the UN. He was cleared for 15 minutes – he took 90. First, he condemned the UN Security Council's role, and criticized the UN for its roles in several wars over the last 70 years, including… Continue

Added by Davida on September 25, 2009 at 4:59am — No Comments

Quick FYI re Glenn Beck

You know that current thing with Glenn Beck boiling rubber frogs, to evoke the classic story of boiled frogs? In addition to any rhetorical idiocies, or inappropriate connections he draws, I just want to say, to someone, somewhere, who might hear it: It's not even true. Frogs get out. Seriously. They're not as stupid as Mr Beck's audience wants to think they are.

Added by Talen Lee on September 25, 2009 at 12:16am — 3 Comments

surgery thursdays

i have come to look forward to thursdays here in e-town. thursday is surgery day, which means the local mobile vet comes to spay and neuter the intake animals here at the shelter. it's a good day- i truly feel useful, because i was trained primarily as a surgical assistant. we 'fix' around six animals every thursday- the vet that does the surgeries is, like i said, a mobile vet- that means she does not own a clinic, rather, she exclusively does house calls. she's a pretty groovy lady. she's… Continue

Added by Cati on September 24, 2009 at 11:54pm — 1 Comment