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Open Letter to the Saved
Added by John B Hodges on July 7, 2010 at 1:12pm — No Comments
Life After Faith, New Book On the Way
My seventh book, Life After Faith, will be published in the next few weeks. Based on almost a half-century as an insider, it tells the story of my emergence from super-natural faith to practice a down-to-earth kind of "natural spirituality." This will not please extremists on either side of the divide! Some atheists will throw garbage and some people of faith will throw prayers, but it's a personal story of leaving faith, ordination as a Protestant Minister… Continue
Added by Chris Highland on June 19, 2010 at 7:49pm — No Comments
Theists invalidate their position with evidence
I am reading Christopher Hitchens' book 'god is not Great' and chapter 5 concludes with an obvious but, nonetheless, important point.
ContinueActually, the "leap of faith" - to give it the memorable name that Soren Kierkegaard bestowed upon it - is an imposture. As he himself pointed out, it is not a "leap" that can be made once and for all. It is a leap that has to go on and on being performed, in spite of mounting evidence to the contrary. This effort is actually too…
Added by Tom Thompson on June 13, 2010 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments
Pursuit of truth.
I believe the best way for me to "add content" is to present a portion from my book: "EVERY MAN AND WOMAN AN ISLAND, The Individual Human Being As PRIME In The Universe." (published by Trafford and listed on Amazon.) Then, periodically I could add additional portions pertinent to atheism (aka non-theism or anti-theism.) This first entry comes from chapter eight starting with a quote from novelist/philospher Ayn Rand, "Theism's myth declares that he ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge--he… Continue
Added by robert a clapp on June 4, 2010 at 3:02pm — No Comments
Faith is a defective insulator
I was thinking of writing to the Oxford English Dictionary recommending a new definition of the word ‘faith’.…
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Added by Richard Francis on May 25, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
What Happens When We Die: An Atheist’s Explanation
What I have learned is this: The brain works on an electric charge that is roughly equal to your average car battery. This electricity jumps from neuron to neuron, interacting with other bits of electricity to create a sense of self. In order to leap across the… Continue
Added by William Hopper on May 20, 2010 at 5:00pm — 19 Comments
How to Kill Faith and Win Arguments with Religious Zealots
How to Kill Faith and Win Arguments with Religious Zealots
Most Christians would roughly define faith as a ‘belief without evidence
‘ that comes as a gift from a just and loving God. Of course, they also believe in talking snakes, pregnant virgins, and people rising from the dead, so it gets a tad fuzzy trying to follow their logic.… Continue
Most Christians would roughly define faith as a ‘belief without evidence
‘ that comes as a gift from a just and loving God. Of course, they also believe in talking snakes, pregnant virgins, and people rising from the dead, so it gets a tad fuzzy trying to follow their logic.… Continue
Added by William Hopper on May 20, 2010 at 1:13am — 4 Comments
Homer Simpson reveals the nature of faith
I love The Simpsons for saying what we all want to say, in a way that few of us can. The most recent episode has a line so good I simply had to share it with anyone who may have missed it.
"Faith is what you have in things that don't exist." -- Homer… Continue
Added by Tom Thompson on April 22, 2010 at 6:14am — 4 Comments
Some people need Faith at any cost
I had some Jehovas Witnesses call round a few days ago. There is a mission a couple of streets away. The conversation ended a draw but I think I had more of the ball. It was interesting to argue religion in real time for a change.
The bottom line finally arrived at was that they needed to believe in some higher power because without that, their life would have no meaning or purpose. So they choose to hang on to a belief because their reality could not exist without it. A friend of my… Continue
The bottom line finally arrived at was that they needed to believe in some higher power because without that, their life would have no meaning or purpose. So they choose to hang on to a belief because their reality could not exist without it. A friend of my… Continue
The Axioms of Atheism
Added by Manning Bartlett on April 2, 2010 at 9:00pm — 9 Comments
"In the spirit of Faith"
Religious folks of many types are fond of that saying added as a condition when they ask you to consider their ridiculous propositions. I've heard it from Mormons concerning "asking God to give a sign to let [me] know that [their] religion is right." I've heard it from new-agers concerning so-called psychic readings and other such woo. And I've heard it most recently in the letter posted by Pope Ratzy regarding pedophile priests.
It seems to me this is just another religious…
ContinueAdded by Pirate Bard on March 19, 2010 at 10:22am — 1 Comment
Would it be easier just to lie to myself and say: “I believe”
For the longest time, I considered myself Atheist/Agnostic. I couldn’t believe in a god without proof, couldn’t accept blind faith as reasonable. And I was convinced that even if I had proof, I couldn’t worship. The things carried out in the name of god or religion, are some of the most atrocious acts in history. Burning woman on stakes or wars based around religion, I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea. Why is killing wrong, but it’s ok to do it in the name of god?
I never… Continue
I never… Continue
Added by Tara Price on March 4, 2010 at 12:05pm — 9 Comments
Answering the Question, Who/What is God?
This was my response to a request from Patheos, an interreligious website, asking people of faith and no faith to offer 100 words or less on Who/What is God?
Who/What is God?
One day we may discover that the universe
is shaped
like…
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Added by Chris Highland on February 24, 2010 at 3:01pm — No Comments
Answer me this...
I wrote this blog on Myspace, intended for christians to read. I have posted it here to help other newly converted atheists in their quest for helping other theists to realize that God, in the biblical term, cannot exist.
Below are a series of questions. These are questions that I had asked toward the end of my christianity, and was never given a good answer for any of them. I challenge other believers in a god to ask these questions as well. If these questions could be… Continue
Below are a series of questions. These are questions that I had asked toward the end of my christianity, and was never given a good answer for any of them. I challenge other believers in a god to ask these questions as well. If these questions could be… Continue
Added by Jasyn Taylor on December 22, 2009 at 10:47pm — 2 Comments
Video: The Transition to Atheism
Terrific 8-minute video in which the author describes how, as a 12-year-old student, he first began to doubt his faith. Outlines his own personal resistance to the Christian faith that he knew had to be true.
The creator's channel is TheraminTrees.
"My personal story of de-programming from christianity — told for transparency, and to honour the people who've been… Continue
The creator's channel is TheraminTrees.
"My personal story of de-programming from christianity — told for transparency, and to honour the people who've been… Continue
Added by George on December 6, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments
Pat Condell: Agressive Atheism
Pat just keeps getting better and better. His latest video really hangs religion out to dry. Below the video, I've also included the transcript.
Well, I’ve been hearing quite a lot of bitching and whining in the press lately about aggressive, intolerant, atheism; as if that’s, somehow, a bad thing. It seems religion can dish it out okay but it can’t take it: like a street thug who calls the police when his victims fight back. Aggressive atheism is really… Continue
Well, I’ve been hearing quite a lot of bitching and whining in the press lately about aggressive, intolerant, atheism; as if that’s, somehow, a bad thing. It seems religion can dish it out okay but it can’t take it: like a street thug who calls the police when his victims fight back. Aggressive atheism is really… Continue
Added by Atheist Exile on December 4, 2009 at 6:30am — 10 Comments
The religous base have a lot in comin with Zombies
DISCLAIMER: I do not actually believe in Zombies because if i did I might as well believe in the tooth fairy.
I just had a wild idea today while i was thinking about characteristics of religious fanatics and i noticed a lot of my examples came back with similarity's to what I think relate to Zombies.
Some Zombie Characteristics:
-Minimal Intelligence
-Stubborn
-Made the way they are by other Zombies (spread the condition onto innocent uninfected… Continue
I just had a wild idea today while i was thinking about characteristics of religious fanatics and i noticed a lot of my examples came back with similarity's to what I think relate to Zombies.
Some Zombie Characteristics:
-Minimal Intelligence
-Stubborn
-Made the way they are by other Zombies (spread the condition onto innocent uninfected… Continue
Added by Marcus Craven on November 17, 2009 at 2:40pm — No Comments
Will health care reform have a 'prayer'? Let's hope not.
Source of image: http://linkhead.wordpress.com/2007/01/
Believers in faith healing could be exempted from mandates, and faith healers could be paid with federal funds, if health care reform provisions under consideration are adopted by Congress. A petition has been launched to ask… Continue
Added by IAmTheBlog on October 24, 2009 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments
Why You Can’t Help Believing Everything You Read
Why You Can’t Help Believing Everything You Read
What is the mind's default position: are we naturally critical or naturally gullible? As a species do we have a tendency to behave like Agent Mulder from the X-Files who always wanted to believe in mythical monsters and alien abductions? Or are we like his partner Agent Scully who was the critical scientist, generating alternative explanations, trying to understand and evaluate the… Continue
Added by Dallas the Phallus on September 17, 2009 at 4:21pm — 5 Comments
The Truth about Faith
The natural realm is the universe and everything in it. The supernatural realm is, by definition, outside the natural realm, so nobody knows, or can know, anything whatsoever about the supernatural. The natural realm is physical; evidence for it is literally everywhere. The supernatural realm is pure conjecture and absolutely unsupported by physical evidence of any kind. The supernatural is, therefor, not scientifically testable.
However, supernatural claims… Continue
However, supernatural claims… Continue
Added by Atheist Exile on September 11, 2009 at 12:00am — 1 Comment
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Did anyone read the comments below the You Tube version? they were almost all like, "Yeah, thank the lard for sending a ghastly tornado to kill more than 50…"
The Flying Atheist commented on Ruth Anthony-Gardner's group Hang With Friends"Great clip, Tony. People need to realize that not everybody superfluously and automatically thanks god in a time of crisis. Maybe he's learned a lesson and become a smarter man. "
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