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Category Archives: Atheism
The battle of the billboards
Whiplash indeed! A public bus rolls by with an atheist message on its side: “Millions of people are good without God.” Seconds later, a van follows bearing a riposte: “I still love you. — God,” with another line that says, … Continue reading
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Learning to hate God
Add this to the “learn something new every day” category: Misotheism doesn’t accord with binary thinking about religious belief. We are accustomed to view people as either believers, who worship a divinity, or nonbelievers (atheists) or doubters (agnostics), for whom … Continue reading
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Don’t pray for me Argentina
Well, I only stuck with the title because I think Hitchens would see the humor and agree.
Posted in Atheism, Prayer, Religion Blog, Religious Belief
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Social costs of being an athesist
Very good blog post on outing oneself as an atheist by Lauri Lebo. This wasn’t surprising: 57 percent of U.S. respondents said they felt they would suffer at least minor social repercussions in the workplace if they came out as … Continue reading
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Religious belief and class
Some surprising and not so surprising findings about a person’s religious beliefs and their socioeconomic class. Lifelong theists (“I have always believed in God”) are disproportionately from lower socio-economic groups while lifelong atheists (“I have never believed in God”) are … Continue reading
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Dawkins and Free Speech
Richard Dawkins is dealing with a backlash. This time it isn’t from theists. The prominent atheist faced a torrent of abuse from outraged fans after he announced that all further postings to the discussion forum on his website would be … Continue reading
Jesus the invisible babysitter
Here’s another video from “Big Think”. This one features actor Ricky Gervais explaining why he’s an atheist.
Where’s the gardener?
Anthony Gottlieb,writing in the online journal More Intelligent Life takes a look back at philosopher John Wisdom’s parable and an examination of the meaningfulness of statements about God. The parable went like this. “Two people return to their long neglected … Continue reading
Taking on Dawkins
I hadn’t heard of Terry Eagleton before. I’ll definitely have to check his work out. Especially his review of Richard Dawkins The God Delusion. Reading the first sentence of Terry Eagleton’s review of The God Delusion in the October 2006 … Continue reading
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The always provocative Penn Jillette
Penn (of Penn & Teller) on the difference between an agnostic and an atheist.