May 2012
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That Religion Brings Comfort to Some is No Reason...
It is no defense of superstition and pseudoscience to say that it brings solace and comfort to people…If solace and comfort are how we judge the worth of something, then consider that tobacco brings solace and comfort to smokers; alcohol brings it to drinkers; drugs of all kinds bring it to addicts; the fall of cards and the run of horses bring it to gamblers; cruelty and violence bring...
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Poverty is Not an Accident
via jobsanger.blogspot.com
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Memorial Day Reflections
Regardless of how Memorial Day started, it ought to be about more than solemn shows of faux patriotism. Memorial Day should be a time to reflect on the high price our nation has paid to pursue empire. It should be an occasion for us to question our love of war and think about its human costs. Perhaps the best way to honor those who have given their lives for us is to decide that no more will be...
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How Many Wives Does Mitt Romney Really Have?
via youtube.com Bill Maher on the “Wifer” Movement
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The Atheist Movement is Far More Than Our...
…the real strength of the atheist movement is not our headliners, celebrities, or professional atheists; it is our grassroots. It is you and me and our willingness to give a damn.via atheistrev.com
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The Moral Perspective: Keep religious views out of... →
themoralperspective:
Take a look at this interesting letter to the editor, written by Dan Denney and published in the Watertown Daily Times :
All the pubic discourse on same-sex marriage of late is getting on my nerves. It seems so clear-cut to me that this is a social issue and not a political one. The government…
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Christian Persecution in the U.S.
via anythingbuttheist.blogspot.com
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Mitt Romney
via underthemountainbunker.com
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Is America a Christian Nation?
A powerful lineup of scholars and thinkers attempt to answer, once and for all, a question that has been central to our era’s bruising culture wars: Is America a Christian nation? Not surprisingly, the evidence for the affirmative is wanting. via redstateprogressive.com
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Bush Officials Guilty of War Crimes Says Malaysian... →
As noted yesterday, former President George W. Bush and seven others in his administration were found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a Malaysian war crimes tribunal. According to the New Straits Times (Malaysia), the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal was unanimous in their verdict and ordered reparations to the victims of the Bush administration’s torture program.
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Hate
via jobsanger.blogspot.com
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Is the black church guilty of spiritual hypocrisy...
Why would the black church cite scripture to exclude gays when a similar approach to the Bible was used to enslave their ancestors?via religion.blogs.cnn.com
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Going Out of Your Way to Mock Religion on Facebook
via theatheistpig.com Have you ever been tempted?
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Christianity in the U.S.
Christianity in some form will continue in the USA for quite awhile yet – at least as long as people want or need to: a) avoid thinking about their own mortality, b) avoid taking complete responsibility for their lives, and c) exploit the people in categories a and b. via thechapel.wordpress.com
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Raise Taxes on the Rich
via underthemountainbunker.com
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How to know for sure what God wants you to do
via religionpoisons.wordpress.com
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Separation of Church and State: an Atheist Value
via atheistrev.com
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Former Preachers Talk About Coming Out Atheist
via youtube.com
April 2012
19 posts
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A day of prayer, or religious pandering?
It speaks volumes for the state of today’s America that the day of prayer is government-sponsored, whereas the event exalting reason is not. Surely Jefferson, who refused to declare any official days of prayer during his presidency, would not approve.via psychologytoday.com On May 3, join the reality-based community is celebrating the National Day of Reason.
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Nice Guys Finish Last
When you start worrying about “perpetuating” the angry-atheist stereotype, I find, it rapidly slips into the belief that any criticism of religion whatsoever, even if factually accurate, is off-limits if it makes religious people mad at us. This rewards irrationality by saying that whoever’s quickest to take umbrage can control the discourse and shut down legitimate criticism by...
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Atheism as Social Suicide
via youtube.com
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As Catholic Child Rape Details Emerge in Court,...
Details emerging from the Catholic clergy-abuse trial in Philadelphia paint a sickening picture of a truly corrupt organization. We recognize that child sexual abuse happens regardless of religion, but we also recognize that certain aspects of religious doctrine can facilitate it (e.g., the degree to which priests are placed on pedestals, the notion that they have a direct line to some sort of...
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U.S. priests accused in 700 sex cases in 2011
About 700 people launched new claims of sexual abuse against Catholic clergy in the United States last year, including 21 who are still minors, according to a new report released by US bishops. via clergygonewild.com So much for the common claim that clergy sex abuse is extremely rare these days.
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‘God fixation’ not good for nation
via ffrf.org
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Ann Romney is a Victim
via yellowdoggrannie.blogspot.com
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Action Alert: Promote Secular Government
From the Secular Coalition for America: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has done it again. Last week, they issued a proclamation calling for every priest, parish, and layperson to participate in a “great national campaign” to “defend religious liberty.” The USCCB has a strange definition of “religious liberty.” For example, they have taken issue with a...
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What is Christian Reconstructionism?
<blockquote class=’posterous_long_quote’><p>Christian Reconstruction promotes a “biblical worldview” with three interlocking theological notions that, while framed in technical language, have been popularized for over half a century in simple terms and slogans that are now familiar to watchers of the religious right. </p> ...
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Do You Trust God to Protect You?
via youtube.com H/T to Religion Poisons
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A Hallmark Moment
via theatheistpig.com
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Recognizing Bigotry
via atheistrev.com
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Happy Easter!
via atheistmemebase.com
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Nobody Died for Your Sins
via patheos.com
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Martin Luther on Reason
“Reason is the Devil’s greatest whore; by nature and manner of being she is a noxious whore; she is a prostitute, the Devil’s appointed whore; whore eaten by scab and leprosy who ought to be trodden under foot and destroyed, she and her wisdom… Throw dung in her face to make her ugly. She is and she ought to be drowned in baptism… She would deserve, the wretch, to be banished to the filthiest...
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The Dangers of Modern Religion
What we need to understand is that Christianity is not any more evolved in its views today as it was in previous centuries; it simply does not have the power to accomplish its ends. via reason-being.com
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The Candidate of the 1%
via jobsanger.blogspot.com Most presidential candidates are quite wealthy. Our political system requires it. But I can’t remember many who were as out of touch with the average middle-class American as Willard “Mittens” Romney.
March 2012
12 posts
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Mythbuster Adam Savage at The Reason Rally
via youtube.com Great speech from someone who has done more to promote the scientific method, critical thinking, and skepticism than most of us.
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Charitable Faith
via apenotmonkey.com
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The Reason Rally - A Secular Celebration
via youtube.com
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Christians: Don’t Vote, Pray Instead!
via patheos.com
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FFRF National Ad Spot
via youtube.com A new national ad from the Freedom From Religion Foundation
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More Americans say too much religion in politics
For the first time since 2001, a plurality Americans say there is too much religious talk from politicians, according to a new survey released Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. via religion.blogs.cnn.com
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The Republican Platform for 2012
via redstateprogressive.com
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Translating Republican Talk About Religion
via atheistrev.com
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When Your Neighbor's House is Destroyed, Remind...
It is great to see a church giving something back to the community, a community in which it has paid no taxes and occupied land that could have been used by businesses that would have paid taxes. But to suggest that their god destroyed people’s homes in order to put the congregation to use? That seems like a bit much. via atheistrev.com