Archive for April, 2008
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
What Really Sinks My Boat
There’s a long, long list of things etched into the back of my mind regarding crazy religious people. It’s easy for me to add to this list because, among other things, I was a crazy religious person. I remember a shouting match in an after school debate where I insisted evolution was a [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Overheard at Expelled
Some things overheard from the crowd after Expelled:
“I’m so glad they’re all going to hell.”
“I wanted to punch that guy [Richard Dawkins] in the face.”
“Evolution is such a stupid concept.”
“Hallelujah!”
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Inspirational quotes
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” -Susan B. Anthony
“I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who [...]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Sam Harris interview by Point of Inquiry
Transcribed from a recent Point of Inquiry broadcast:
Interviewer: “Do you really think secular, skeptical people should be more intolerant of religion?”
Harris: “yeah, I do - but I think we should be clear about what intolerance can mean. I do not mean we should be intolerant in the sense the Stalinist were in intolerant, sending people to [...]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Events in 2008
Freedom From Religion Foundation national convention is October 10-12, 2008 in Chicago. Details: http://ffrf.org/events/2008/ It will have Daniel Dennett amongst many other great speakers.
Atheist Alliance national convention is September 25-28th in California. Details: http://www.atheistalliance.org/conventions/2008/AAIConventionDescription2008.pdf It will have Christopher Hitchens along with many other great speakers.
The American Atheist event in Minneapolis went very well. I especially [...]
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Why I do it
I want Christianity to receive the same respect astrology, alchemy, and Greek Mythology receive. Consider this:
1. The catholic church stance that “Aids is bad, but Condoms are worse” is really, truly, non-metaphorically killing thousands of Africans every year.
2. There are millions of American Christians who reject global warming on the basis of it not being prophesied in [...]
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
And Now for a Little G00gle B0mbing
Hey everybody, go see the movie Expelled in theaters this Friday. We’ll be blogging about it
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
We Have No Mandate
Today I was thumbing through mail and noticed a magazine for Crown College alumni. (I am not a Crown College alum, so nevermind that.) The cover story on the magazine was “Militant Atheism.” I read through this article and it called out a few specific books like Breaking the Spell, God is [...]
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
The Christian (counter) Gambit
The Christian argument can be broken down into 1 of 3 categories. It is important to identify and point out when they switch(dodge) between them. The categories are:
1. God is real and the Bible is true.
There are dozens of sub-arguments in this camp, but only 4 may be worth reading a little about first. These [...]
