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Officer says god shielded him from Pentagon gunman
Ah yes, the power of belief. I’m sure it never occurred to the officer that his god could have just as easily prevented his being shot in the first place.
Of course, by all accounts the shooter was a 9/11 “truther”, so it would appear that we have irrational beliefs on both sides of the equation.
Young Americans significantly less religious than parents
One in four American millennials — which it defined as those who were born after 1980 and came of age around the millennium — are not affiliated with any faith tradition, Pew found. They characterize their religion as “atheist,” “agnostic” or “nothing in particular.”
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FFRF blasts USPS for its plans to issue Mother Teresa stamp
Even putting aside the FFRF’s complaint that the move violates postal regulations prohibiting the honoring of “individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings”, you just gotta ask yourself why Mother Teresa?
No really. Let’s just say that Mother Teresa was no saint! You do your own research and your own thinking on this [...]
What is an atheist? Fuck if I know, but everyone else seems to know perfectly well!
Allow me a simple rant… I really just can’t stand it when a Christian*–or anyone else for that matter–tells me “what an atheist believes”.
Judging by the frequency that the “atheist blogosphere” writes about this topic, I’ll go ahead and venture a guess that I’m not alone in my frustration; there have been some very [...]
Prop. 8 trial begins today
Let’s hope that freedom and equality win out over mere belief…
Wilson County, Tennessee schools agree to end Bible distribution
Another victory for religious freedom.
So here’s the setup: one day, in Wilson County, Tennessee, the principal of Carroll-Oakland Elementary School brings all the students from the whole school into the gym, where she introduces representatives of the Gideons and explains why they are there, and then proceeds to tell the whole student body about the [...]
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Christopher Hitchens on airplane security measures
What nobody in authority thinks us grown-up enough to be told is this: We had better get used to being the civilians who are under a relentless and planned assault from the pledged supporters of a wicked theocratic ideology.
You know, every time I read an article about terrorism or terrorists I just can’t help but [...]
Barbara Forrest on the La. Science Education Act
Talk about grabbing the reader from the very first sentence:
Resistance to the teaching of evolution is an integral part of the history of American anti-intellectualism, which stems in great part from religious fundamentalism.
Who knew? Brad Pitt really “gets” it
The Perplexed Observer last week linked to two YouTube clips of Brad Pitt appearing on Bill Maher’s Real Time. I just got the chance to view the clips and must say I’m completely impressed. Brad Pitt truly “gets” it. In response to Maher’s question “What is it about religion you don’t like?”, Pitt succinctly stated:
You [...]
Your god isn’t pro-life
Excellent piece by Daniel Florien at Unreasonable Faith.
For years, I’ve had only a few things to say about the heated and contentious issue of abortion. First and foremost, I don’t “believe in it”. As I’ve said before, I am simply unable to think of a set of circumstances where (given the choice) it would be [...]
Atheists sue to keep ‘In God We Trust’ off Capitol Visitor Center
I missed this a couple weeks ago (when my wife was in the hospital), but the Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing to stop the government from engraving the words “In God We Trust” in prominent spots at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington.
For those of you who just can’t get your head wrapped around [...]
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FoxNews: Woman describes her abortion on Twitter, is astonished by backlash
As am I*.
There’s just no shortage in our country of people who want to tell everyone else how to live their lives, is there?
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* I’ve been following her on Twitter (antitheistangie) for a year or more…