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Cyber jihadists attack Atheist groups on Facebook
Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Loren Miller Aug 13. 1 Reply 1 Like
FABULOUS Article in US News!
Started by Bertold Brautigan. Last reply by Joseph P Jan 9. 21 Replies 3 Likes
Good Without God in 2016 Media should…Continue
A straight up truth from Pope Frankie's mouth!
Started by Bertold Brautigan. Last reply by Gerald Payne Dec 3, 2015. 12 Replies 2 Likes
Pope says fundamentalism is 'disease of all religions'Aboard the papal plane (AFP) - Pope Francis said fundamentalism is "a disease of all religions", including the Roman Catholic Church, as he…Continue
Tags: Fundamentalism, Catholic, Vatican
Valerie Tarico Interviews Chris Johnson, Creator of Atheist-Themed Book and Documentary Film, A Better Life
Started by Bertold Brautigan. Last reply by Bertold Brautigan Aug 31, 2015. 25 Replies 0 Likes
I hadn't run across the name Chris Johnson before reading this article from Alternet/Salon, but Johnson published A Better Life last year, a coffee table book in which he details the lives of various…Continue
This Church Service In Tennessee Includes Everything But God
Started by Joe. Last reply by Joseph P Jul 4, 2015. 8 Replies 2 Likes
There is, however, one rather fundamental missing ingredient that sets this congregation apart from the hundreds of others turning out to worship this Sunday morning in Nashville: this is a church…Continue
Atheists Become More Visible and Vocal in Zambia
Started by Daniel Wachenheim Jul 3, 2015. 0 Replies 1 Like
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. ieet.org...Zambia is a very religious nation... officially declared a…Continue
Tags: skepticism in Africa
Former Megachurch Pastor Convicted of Molesting his Sisters.
Started by Daniel Wachenheim. Last reply by Plinius Jul 3, 2015. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Christianity Today."megachurch pastor Geronimo…Continue
Tags: Pastor Convicted
Norway Accuses Catholic Church of Fraud.
Started by Daniel Wachenheim. Last reply by Daniel Wachenheim Jul 2, 2015. 11 Replies 0 Likes
We all know the Catholic Church is a fraud everywhere, and in many ways. It's nice to see they were caught with their financial pants down, instead of the other kind.…Continue
Tags: Catholic Fraud
‘Historic’ Ruling States That Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Isn’t Sex Ed - Ya Think???
Started by Bertold Brautigan. Last reply by P.J. Simons Jun 30, 2015. 8 Replies 4 Likes
Tags: abstinence, education, sex
Brother Kills Brother Over Ramadan Fasting
Started by Pat. Last reply by Joseph P Jun 26, 2015. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Well, the religion of peace has shone its amity and kindness yet once…Continue
Warren city Atheist sues to set up alternative to prayer station at city hall
Started by Joe. Last reply by Loren Miller Jun 16, 2015. 6 Replies 3 Likes
A Warren atheist filed a federal lawsuit today saying his free speech rights were violated when Warren Mayor Jim Fouts turned down his request to place what he called a “reason station” inside city…Continue
Previously Unpublished Interview with The Hitch
Started by Bertold Brautigan. Last reply by Ian Mason Feb 13, 2015. 1 Reply 2 Likes
Why Evolution Is True claims to have a 2005…Continue
Tags: Hitchens, Christopher
Humanist Marriage "Demonic?" - Angry Christian Rails Against Humanism — This Atheist’s Polite Response Is Perfect
Started by Bertold Brautigan. Last reply by Grinning Cat Feb 9, 2015. 7 Replies 0 Likes
British TV Show The Big Questions showed Discuss Jesus founder Taiwo Adewuyi holding forth hilariously on how "humanist marriage," legal in Scotland but not in England, is demonic. He gets his…Continue
Lawsuit: State trooper preached about Jesus during traffic stop (Indystar.com)
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Loren Miller Oct 12, 2014. 51 Replies 4 Likes
I am just going to get out of the way of this one ... though when I saw the headline on…Continue
Tags: police, Indiana, proselytize
S.E. Cupp: I’m a ‘Better’ Atheist than Bill Maher
Started by Joe. Last reply by Regina Goodwin Oct 12, 2014. 45 Replies 0 Likes
In a new online video for Crossfire the pundit makes the claim that conservative atheists are actually “better” than liberal ones,…Continue
CBS bans ad for separation of church and state
Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Bertold Brautigan Oct 1, 2014. 3 Replies 2 Likes
CBS Bans Atheist Group's Ad Advocating For…Continue
Tags: CBS, separation of church and state, freedom of speech
Anti-Islam ads coming to NYC buses, subways (CBS News)
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Pat Sep 20, 2014. 1 Reply 1 Like
NEW YORK -- Anti-Islamic ads will begin appearing on a hundred New York City buses and at two subway entrances next week.The six ads include an image of American journalist James Foley, just before…Continue
Tags: islam, ads, American Freedom Defense Initiative, Islamophobia
Pennsylvania teen faces two years in jail for Facebook photo of "desecration"
Started by Grinning Cat. Last reply by Idaho Spud Sep 13, 2014. 21 Replies 1 Like
A 14-year-old in Everett, Pennsyltucky Pennsylvania has been charged with…Continue
Tags: trespassing, photos, stupidity, 'right' not to be offended, Facebook
Judges rule that Ground Zero Cross can stay at 9/11 museum
Started by Joe. Last reply by Luara Aug 3, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Likes
In 2011, the American Atheists – a group dedicated to fight to “protect the absolute separation of religion from government and raise the profile of atheism in the public discourse” - sued to keep…Continue
Atheist TV Officially Launches; David Silverman Criticizes History Channel for Presenting Bible as History
Started by Joe. Last reply by Pat Aug 1, 2014. 5 Replies 0 Likes
The world's first ever all-atheist TV channel officially launched Tuesday, with American Atheist president David Silverman declaring it is geared toward all atheists, everywhere.…Continue
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Comment by Bertold Brautigan on December 16, 2015 at 9:01am -
I think you're right about the Catholics being the greatest danger because they're far more subtle. I suspect much of the Catholic hierarchy are what David Silverman calls "bad atheists," people who are smart enough not to believe the bullshit but who push it anyway for their own advantage.
Earlier the fundamentalists tended to despise them - "Sure they burned thousands if not millions just for having differing opinions, but they aren't real Christians." But now, as religionists tend to do, they've allowed their common interests to override their doctrinal differences.
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Comment by Joseph P on December 16, 2015 at 8:45am -
Yeah, medical science combined with Bronze Age superstition. What could possibly go wrong?
I think the Catholic church is probably one of the greatest threats in this country, despite the greater mass of fundie evangelicals. The evangelical nut-jobs lack the subtlety of the Catholic church and think they can just ram their religion straight into our government. Their leaders have preached for so long about this being a Christian nation that a lot of them can't understand how the government can keep ruling against them in the courts. The day that the fundamentalists start buying up private, public-service entities, like the Catholics and Mormons, we'll be in trouble.
What's worse is how oblivious most American Catholics are. I had this friend at work who is a Catholic, but he supports unrestricted, science-based medicine. I couldn't get through to him that despite him being pro-choice, pro-birth-control, pro-euthanasia, pro-gay-rights, etc, the Catholic church was doing all of this stuff on his behalf.
As near as I could tell, he basically rejects the authority of the Catholic hierarchy, which ... doesn't work, if you identify as a Catholic. Part of being Catholic is accepting the authority of the church, even over that of the Bible, technically.
This guy didn't have the most consistent thought processes, though. He kept pulling apologetics from a website that was run by young-Earth creationists. He couldn't see the problem with pulling arguments from people who have a basic foundation that differs from his own.
“Dude, that's an argument against biological evolution. You accept that the Earth is billions of years old, and even the Catholic church accepts that biological evolution is a thing. They have some weird, bastardized version of it, with no evidence to back up the garbage they added (surprise), but they accept the basic premise. What are you doing?”
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Comment by Joan Denoo on December 16, 2015 at 2:39am -
Daniel, what is happening to our medical system? Bad news, indeed. When the church, any church has a say in my access to my health care, I can only resist.
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Comment by Daniel Wachenheim on December 15, 2015 at 9:10pm -
Walgreens outsourcingit's health care in Pacific Northwest to the Roman Catholic Empire.
Damn.
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Comment by The Flying Atheist on September 25, 2015 at 11:05pm -
BTW, my personal favorite in the video below is: "The same people who gave us Obama gave us this pope."
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Comment by The Flying Atheist on September 25, 2015 at 10:56pm
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I feel like I'm living in bizarro-world in the outer regions of the Twilight Zone. Is this all real?
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Comment by Gerald Payne on September 25, 2015 at 12:33pm -
Listening to the shit coming out of his mouth it makes one wonder.
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Comment by Bertold Brautigan on September 25, 2015 at 12:03pm
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But he can't talk with his mouth full.
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Comment by Joseph P on September 25, 2015 at 11:54am
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Apart from schizophrenia where does the pope get his information?
From his choir boy? After all, they need something to discuss for pillow talk.
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Comment by Joseph P on September 25, 2015 at 11:51am
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Perhaps Boehner is really stepping down in order to finally fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a priest.
You know, it's kind of funny. Every time I read his name, my first reaction is, "Come on man, there's no reason to be childish spelling his name like ... oh, wait, that's how is name is actually spelled."
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