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Is Christianity Persecuted? (The Thinking Atheist)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Patricia Aug 10. 7 Replies 3 Likes

Okay, gang ... when is the last time you saw Seth Andrews do an animated video on his YouTube channel? Seems like donkey's years ago, don't it? Well, apparently Jeff Sessions and his "religious liberty task force" got Seth's nelly up enough that…Continue

Tags: religious liberty task force, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Seth Andrews, The Thinking Atheist

worshipping narcissists (qualiasoup & theramintrees)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Aug 4. 2 Replies 5 Likes

They're all around us: people who perceive the world as revolving around them and will go to considerable lengths to make it so: narcissists. Such beings have been with humanity, I suspect, since humanity emerged from the gene pool. Even worse,…Continue

Tags: narcissist, QualiaSoup, TheraminTrees

11 "unanswerable" questions for atheists - answered (Aron Ra)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck Jun 6. 1 Reply 3 Likes

If you spend any time around YouTube and have any history of looking at atheist material (or even theist material!), you will inevitably run into: "XX Questions Atheists Can't Answer." These are occasionally followed by: "XX Questions Atheists…Continue

Tags: apologist, answer, questions, unanswerable, Aron Ra

Secular and Reclaimed Winter Holiday Songs

Started by Grinning Cat. Last reply by Grinning Cat May 2. 42 Replies 3 Likes

This is an appropriate day of the year for this subject...What are some of your favorite winter holiday songs?It would be especially good to share powerful new secular lyrics to tunes that have become associated with Christmas.…Continue

Tags: singing, lyrics, reclaimed, reclaiming, HumanLight

appropriating morality (TheraminTrees)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Joan Denoo May 1. 7 Replies 3 Likes

We've all heard the claim: "Human morality comes from god." And we've all seen for ourselves what Yahweh's "morality" looks like, from condemnations of homosexuality and the treatment of women as chattel to inexplicable sanctions against the eating…Continue

Tags: morality, appropriating, TheraminTrees

Bible Belt Atheist (New York Times)

Started by Loren Miller Apr 19. 0 Replies 2 Likes

The following showed up in my YouTube feed this morning, and I decided to have a look. Turns out, the New York Times has given us a reasonably even-handed look at a good friend of ours, being one Jerry DeWitt, former bible-thumper and now a pretty…Continue

Tags: Bible Belt, atheist, Jerry DeWitt

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Comment by Plinius on August 19, 2015 at 1:59am: I read a book about the Bermuda Triangle in the 80s - can't remember the author. The author believed in it, but the proof was non existant. Full of vague threats, the Marie Celeste, other favourite mysteries and so on.

Comment by Ian Mason on August 18, 2015 at 9:21pm: Ooops! "Their" My only excuse is that I was tired.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on August 18, 2015 at 6:41pm: Flying Atheist, that Photoshop fakewas a fantastic find.

Lloyds of London doesn't buy the Bermuda Triangle, Ian? That settles it.

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 18, 2015 at 5:39pm: Ian, I enjoyed "Classical Conspiracy Theorists" and it fits in with how the banality of a tightly buttoned, repressed middle-class family expresses their frustration through conflicts.

I wish some people would take a conflict-resolution class or two.

how a tightly-buttoned, repressed middle-class family express their frustrations through conflicts about something banal.

Comment by Ian Mason on August 18, 2015 at 4:18pm: 'Devil's Graveyards' One of these is supposed to be the Bermuda Triangle. There was a documentary about this a few years ago and one of the institutions that doesn't believe in it is Lloyds of London. As the major insurer of marine traffic, they're opinion carries a lot of weight. Who's ever heard of an insurance company that missed en excuse to set premiums up?

Comment by Ian Mason on August 18, 2015 at 4:12pm: I've had an interesting evening at the theatre. Attended one of a series called 'Readings.' A writer, a director and a small cast have one day to shape a provisional performance of a work-in-progress. They then explain what they were trying to do with the production and take questions from the audience. It gave me some insight into how drama works. Tonight's piece was 'Betamax versus VHS' and was about how a tightly-buttoned, repressed middle-class family express their frustrations through conflicts about something banal.

Comment by Hex5 on August 18, 2015 at 2:06am: I would like to know more about the devils graveyards the vile vortex of earth to me it sounds far fetched but plausible. I would like others to research this topic and present there findings. Atheists are the vanguard of science we alone press humanity away from super natuarl belief toward fact. I would like to know what do my peers think of this. What should we do i am curious.

Comment by Randall Smith on August 16, 2015 at 10:23am: Yes, Carl, I lived in S. Calif, and I knew immediately there was no such place.

Nice weather up in Wisconsin, along L. Michigan, for the PGA championship (golf). I heard them say only 4 Americans were among the top 16 players. And, of course, no Tiger (missed the cut). We just don't have the work ethic, in my opinion.