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Think about your own worldview to decide if it is free of supernatural or mystical deities, forces, and entities. If you decide that you fit the description above, then you are, by definition, a bright!

Website: http://www.the-brights.net/
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Latest Activity: Aug 17, 2015

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What is a Bright?

* A bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview
* A bright's worldview is free of supernatural and mystical elements
* The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic worldview

* We promote the civic understanding and acknowledgment of the naturalistic worldview, which is free of supernatural and mystical elements.
* We gain public recognition that persons who hold such a worldview can bring principled actions to bear on matters of civic importance.
* We educate society toward accepting the full and equitable civic participation of all such individuals.

Daniel Dennett talks about the Brights movement.

"Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have." -Penn Jillette, active Bright of "Penn and Teller" fame

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Demon Possession, the Apostle Paul, and Epilepsy

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On my YouTube channel, I am beginning a series of videos exploring the hypothesis that the visions, hyper-religiosity, dramatic religious conversion, and perhaps even hypo-sexuality, of the Apostle…Continue

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Comment by Dale on July 11, 2010 at 11:56pm: I will admit that when I first heard of the idea of being called "a Bright" I was a bit tentative, but after reading a few articles and contemplating the reasoning behind the initiative I am happy to say I have fully joined up and am even going to order a shirt or jacket or something to proudly wear.

Comment by Rick on July 11, 2010 at 4:18am: I came across this and thought I would share it with everyone.
I have had family and friends who have had personal problems.
It is hard for them, their family and their friends.
Thought this might help those who don't want a "religious" answer.

http://www.sossobriety.org/

Comment by Rick on May 17, 2010 at 11:48pm

Comment by Justin Bonaparte on March 29, 2010 at 3:27pm: Deepak was actually not terrible on that one, I found myself smiling at some of his insights. I think he's got a long way to go, though to proving that anything he's talking about is real and accessible. He seems to be getting at a kind of Thomas Aquinas type of theology currently.

Comment by Brittany Evanovich on March 29, 2010 at 2:37pm: Hey Rick, I'm gonna share that Discovery busted video on my facebook. Thanks for that.

Comment by Aiden on March 24, 2010 at 1:15pm: Does God Have a Future?

A 30-minute edited version of this debate will air late this evening on ABC Nightline’s Faceoff. Or, if you prefer to see the full 90-minute debate, you can watch it online now. The debate featured Michael Shermer and Sam Harris on one side with Deepak Chopra and Jean Houston on the other side.

Comment by Bradley Thomas Horton on January 22, 2010 at 10:03am: I am a very proud ANTI-THEIST. I want to join your group to connect with other bright-people

Comment by Rick on January 4, 2010 at 4:00pm: This was sent to me from another site, but you really have to see this. These people honestly believe that can do now wrong as long as they have "God" behind them..... gezzzzz

Comment by Rick on January 4, 2010 at 7:52am: I’ve had a couple of friend who worked as prison guards.

Mostly they work at the “State” level but also one who works on the Federal level. Reading this news article just made me laugh.

A convicted rapist is an atheist. He's also open about it. At least the guy is straight forward about being an atheist.

You get a lot of prisoners who “find God” as a way to buy favor and make themselves look good to various groups and the parole boards.

If only my friends could sit down with the “Happy Band of Do Gooders” and let them explain EXACTLY what goes on inside, they might find more “productive” things to do with their “doing good” works.

Like look at internet porn…

But the best was when he filed a complaint about his “Cellie.” If you only knew how many times I wanted to do that with just some stranger on the street or those clowns who come knocking on your door early Saturday morning to “bring you to God.”

Well here’s the story and the link to the page.
Enjoy.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2791077/Rapists-whine-at-...

RAPIST’S whine at cell with Christian
AN atheist rapist has complained that his human rights were breached by having to share a prison cell with a Christian lag.

Barman Steven Relf, 40, was jailed indefinitely after admitting raping two women he targeted when he served them drinks in a pub.
Police branded him a "sexual predator" and said he could have had as many as 40 victims.
In a letter to an inmates' magazine, Relf wrote: "I recently had the displeasure of sharing a cell with a Bible-thumping believer."
A source said Relf was "furious" at having to share at Manchester Prison with the Christian convict and wanted him to be "evicted".
He said: "He moaned about how the guy wouldn't shut up about God. He said he wanted to speak to a lawyer about his rights so he could be moved cells."
The other inmate was later transferred.