March 2011
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February 2011
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“I don’t have an issue with what you do in the church but I’m going...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson - Distinguished astrophysicist, prominent skeptic and host of the PBS show NOVA scienceNow on religion and education
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Anonymous asked: if Christians came from Jews, why are there still Jews?
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Straightening Out the Bigotry
An article I found yesterday thanks to Another Godless Goddess had some choice words from a Christianity Today interview with potential presidential candidate Mike Huckabee who said he found it “alarming” that young evangelical Christians are more supportive of homosexual relationships than that group has been traditionally. His comments sent me down a dreary memory lane:
Instructor:...
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“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson - Distinguished astrophysicist, prominent skeptic and host of the PBS series NOVA scienceNow on our place in the universe
helvetebrann asked: So I discovered today that I was not following you. I think I always just assumed I was since I track the tags you post under most. Here's to rectifying that!! And congratulations on your followers! =)
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100 Followers
I reached a 100 followers last night… With practically no-self promotion, to my knowledge I have only one follower from my offline life, that means it has been almost entirely because of your reblogging, likes and word of mouth that I have gained any popularity.
Thanks to everybody that follows me, I hope you all have enjoyed my thoughts and links over these past 2 months.
In celebration...
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The Brick Testament - Bible illustrated with legos →
hatefulatheist:
I’ve had a lot of people mention to me that they’ve considered reading the bible but are unsure about it. This site is actually a lot of fun, even if some of it may be a little bit disturbing to see in lego form. They illustrate the good and the bad.
Example:
(Warning! Lego rape and dismemberment! They are legos though so they don’t have sex organs….still....
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Magic Men: The Plagues and Miracles
Everyone knows the story of the ten horrible plagues cast down on Egypt for not letting the Israelites go, many even know about God “hardening the pharoah’s heart,” but what almost no one seems to recall from the tale, most wonderfully put to pictures by the brick testament, is that the Pharaoh and his magicians duplicated the first two plagues (and turned their staffs into...
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Charges initiated against Pope for crimes against... →
thetumblratheist:
TWO GERMAN lawyers have initiated charges against Pope Benedict XVI at the International Criminal Court, alleging crimes against humanity.
Ratzinger has probably caused more suffering than any other person on the planet. Untold millions of lives have been damaged by his official proclamation that no one go to the police in cases of child rape and his declaration in AIDS...
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The Gullible Spirit of the Times
Peter Joseph’s “documentary” film Zeitgeist, which literally means the spirit of the times, is perhaps the biggest affront to reason and the most unintentionally ironic film I have ever seen. I have neither the time nor desire to shoot so many fish in barrels so I will simply point out a few obvious flaws and my favorite moment of irony. If you are interested an extremely...
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Atheist 15 Day Challenge Collection
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while as many of these are commonly asked questions. It’s a collection of my responses to the atheist challenge by anonymousatheist.
At what point did you know you were an atheist? Why did you become one, what were the factors leading up to the decision, if you weren’t always one?
What religion did you grow up with? Did you have positive or...
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Please Help...
I don’t usually do this but…
I just got into a one on 4 debate with anti-evolution people and one of them refused to accept that evolution was true primarily because he thinks that every dating method is wrong (he established several other misunderstanding about evolution but that’s what he claimed).
At the end of the heated debate I promised I would send him some information...
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andyisreadingbooks answered your question:
I’m sorry that you still live in hate and violence. Universal indiscriminatory love really is the best humanity -not just Christ- can offer.
Several problems here:
If you were referring to the “violence” at the top of that post when you said i was “living in hate and violence” that is sad because that was clearly the ultimate atheist stereotype and...
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colossians2 answered your question:
Jesus’ monologue was great. Your interpretation needs some work.
Yep. Silly me. I thought the ideas of salt losing its saltiness, thoughts being morally equivalent to actions, only men being reprimanded for looking upon women lustfully and not vice versa, encouraging victimization through extreme pacifism, commanding people to stay married even if they are...
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The Best Life Advice You'll Ever Hear
*Read as much of the advice as you care to but be sure to read the end.
People are always asking me how I get by as a nonbeliever, how I manage to hold up and not murder people or why I don’t feel like life is meaningless and today I’m going to reveal my secrets. Here is a list of concepts and thoughts that get me through the day:
No matter how bad your life is, even if you...
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Anonymous Claims that the Bible Doesn't Support...
helvetebrann:
I was expecting this. So, since I already know what the rebuttal will be, I’ll just post a select FEW verses from just the New Testament that support hate, discrimination, and violence, which you spelled wrong, by the way.
(These can all be found at the skeptic’s annotated bible here.)
Let’s do violence first.
Matthew
Those who bear bad fruit will be cut down and burned...
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anatheistbiblestudy asked: I love reading your posts, you have a really great mind. I always learn something new. Kudos on the homosexuality post! Keep it up!
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Homosexuality and The Law: What Do the Bigots Have...
A slight verbal sparring yesterday brought the defense of the Bible from itself to mind when the usual “they are taking it out of context” excuse was put forth as to why the bible doesn’t really condemn homosexuality. “Jesus never mentioned it and Paul was just giving his opinions” as if that Paul’s open condemnation was opinion and Jesus not bringing up the...
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Glenn Beck to Have On "Islam's Messiah is the... →
Joel Richardson, a self professed prophet, will get to spew his venomous and nonsensical rhetoric to millions of people tonight. I’m afraid his brains have been “Left Behind.”
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Religious Solipsism
You hear it in their speech:
So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling you, you’re not my brother and you’re not my sister, and I want to be your brother. - AL Gov. Robert Bentley
You read it in their texts:
If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, throne into the fire and ...
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I couldn't have been the only one...
Who expected a troll face or link to the onion when they saw the Beiber comments about abortion.
