Dan Barker & The National Day of Prayer
Dan Barker put on a very good showing recently on Fox News. Check it out:
Very well spoken!
The Straw Man that Endures
It seems that just about every corner that I turn I find the writings and speeches of the so-called New Atheist leaders such as Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, etc. being turned into the same basic straw man. Take this latest example:
Beyond aggressive atheism
Five years ago, atheism was all aggression. From Christopher Hitchens to Richard Dawkins, the [...]
Resurrecting the Atheist Spot
I posted this over at the new Atheist Spot:
Today may be the day that Christians everywhere are celebrating the alleged resurrection of their god-man Jesus, but today is the day that I am resurrecting the Atheist Spot. After a promising start the site became bogged down with excessive amounts of spam. To that end, [...]
Abusing History
As a student of history it particularly pains me to see history distorted and abused to justify some agenda. Ann Coulter is abusive in many respects, and history is certainly no exception. Coulter has recently come under fire from Canadians for reasons that I need not go into here. Suffice it to say I watched [...]
Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions
Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can — and should — be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.
Jesus is Everywhere
If this is what it might be like to have a ‘personal relationship’ with Jesus then I think that I will pass….
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Supernatural Answers Consistently Fail…
When you stop for a moment to consider god’s track record as an answer to unknown phenomena it, so far, has a 100% failure rate:
(via Conversational Atheist)
Atheists Can Be Stupid Too…
I received the following e-mail today. Just a small reminder that even atheists can be really stupid sometimes.
Hello,
Our organization is suing the bible and the koran for sexism, homophobia, call for murder etc. To support our legal action, we have put two petitions online (http://atheists-in-action.com/184/English.html). One is to support our legal action in France. [...]
Request for Articles on the Experiences of Atheists Worldwide
This post is on behalf of Jennifer Thorson-Jabr:
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Dear Friends,
I am working to compile for publication a book of essays/articles about the experiences of atheists around the world.
I am from the United States, where religion is usually a personal matter and one’s beliefs or non-beliefs do not necessarily affect their public lives. I live in the middle-east, where a [...]
Roger Ebert on Death and the Afterlife
I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same [...]
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