http://www.anatheist.net atheist commentary, stories, & testimonials Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:15:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Take another look at the famous "turn the other cheek" passage from Luke's Gospel: Luke 6:27-36 ‘But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/jesus-doublethink/ I have worked feverishly over the past several days on a complete re-design of the AnAtheist.Net website. I essentially threw just about everything from the old site out and created a fresh theme. I hope that you like the new look. There may still be some kinks to iron out ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/new-web-design-for-anatheistnet/ Policy Exchange report found in a 2007 study of BRITISH MUSLIMS: 36% of 16-24 year old British Muslims "believe if a Muslim converts to another religion they should be punished by death, compared to 19% of 55+ year olds." Believing that one should be punished by death for changing religions is troubling ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/another-death-for-apostasy/ The following is a guest post by Richard Collins and is being reproduced from Helium.com. Richard's blog, The End of Hereditary Religion, contains information and resources for persons dedicated to saving children from childhood religious indoctrination. He also maintains a Facebook group by the same name, as well as Apostate ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/atheism-vs-religion/ As someone who engages in religious debate online frequently, this question seems obvious or even unnecessary. However, one thing that I am surprised to have discovered is that there are many non-believers, atheists, and agnostics out there who are not convinced that we should be debating or criticizing religious beliefs. Some ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/why-engage-in-religious-debate/ Near the end of June I posted a progress report for Rocky Twyman and his "Pray at the Pump" movement. If you recall, Twyman and a small group of supporters are traveling around the country and praying at gas stations for God to help lower gas prices. When I posted ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/pray-at-the-pumper-now-a-success/ I received many interesting responses to my post titled Is Your Religion True? That post basically made two arguments: (1) If there actually was compelling evidence for any of the world's religions then one might expect a consensus to form in the same sense that a consensus usually forms in ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/is-your-religion-true-responses/ Lately I have been collecting old books on Evolution, both for and against. It is interesting to me to see what has changed since then and what hasn't. Anyway, I received a new one recently and it just happened to open up on a particular page when I picked it ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/evolution-as-a-biological-fact/ I have once again come across this quotation purportedly from Cardinal Robert Bellarmine: To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. ---Cardinal Robert Bellarmine / Trial of Galileo / 1615 (???) I searched Google and found plenty of ... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/robert-bellarmines-questionable-quotation/ Genesis 1 is a creation myth that was constructed for political and theological reasons. Older versions of Yahweh’s creation, including the parts that were preserved in Genesis 2, grew out of the ancient Mesopotamian mythic system. Read More... http://www.anatheist.net/2008/08/the-bible-history-creation/