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“But religion is useful. It makes people happy. It comforts people in hard times. It makes people better-behaved. And losing religious faith can be traumatic. So what difference does it make if it isn’t true? Shouldn’t we be perpetuating it anyway — or at least leaving it alone? Why do you want to persuade people [...]
Archive for July, 2011
The Santa Delusion: Why ‘Religion Is Useful’ Is a Terrible Argument For Religion
July 29th, 2011 
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“Straight Porn Will Make You Gay”: The Delusion of Sex-Negativity
July 27th, 2011 Greta Christina This piece was originally published on the Blowfish Blog. I never reprinted it here, since the piece was topical and time-sensitive. But the Blowfish Blog archives are apparently no longer on the Internets, and the original piece is no longer available. So in the interest of completism and making all my published works accessible, I’m [...]
Greta Speaking in Columbus, Seattle, and Omaha!
July 25th, 2011 Greta Christina I have some nifty and exciting speaking gigs coming up, and I hope y’all can come by and say hi! I’m speaking at the Secular Student Alliance Annual Conference this week — along with PZ Myers, Jamila Bey, Jen McCreight, Dan Barker, Jessica Ahlquist, Dave Silverman, Anthony Pinn, Debbie Goddard, Hemant Mehta, Amanda Knief, and [...]
The Best Things About TAM — And the Best Things About Las Vegas
July 22nd, 2011 Greta Christina Thanks for your patience during my blog break! I was at The Amazing Meeting last week: speaking on the diversity panel, schmoozing networking, talking deep-level strategy, drinking, giving interviews, meeting readers, getting my brain stuffed, and laughing my ass off. And because Ingrid and I haven’t had a vacation alone together in approximately 865,673 years, [...]
Why the “5 Myths Atheists Have About Religion” Aren’t Myths
July 21st, 2011 Greta Christina This piece was originally published on AlterNet. Do atheists really misunderstand religion? I read the recent piece in Tikkun by Be Scofield, “5 Myths Atheists Believe about Religion” (reprinted in AlterNet as “5 Things Atheists Have Wrong About Religion”), with a fair degree of both trepidation and curiosity. Trepidation… because my experience has been that, [...]
Brief Blog Break
July 15th, 2011 Greta Christina In all the kerfuffle, I neglected to mention: I’m at TAM, and will be staying in Vegas for a couple of extra days after it’s over. Plus I’m having to spend rather more time than usual moderating comments here. So I’m on the swamped side, and will probably not be blogging for the next few [...]
Why We Have to Talk About This: Atheism, Sexism, and Blowing Up The Internet
July 12th, 2011 Greta Christina I know. We’re all sick of talking about it. I’m sick of talking about it; you’re sick of talking about it. And not just this latest blow-up, either, the one that’s been dubbed “Elevatorgate.” All of it. The whole freaking topic. I don’t know anybody who actually enjoys starting an Internet shitstorm about sexism (or [...]
5 Faulty Arguments Religious People Use Against Atheists (Debunked)
July 8th, 2011 Greta Christina Do atheists misunderstand religion? Or do believers still misunderstand atheists? Do atheists really misunderstand religion? I read the recent piece in Tikkun by Be Scofield, “5 Myths Atheists Believe about Religion” (reprinted in AlterNet as “5 Things Atheists Have Wrong About Religion”), with a fair degree of both trepidation and curiosity. Trepidation… because my experience [...]
“The Ledge”: Does Atheism Have Its “Brokeback Mountain”?
July 6th, 2011 Greta Christina This piece was originally published on AlterNet. “The Ledge” is available now through On Demand and through online streaming from SundanceNow. It opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles this Friday, July 8. A young man walks toward the ledge of a tall building. He is clearly filled with trepidation and even terror; [...]
Brief Blog Semi-Break
July 5th, 2011 Greta Christina Forgot to mention: I’m on a family vacation, with limited time to blog, and also with an intense desire to actually take something that resembles a break. So I won’t be blogging much this week. I’ll do a reprint or two; I’m working on a piece for AlterNet that I’ll link to. But I’m not [...]
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