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This piece was originally published on AlterNet. The child rape scandal at Penn State raises inevitable comparisons with the Catholic Church. Does religion make these kinds of abuses worse? I can’t be the only person who heard about the Penn State child rape scandal and thought, “Holy crap — it’s just like the Catholic Church.” [...]
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Child Rape, Penn State, and the Catholic Church: Is Religion Especially Bad?
December 6th, 2011 
Greta Christina Child Rape, Penn State and the Catholic Church: Is Religion Especially Bad?
November 23rd, 2011 Greta Christina The child rape scandal at Penn State raises inevitable comparisons with the Catholic Church. Does religion make these kinds of abuses worse? I can’t be the only person who heard about the Penn State child rape scandal and thought, “Holy crap — it’s just like the Catholic Church.” The abuse of power by a trusted [...]
I have my archives!
September 16th, 2011 Greta Christina I have my archives from my old blog! They’re here! With comments and everything! They’re even in the right categories! Images and videos didn’t make it over, and there are a handful of posts that didn’t make it and that I’ll have to put in by hand. (For some reason, it didn’t like my posts [...]
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8 Comments »High School Atheist Ostracized by Town — Atheist Community Steps Up
June 8th, 2011 Greta Christina This piece was originally published on AlterNet. When a high school atheist tried to stop prayer at his graduation, he was ostracized, threatened, and kicked out of his house. But the atheist community stepped in. Whatever you think about atheists — good, bad, mixed, indifferent — this story should seriously trouble you. Damon Fowler, an [...]
High School Student Stands Up Against Prayer at Public School and Is Ostracized, Demeaned and Threatened
May 26th, 2011 Greta Christina When a high school atheist tried to stop prayer at his graduation, he was harassed and kicked out of his house. But the atheist community stepped in. Whatever you think about atheists — good, bad, mixed, indifferent — this story should seriously trouble you. Damon Fowler, an atheist student at Bastrop High School in Louisiana, [...]
Live-blogging the Rapture
May 20th, 2011 Greta Christina Well, if the end of the world really is nigh, there ought to be some documentation of it for future generations. Oh, wait. There won’t be any future generations. Still. It stand to reason. I mean, if hundreds of years from now, space aliens or something visit the charred remains of our post-Apocalyptic planet and [...]
Rapture Fear: What If The End Really Is Nigh?
May 20th, 2011 Greta Christina So I have something embarrassing to admit. With all the talk about the Rapture that’s supposedly coming on May 21? With all the Rapture parties, the snarky jokes, the atheist conferences around the country specifically scheduled on Rapture Weekend for the purpose of making fun of it? There is a tiny, tiny part of me [...]
Why Do Atheists Have to Advertise?
April 5th, 2011 Greta Christina This piece was originally published on AlterNet. “Are you good without God? Millions are.” “Imagine no religion.” “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Atheist ad campaigns are everywhere. Around the U.S. and around the world, atheist organizations have been buying space on billboards, buses, TV and more, with messages ranging [...]
“Spreading the Good News About Atheism”: Why We Need Atheist Ad Campaigns
March 29th, 2011 Greta Christina “Are you good without God? Millions are.” “Imagine no religion.” “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Atheist ad campaigns are everywhere. Around the U.S. and around the world, atheist organizations have been buying space on billboards, buses, TV and more, with messages ranging from the mild-mannered “Don’t believe in God? [...]
Fred Phelps, and Why We Shouldn’t Look for Loopholes in the First Amendment
March 28th, 2011 Greta Christina This piece was originally published on AlterNet. Let’s start with something I hope we all agree on. What Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church do? It’s repulsive. Picketing people’s funerals? Specifically, picketing the funerals of gay-bashing victims and U.S. soldiers? Going to people’s funerals and essentially celebrating? Wielding big colorful signs saying, “God Hates [...]
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