Ever since the heart attack I’ve been asked, from time to time, if it changed my religious views, a couple of people have even hit me with Pascal’s Wager. It’s mostly from friends and family, and they mean well. But of course that hasn’t changed and it’s doubtful it ever will. I’ve been trying to …
Category Archive: atheism
Jan 06 2013
The blessings of atheism
Excellent op-ed by Susan Jacoby in the NYT. The gist of it we need to step out of the shadows and come out not just as atheists, but as fellow travelers who grieve, and who can provide comfort to the grieving:
Jan 02 2013
The endless rift of atheism
I didn’t know there was a giant rift among atheists over Christmas, but apparently there is because CNN is writing about it:
Dec 22 2012
We’re all a bunch of godless zealots
So says the headline of an article detailing how the new atheists are using traditional tactics to spread the word of non belief. Sadly, it’s in England:
Dec 12 2012
Death to the unbelievers!
Fundamentalists may have an unhealthy hold on the US, but in some countries it’s a full on death grip. The annual “freedom of thought” report from the International Humanist and Ethical Union, an umbrella group which seeks to protect religious freedom and freedom from religion around the world, has issued a report to the UN …
Dec 04 2012
Yes Virginia, there is a War on Christmas
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Every December atheists are saddled with being Scrooges who hate Christmas. It’s a strawman of course, all the better to demonize us in the eyes of the public. I for one love Christmas. True, I don’t …
Nov 28 2012
Glenn Morton meltdown
I was lucky enough to talk back and forth with Glenn Morton for a few years back around the turn of the millennium and saddened to see what’s happened to him since. Here’s an excerpt below and it is alarming because this is what many conservative Christians are taught to believe:
Oct 21 2012
Do you believe in God or Aliens?
It’s become a regular godless ritual to scan the search results for “God” every Sunday morning. Hey, being an FTB minion has its perks and its tedium. Most of the articles are written by clergy with a message for believers the author feels will help them in their daily struggles, mixed in with the now unavoidable ideological nonsense masked …
Sep 09 2012
Romney promises to protect a God
Eager to downplay the success of the 2012 DNC and anxious to put the gaffes and empty chairs of its counterpart behind him, Mitt Romney vowed to protect “God” this weekend to anyone with a camera or mic. It’s unclear if the GOP nominee was referring to the God he believes in, who will reward faithful Mormons …
Sep 06 2012
Why aren’t more Christians progressive?
Trick question, there are lots of them who are. They don’t have Koch-money to amplify their voices or patrons on Fox News to nourish them, but they exist and it makes sense they would: there’s this one guy in the Bible whose words sound awfully similar to progressives today.
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