February 2012
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Jewish ritual of Metzitzah B’peh « The Caudal Lure →
You’d think that in any context a man putting his mouth over a baby’s penis and sucking would be seen as outrageous by each and every person with sound mind, right?
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How Do Atheists Celebrate Easter? →
Read the comments and see more ideas, whether they inspire you or not. There’s not enough of a community for us so to find other ideas and seeing how others deal with it is always intriguing.
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What War on Religion? | Mother Jones →
If Obama was really bent on waging war on religion, some of these contracts might be the first to go. He hasn’t touched them.
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Atheist Career Choices | Unreasonable Faith →
Pat Robertson and co-host Kristi Watts discuss the atheists, who don’t believe in anything. Watts goes on on a tangent, talking about how Wiccans are “all about the environment,” and that “trees are their God.” [wtf?] She then asks why atheists aren’t saying that we should cut down every tree.
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Bible Morality or Depravity? →
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“Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate.”
– F. M. Knowles (via ageofreason)
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Day of Solidarity for Black Nonbelievers - Chicago... →
blackfreethinkers:
Day of Solidarity of Black Nonbelievers
The Black Nonbelievers of Chicago, Inc. would like to invite you to celebrate the National Day of Solidarity for Black Nonbelievers with us on Sunday, February 26, 2012. We will gather at the DuSable Museum to enjoy the rich cultural history exhibits. Our focus topic will be Ms. Lorraine Hansberry, Chicago’s very own. Afterwards,...
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“I don’t believe in magic
I don’t believe in I-Ching
I don’t believe in Bible...”
– John Lennon, “God” (via kanyewestinterrupts)
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Black Nonbelievers of Chicago →
Black Nonbelievers of Chicago Meetup group.
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The Fireplace Delusion →
(However,) I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how religious people feel when their beliefs are criticized. It’s not a perfect analogy, as you will see, but the rigorous research I’ve conducted at dinner parties suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon “the fireplace delusion.”
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A Really Sad Facebook Page. : →
abaldwin360:
Submission from nerdsofafeather.
This is a facebook page called Jessica Ahlquist is an atheist fanatic. Dedicated to bullying a teenager that stood up for the constitution at her school.
So far, nerdsofafeather tells me,
“I was making valid arguments, then they said they reported me for spreading “Atheist Bullshit”.
The people who made this page need to understand that this...
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Is science faith-based? | Bad Astronomy | Discover... →
friendlyatheist:
Science is not based on faith. Science is based on evidence. We have evidence it works, vast amounts of it, billions of individual pieces that fit together into a tapestry of reality. That is the critical difference. Faith, as it is interpreted by most religions, is not evidence-based, and is generally held tightly even despite evidence against it. In many cases, faith is even...
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Chicago's Anti-Superstition Society, 1940 - Photo... →
Would be great if this were around now, even a group in Winnipeg.
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“Alexander, a civil servant, is facing five years in jail for writing “God does...”
– Dismay After Indonesian Atheist Charged With Blasphemy | The Jakarta Globe
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Do you believe in an Authoritarian God, a... →
Americans actually worship at least four versions of the Lord, according to the Baylor Religion Survey (9-11-2006).
+The Authoritarian God is highly involved in individuals’ personal lives & world affairs. Believers give the Deity credit for their decision-making, and they feel God is angry & meting out punishment to the wicked.
+The Benevolent God is very active in believers...
