Tag: Atheism
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Assorted Links
by Jason Stotts 1. 14-year-old Killed for Refusing to Marry Father’s Cousin The victim’s mother, nominally the complainant, told The Express Tribune that she did not want her husband to be jailed. “My daughter was a disgrace to the family. We can’t tolerate our children disrespecting their elders’ wishes so we killed her,” Mukhtar Mai…
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Christianity Killing Gays Again, This Time in Uganda
by Jason Stotts As the result of the effort of christian evangelicals spreading their anti-gay nonsense, Uganda is becoming an even less hospitable place for gays. Last week, gays rights activist David Kato was killed in order to silence his message that homosexuality is not an abomination. On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Kato was beaten to…
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Religulous
by Jason Stotts I have been meaning to see the movie Religulous for quite some time now, but I never got around to it. I was partly put off by so many people tell me that it wasn’t a good movie and that it didn’t have much content: that it was just Bill Maher making…
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Another Failure of Religion
by Jason Stotts In case we need another example of the irrationality of religion, let’s take a look at this new study: “More Religious and Devout Young Women Have Abortions (Despite being Educated in Religious Schools).” Now, obviously the irrationality that I mean is that abstinence-only education does not work! These women have been indoctrinated…
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Atheists and Sex
by Jason Stotts I was just directed to a really interesting article by Greta Christina called “Why Atheists have Great Sex.” The article is overall a good one, even if the author does not have the best moral position (her position is not entirely clear form this article). The thesis, though, is good: When you…
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Atheism Posters
by Jason Stotts I’ve just come across this site of motivational posters for Atheists. Go there, enjoy yourself.
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Shattered Illusions
by Jason Stotts There is no god. There is no “after life.” We will all die. Once one comes to accept each of these truths, to accept them as absolutely true and internalize them as completely real, a curious situation arises. The problem can best be called the “existential crisis” – but really, it’s only…
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Atheists and christians
by Jason Stotts One interesting, but often overlooked, consequence of christianity is the idea that any set of beliefs must be based on faith and is, therefore, a religion. This leads christians to say absurd things such as people who do not believe in god are atheists. If this does not seem to be a…