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Atheists don?t go to heaven
2008-06-09 01:50:00 Here?s a nice cherry video to close out the weekend… Feel better now? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fbligbi.com%2F2008-%2F06%2F08%2Fatheists-dont-go-t-o-heaven%2F'; addthis_title = 'Atheists+don%26rsquo%3Bt+go+to-+heaven'; addthis_pub = '';
By: Bligbi
The one blog that can convince us atheists that God is awesome
2008-05-16 12:07:00 If not “awesome,” then at least ridiculously funny. Not even the Almighty Creator is immune from finding some of the shit in this (Godforsaken? Hee) world annoying, so He’s decided to create a blog about it. Over at Stuff God Hates, nobody’s safe from His Wrath. God takes potshots at cats, Africa, Patrick Swayze and anal ...
'Respect atheists', says Cardinal
2008-05-09 07:02:00 BBC reports, "Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor urges deeper understanding between believers and non-believersThe Archbishop of Westminster has urged Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with "deep esteem".Believers may be partly responsible for the decline in faith by losing sense of the mystery and treating God as a "fact in the world", he said in a lecture.Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor called for more understanding and appreciation between believers and non-believers.The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales said that a "hidden God" was active in everyone's life.The Cardinal's lecture at Westminster Cathedral comes after a spate of public clashes over issues such as stem-cell research, gay adoption and faith schools.He expressed concern about the increasing unpopularity of the Christian voice in public life, saying: "Our life together in Britain cannot be a God-free zone and we must not allow Britain to become a world devoid of religious faith and its powerful contrib...
By: Christian Quoter
Atheists no longer the most despised group in America. Thanks, Scientology!
2008-04-19 00:00:00 Source: Gallup Okay, so my title was quite harsh on Scientologists. The main intention was to create humour for atheist readers. But to Scientologists: it brings me no pleasure to say that the Church of Scientology is a dangerous abusive morally-indifferent criminal organization masquerading as a church. It is a money-making ...
Ten Commandments for Atheists, pt. 2
2008-04-15 23:13:00 The ironically named Christian, proprietor of Free Thinking Joy, asserts that the Ten Commandments are perfectly compatible with atheism. It is absurd on its face to think that any of the first four commandments, which center on man’s relationship to God, could be followed or even understood by atheists. Christian’s analysis is flawed, as ...
Ten Commandments for Atheists
2008-04-15 09:17:00 “I guess that most atheists may not be aware of the fact that they observe the Ten Commandments better than many observant Jews and Christians,” says Christian, keeper of Free Thinking Joy. Let’s examine his post and see if that is true or if Christian is blowing smoke. 1. You shall have no ...
Motivational poster for Atheists
2008-04-08 17:05:00 If you liked that one, here’s one on faith, gravity and Jesus. Others can be found here. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fbligbi.com%2F2008-%2F04%2F08%2Fmotivational-poste-r-for-atheists%2F'; addthis_title = 'Motivational+poster+for+Atheis-ts'; addthis_pub = '';
By: Bligbi
Atheists have no rights in Chicago
2008-04-07 18:24:00 Just ask Representative Monique Davis, a Democrat mind you, who recently went off on Rob Sherman as he was speaking before the House State Government Administration Committee about the governor’s recent grant of $1 million to a Baptist church. Representative Davis had this to say: …it?s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy ...
By: Bligbi
Atheists are banned from an intelligent design movie
2008-03-26 17:00:00 The banning of atheists from a prescreening of Ben Stein?s film, Expelled No Intelligence Allowed, drew hundreds of postings in the blogosphere this week.
By: Evolution Minute
FAQ: What do you atheists worship, then?
2008-03-20 16:49:00 It depends on what you mean by “worship”. If you mean admire, respect, try to emulate, or believe in, I can’t answer your question, as every atheist is different. There’s nothing in the “atheist” tag that specifies any of those about a person. If you mean in a religious sense… the answer is simple: nothing. Now, ...
By: Way of the Mind
[PSA] People who believe in God are happier than agnostics or atheists
2008-03-20 08:17:00 Telegraph
Hitchens Post
2008-03-05 19:04:00 An obviously hung over Christopher Hitchens surfaces on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" this a.m. on top of his game. Any guy who submits to full-body waxing (sac, back & crack) isn't going to let a mere hangover cramp his acerbic style. NewsBusters vidHitchenisms: "Anyone who like me when they think about the Clintons thinks about zombies, thinks about the undead, thinks about stakes through the heart, silver bullets and so on, has just received confirmation. It's as bad as we thought it was going to be.""She would do anything, she wouldn't mind running as George Wallace if it would get her the nomination."Hitchens on Obama: "I repeatedly call him a shallow and flaky candidate. I thought he was an incredibly successful shallow and flaky candidate." He goes off on Obama's Chicago church but keep in mind atheist Hitchens's anti-organized religion books and articles. He quit smoking (supposedly) last October after Vanity Fair paid for his body makeover. Although I'm not 100 percent...
By: Chickaboomer
Atheists/agnostics and religion-unaffiliated make up 4 and 16.1% of America
2008-03-03 17:20:00 The US Religious Landscape Survey from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows that 16.1 % of Americans have no particular religion, making the religion-unaffiliated the second largest faith-related group in the country, trailing only Roman Catholics who comprised 23.9% of the 35,000 survey respondents. The study also shows that the proportion of ...
Why is it said atheists are bad people?
2008-03-02 18:27:00 Atheists are bad people? I think not. They’re just people who don’t believe what YOU believe. Watch this video and see what you think. Bookmark It Hide Sites
By: Hash It Out!
Sunday School for Atheists
2008-03-01 19:20:00 “On Sunday mornings, most parents who don’t believe in the Christian God, or any god at all, are probably making brunch or cheering at their kids’ soccer game, or running errands or, with luck, sleeping in. Without religion, there’s no need for church, right?” TIME has a very interesting article on the topic of Sunday School ...
By: ZA Vibes
God Bless Atheists, or, How to Find Faith in Colorful Moving Pictures
2008-02-22 06:16:00 Many television shows seem to have a heavy religious component. Nowhere is this more evident than in the recent slew of science fiction that has invaded the airwaves over the past few years. If you pull reality television and unscripted television off the list (translate: game shows with bugs and game shows with bald men, ...
By: Jewneric
The Jewish Philosopher Profoundly Misunderstands Atheists
2008-02-18 18:22:00 I still believe in the Bible when it tells me that only a fool says that there is no God (Ps 14:1). Regular readers know that I am no defender of atheism. Unfortunately, a post by a religious Jew has recently come to my attention as part of my series on refuting Kelly O’Connor of ...
American Atheists Update 02-05-08
2008-02-15 00:57:00 She make some great points and the statistics are very interesting. We do not have to stop voting, but we need a voice. Seculars unite! American Atheists website….
By: Current Era Blog
Watch Out for those Terrible Atheists
2008-02-13 22:50:00 by Lee SalisburyA recent study conducted by the University of Minnesota shows that atheists are more distrusted and despised than any other minority and that an atheist is the last person for whom Americans would vote in a presidential election. “Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians” all ranked higher than atheists in public acceptability. Furthermore, Americans are “least willing to allow their children to marry” atheists. State laws instill and perpetuate this attitude. Article IX, Sec. 2, of the Tennessee constitution states: “No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments shall hold any office in the civil department of this state.” Arkansas, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas have similar laws.George H. W. Bush while campaigning for President in 1987 exhibited this same attitude, “I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This i...
By: ExChristian.net
I call atheists being nasty to religious people re...
2008-02-12 00:54:00 I call atheists being nasty to religious people religious bigotry, personally. Also, atheists can be religious, but that's a pedantic point.I personally think one can be very religious and polytheistic and thus tolerant of other peoples' gods, but being polytheistic I have a bias to believe that we are systemically more tolerant. In practice, a lot of it seems to be in the hands of the political powers that be more than religion itself.
By: Daisy's Dead Air
When Atheists Attack
2008-02-10 05:58:00 Matt, from Matt’s Notepad, has taken me on in the comments section of this post about historical inaccuracies in the Bible, the Christ Myth, and Biblical contradictions. I’ve decided to split off and answer the comments in the blog because this last comment is a long one and will require more space than I’m ...
MySpace deletes site for atheists/agnostics
2008-02-09 19:48:00 MySpace is only for the religious, apparently. Original post by Joel
By: Play Video Games
Florida Atheists to Celebrate Darwin Day
2008-02-09 17:17:00 Florida atheists recently received some positive media attention in the form of an article by Lois K. Solomon in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The article mentioned that over 200 atheists are expected at Fern Forest Nature Preserve to celebrate Darwin Day."It's empowering to be among people who share your world view," said Madea, 60, a Broward Community College chemistry professor. "You don't have to apologize for who you are and what you believe."I am going to e-mail Ms. Solomon to thank her for her article.Tags: Florida, atheist, atheism, Darwin Day
[Obvious] Atheists make children?s book teaching acceptance of all beliefs
2008-02-03 04:59:00 (DW-World)
The New Atheists and Their Recent Attacks
2008-02-03 00:00:00 If you’ve looked over the best seller lists recently you may have noticed two new books that champion the cause of atheism. One is by the Englishman, Richard Dawkins and the other, titled “Letter to a Christian Nation” is by the American, Sam Harris. I didn’t give the title of Dawkins’ book because the title ...
Somebody has a problem with atheists
2008-01-24 20:22:00 Chris the Blogger found a juicy piece of anti-atheist bigotry that probably tops every hate piece ever written by a typical theist that you’ve just go to check out for yourself. An excerpt: And what epitaph do you engrave on an Atheist’s grave marker? “Here lies the only good Atheist, which is a dead Atheist“. What else ...
By: Bligbi
A Friend to Atheists
2008-01-08 19:59:00 A critic paid me quite a compliment today when he accused me of befriending and conversing with atheists and people who use the “F-word.” If only he knew the truth… …but I’ve got nothing to hide, so I’ll share it: My wife invited a lesbian couple over to dinner a while back. They haven’t accepted yet, ...
A clear case of differential negative treatment to Atheists on CityOnline
2007-12-27 03:51:00 Let me begin by saying that I am not some hyper-sensitive cry-wolf kind of person. But a clear case of differential negative treatment was enacted on CityOnline’s Christmas Eve discussion/debate on whether or not people should be saying “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays”. In the panel were Mark Robinson of the Humanist Association of Canada, and ...
Atheists put their faith in backlash of politics
2007-12-24 19:07:00 Not since the April 8, 1966, famous “Is God dead?” cover of Time magazine has atheism been the topic du jour. “Atheism has come into vogue in cycles pretty reliably for the past 300 years,” said Nick Gillespie, editor of Reason, a libertarian magazine. “These days, at least you won’t get burned at the stake, and ...
Genuflect, Genuflect, Genuflect
2007-12-19 14:45:00 My anti-establishment, anti-Christ, smoking in the shower, scotch-swilling hero and ball waxing survivor Christopher Hitchens manifests at a DC soiree and talks his way through Tom Lehrer's 1959 Christmas Carol. Wash Post's Reliable Sources babes Amy Argetsinger and the lovely and witty Roxanne Roberts got to write about it today. Christmas time is here, by gollyDisapproval would be follyDeck the halls with hunks of hollyFill the cup and don't say when.Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickensMix the punch, drag out the DickensEven though the prospect sickensBrother, here we go again. The dweeby Harvard math whiz Lehrer's biggest hit: The Vatican Rag DC's own Mark Russell called Lehrer "the greatest satirist that ever lived."
By: Chickaboomer
Shocking Finding: Atheists Can Be Good People
2007-12-19 00:17:00 With all the talk about a War on Christmas, and now a War on God, there remains far more prejudice against atheists than the religious in this country. PZ Myers uncovered one example. A study by Michigan State sociologist Ralph Pyle presented at this month’s joint meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of ...
By: Liberal Values
Children of Atheists
2007-12-17 07:38:00 I saw the gods plotting us. Tiny colored trapezoids on a giant game board. Risk. The dice our decisions. The continents our whims. They were bitter because we'd outgrown the worship. They were bored because we weren't that interesting anymore. Just fucking. Making more of ourselves. And paying too much for gas because seven seats are not enough. Even when there's only one of us. I saw the devil
How to avoid atheists
2007-12-16 23:56:00 Most Christians know that we atheists are incarnations of the devil who just hang out waiting to ensnare their naive little souls, so it probably came as some surprise that one of us would take the time to tell them how they can best avoid most of us: She could join an organization that does not ...
By: Bligbi
GREEN BAY COUNSEL WHIZZES OFF ATHEISTS
2007-12-13 14:30:00 The Green Bay City Council president paid for a nativity scene to be put up at City Hall after learning of an anti-religion group’s protest of one in Peshtigo. Council president Chad Fradette told a city committee he believed the U.S. Constitution upholds citizens’ right to display symbols of their religious beliefs on publicly owned property ...
No atheists in foxholes?I desperately need Divine Intervention
2007-12-13 01:31:00 I’ve never been an enthusiastic supporter of organized religion, of any creed. That’s not to say I don’t believe in something…but it’s not something that I can define or contextualize. It is there, perhaps belief at its most primitive. 2006 and 2007 have been the worst two years of my life. in April ‘06 I ...
By: Prayers Online
Christmas for Atheists?
2007-12-11 12:22:00 A couple of weeks ago, in a Portuguese technology mailing list, someone suggested organizing for a Christmas dinner, and someone else (over)reacted by saying “sorry, wrong religion”. I don’t even know if that guy is an atheist, or religious but not Christian (probably the latter). Obviously, an argument ensued, with that guy even accusing others ...
By: Way of the Mind
Romney Disses Atheists : Gains Support
2007-12-07 19:20:00 Tags: Mitt Romney, atheists" title="Atom feed">Site Feed
By: Aidan Maconachy
Atheists Mocking Christmas, Again
2007-12-05 20:43:00 In Philadelphia, accompanying a menorah and a nativity, is a unique display called the ‘Tree of Knowledge,’ a celebration of human thought and endeavor, constructed by the Free Thought Society of Greater Philadelphia. A discussion of this tree, and its display in the context of the religious symbols of the season, is the focus of this ...
By: Catholic Tube
The Golden Compass: Chronicles of Narnia for Atheists?
2007-12-01 03:05:00 link to video The large computer generated battle in the trailer portends Lord of the Rings derivative cliche', but The Golden Compass looks fantastic and could very well be a great movie. Like TGC, The Chronicles of Narnia climaxes in one of those CG showcases. In addition, both movies have child leads, are set in a fantastic alternate reality that snuggles against our own, and are based on a children's book series that allegorizes an ultimate philosophy (Christianity for TCON and atheism for TGC). The producers of TGC hope that their movie mirrors TCON in another way: TCON pulled in an unGodly amount of money. At least part of TCON's success had to do with churches and peripherally pro-Christian institutions (talk radio) encouraging its members to view the movie. Parents entered the movie confident that they'd get two hours of "positive values." How will TGC' underlying anti-religion affect it's box office? Most people either won't know about it or won't care, but th...
By: Asymmetric
Are Atheists the New Gays?
2007-11-14 08:45:00 By Dinesh D’Souza Richard Dawkins has a bright idea: Atheists are the new gays. Is he joking? Not at all. The bestselling author of The God Delusion has been suggesting for two years now that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: The Irate Nation
Taking On Those Pesky Atheists
2007-11-11 21:40:00 Another higbrow smack down link via A & L Daily all in God’s defense..here is an excerpt ”recently, an epidemic rash of books has declared success, at least if success consists of having slain the inveterate enemy of reason, namely religion. The philosophers Daniel Dennett, A. C. Grayling, Michel Onfray, and Sam Harris, biologist Richard Dawkins, and ...
By: Bannaga
Gotta Be Them Atheists
2007-11-05 04:55:00 Tags: Atheists, comets, Shep Smith" title="Atom feed">Site Feed
By: Aidan Maconachy
All Racists are Atheists
2007-11-04 09:45:00 firoze shakir photographerno1 posted a photo: photo courtesy google images They don?t believe in god They don?t believe in man They believe in anarchy Yes all racists are atheists Their world of black and white Where hate and no God exists Two fingers up their victory sign The other hand a fist Only neo- Nazis Only Anti-Semitics Only White Supremacists The Ku Klux Klan Mutually co-exist Love Poetry Hate Racism
God-Fearing Atheists? Part II
2007-10-30 19:27:00 More Problems with Atheism as a Purported School of Thought2. Scientism: An understanding of the scientific method – the recognition of science’s strengths, coupled with awareness of its limitations – is something shared by clear-thinking human beings, whether religious or atheistic. Scientism, in contrast, is the window dressing that atheism uses when it tries to present itself as a school of thought rather than the simple and tenable rejection of the idea of God. Scientism includes notions like reductionism and the idea that anything that science can’t address is necessarily unreal or less important than those topics that it’s well equipped to study.3. Reactivity and Negativity: Reading atheist writings, at least on the blogs, one could easily come away with the impression that the only institutions on the planet that contain elements of corruption are religious ones. Religion is the source of all evil. If only religion didn’t exist, God would be in his heaven and all ...
By: Original Faith
God-Fearing Atheists? Part I
2007-10-27 21:00:00 Disclaimer: I’m no expert on this topic; my impressions come mainly from reading atheist blogs from time to time. I’m open to being educated/corrected. Also, to atheists who may be reading: please note that my intention here is to be thought-provoking, not antagonistic. See, for example, the previous post where I’ve done something similar with theism and pantheism. Note also that in what follows, I distinguish atheism as the simple and understandable disbelief in God from atheism as a kind of members club posing as a School of Thought.Having an Attitude: William James describes religion in its broadest terms as a person’s “attitude toward life as a whole.” Atheism isn’t nearly that comprehensive; it isn’t religion’s opposite or an alternative to religion. An atheist can be a misanthrope, a Buddhist, a secular humanist, or someone who’s in despair because he’d like to be a theist but finds it impossible to believe in God. Atheism isn’t a cohesive school of tho...
By: Original Faith
Atheists: behold the banana
2007-10-27 15:10:00 Have a look at other funny videos on Carson’s Post
By: Carson's Post
Open Thread: Do Militant Atheists Want to Wipe Out Religion?
2007-10-25 19:16:00 On my recent article Tugging at Loose Threads, Evanescent and Storbakken resumed a debate they had suspended on another blog. It was completely off topic, so I?m starting an open thread for them, and anyone else, to continue it. Evanescent?s last comment was: Storbakken said: It is not my intent to go round ...
By: A Load of Bright
Math Atheists
2007-10-20 01:06:00 My daughter has a bit of a maths phobia and we are working to build her confidence in that area. This rang true and made me laugh.Thanks Liz |
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