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This, from Wired (I love Bad Religion): It’s an appropriate day for a man who has been straddling two worlds his entire adult life. In 1980, he and a couple of high school friends founded the punk band Bad Religion. Almost 20 albums later, the group has a worldwide following for its hard-driving and intelligent [...]
Here’s a great reader contribution to Atheist Revolution: There is historical evidence that John the Baptist existed. The Romans kept meticulous records. But there is no Jesus recorded for historical evidence. Was he a composite of other contemporary Jews? Roman and Hebrew historical records indicate that indeed there was a reformation of Judaism, and the [...]
No, not that word. Get your mind out of the gutter. West writes: Disagreement over the definition of atheist and agnostic has cluttered up various threads here, scattering confusion in its wake like a muckspreader in autumn. The cause of the confusion is that atheists and theists have different definitions of the words agnostic and [...]
I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people (Ladies’ Home Journal, October 1991)
You can see the entire collection here. No child molesters here…
There is an alternative to AA woo-woo (which has been proven to be less effective). SOS is an alternative recovery method for those alcoholics or drug addicts who are uncomfortable with the spiritual content of widely available 12-Step programs. SOS takes a reasonable, secular approach to recovery and maintains that sobriety is a separate issue [...]
Thank you, Hemant! These wonderful pieces showed up on Friendly atheist today. I had to share.
This is a cross-post by Valerie Tarico, author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth and the founder of Wisdom Commons. Many thanks to Valerie. Atheists are arrogant. Who hasn’t heard it? Arrogance is just one of their repellent qualities, of course. They are also ungenerous, cold, lonely, untrustworthy, amoral, and aggressive. You shouldn’t [...]
The UK’s version of Deal or No Deal sounds really entertaining! According to this blog, a recent episode had an Atheist-themed scenario (although I couldn’t watch it on BBC4, as well, this isn’t Britain). BECOMING A BELIEVER At random a contestant is selected – a Chosen One if you will. This Chosen One is convinced [...]