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deusx : Dear God, please confirm what I already believe - life - 30 November 2009 - New Scientist - Gee, ya think? "God may have created man in his image, but it seems we return the favour. Believers subconsciously endow God with their own beliefs on controversial issues. "Intuiting God's beliefs on important issues may not produce an in
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deusx : Smut for Smut | Atheist Agenda - "During the the hours of 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. the Atheist Agenda, a student organization of The University of Texas at San Antonio, had a table on campus with the purpose of exchanging religious scripture for pornography."
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deusx : pull the plug on atheism - "Free articles and resources by best-selling author and TV co-host Ray Comfort that will help you to pull the plug on the rising tide of atheism."
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philgyford : Big Tent Atheism - Boing Boing - I often wonder what a really populist atheism would look like. Could it exist? If so, would it look like anything?
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deusx : President Obama: Living Proof that Family Values Without Religion Build Character | Friendly Atheist by Hemant Mehta - "We hear so much these days about how traditional religious family values are necessary for raising moral children who can grow into accomplished adults,” said American Humanist Association Executive Director Roy Speckhardt, father of two. “But w
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Rod Begbie : Atheist adverts reported to industry watchdog - As ever, Stephen Green of "Christian Voice" teeters perilously on the brink of self-parody, arguing that the Atheist Bus Campaign banners breach advertising regulations on grounds of… evidence. #
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Rod Begbie : Campaign: Atheist Bus - In response to offensively fire-and-brimstoney religious groups' ads on the sides of London buses, a comedian started a campaign to run ads saying "There's probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." After 24 hours, they've exceeded their de [via] #
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18 month ago
deusx : Sam Harris on Sarah Palin and Elitism | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com - "Ask yourself: how has "elitism" become a bad word in American politics? There is simply no other walk of life in which extraordinary talent and rigorous training are denigrated. We want elite pilots to fly our planes, elite troops to under
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18 month ago
Linkorama : Sam Harris on Sarah Palin and Elitism | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com - A noted provocateur rips Sarah Palin
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20 month ago
deusx : Cynical-C Blog - » Atheist Finds Nothing in His Toast - "I wasn’t that hungry tonight so I just thought I would make some toast when all of a sudden it popped up and I was staring at the face of NOBODY in the toast! NON-HOLY WHITE BREAD! What are the chances of an atheist getting a piece of toast that l
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20 month ago
deusx : Pharyngula: The Great Desecration - "By the way, I didn't want to single out just the cracker, so I nailed it to a few ripped-out pages from the Qur'an and The God Delusion. They are just paper. Nothing must be held sacred. Question everything. God is not great, Jesus is not
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21 month ago
deusx : Why are geeks often atheist? | Shuzak.com - "It might make sense to think that many such geeks simply find something as simple as a creator an overly simplistic explanation for something so elegant."
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23 month ago
deusx : Einstein writes of 'childish superstition' - "The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) ch
Andy Baio : New Einstein letter elaborates on his views of religion - he rejects it as "childish superstition," but also disliked the hubris of atheism [via]
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deusx : Atheist sees image of big bang in piece of toast - "however the direction and splatter patterns of the crumbs as well as the changing shades emanating outwards from this black hole were very clearly similar to the chaotic-dynamic non-linear patterns that one would expect following the big bang"
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27 month ago
deusx : No ghosts: A Blunt Atheist FAQ - "There are already plenty of good FAQ’s about atheism out there, but I don’t think one more could do any damage"
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27 month ago
deusx : New Jersey Court Case: The Adoption Of E - "IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF "E", A CHILD, BY JOHN P. BURKE AND CYNTHIA D. BURKE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS "
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27 month ago
deusx : Can Atheists Be Parents? - TIME - "If they fail in their appeal, Eleanor Katherine may have to leave the only family she has ever known and await adoption by another couple whose religious convictions satisfy the State of New Jersey."
Eric Meyer : Can Atheists Be Parents? - That this is even an issue, anywhere, instills in me a profound sense of despair. (Note: the answer to the question is YES.)
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27 month ago
plasticbag : The Archbishop of Wales has gone off on one about 'Atheistic fundamentalism' in which apparent lunatics declare religion to be 'superstitious nonsense' - Fascinated by how he could describe the following of a logical argument and a willingness to be proven incorrect a form of 'fundamentalism'. I suspect he's chosen his examples pretty carefully to illustrate a point too.
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28 month ago
philgyford : Wired 14.11: The Church of the Non-Believers - Dawkins, Dennett, Sam Harris. (via The Same River Twice)
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29 month ago
deusx : Greta Christina's Blog: Atheists and Anger - "This has been a hard piece to write, and it may be a hard one to read. I'm not going to be as polite and good-tempered as I usually am in this blog; this piece is about anger, and for once I'm going to fucking well let myself be angry."
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30 month ago
Ethan Marcotte : Richard Dawkins lays the cranial smack down. - ∞
deusx : Richard Dawkins responds to Jerry Falwell's students • videosift.com
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35 month ago
deusx : Those fanatical atheists - RichardDawkins.net - The Official Richard Dawkins Website - "Private, quiet faith is one thing. But when the guy holding the launch codes believes the end of the world could come any day and that's a good thing, those who believe lives are limited to one per customer have a problem."
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35 month ago
deusx : Daily Kos: Dinesh D'Souza, Atheism, Virginia Tech [Second Update] - "I am an atheist and a professor at Virginia Tech. Dinesh D’Souza says that I don’t exist, that I have nothing to say, that I am nowhere to be found."
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35 month ago
deusx : Boing Boing: People committing eternal sin on YouTube - "If you’re going to blaspheme, do it properly! This “I deny the Holy Spirit” stuff is for pansies."
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36 month ago
deusx : Pharyngula: Dinesh D'Souza is a contemptible ghoul - "Dinesh D'Souza has a truly awful opinion piece up in which he basically accuses atheists of being hateful robots."
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