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The Christian Atheist He was about 30 when, walking along the shore, he listened to the liquid thunder of sea and surf. Solomon’s words in Ecclesiastes 1:2 described his mood—Nothing makes sense! Everything is nonsense. I have seen it all—nothi...

WOLF BLITZER ASKED A TORNADO SURVIVOR IF SHE THANKED GOD FOR HER SURVIVAL THE WOMAN IS AN ATHEIST WOLF BLITZER IS A REPORTER AND ANCHOR NO ONE GIVES A FLYING FUCK WHAT BLITZER THINKS ABOUT GOD OR IF THERE IS ONE JUST REPORT THE NEWS FUCK FACE –...

WOLF BLITZER ASKED A TORNADO SURVIVOR IF SHE THANKED GOD FOR HER SURVIVAL THE WOMAN IS AN ATHEIST WOLF BLITZER IS A REPORTER AND ANCHOR NO ONE GIVES A FLYING FUCK WHAT BLITZER THINKS ABOUT GOD OR IF THERE IS ONE JUST REPORT THE NEWS FUCK FACE –...

by AC Grayling   The current quarrel between religious and non-religious outlooks is another chapter in a story whose previous main incidents are to be found in the mid-nineteenth century and the early seventeenth century, in connection respecti...

  In a survey that was conducted by David Bourget and David Chalmers in 2009 (full report out only this year) on what analytic philosophers really believe, it seemed that an overwhelming majority did not accept the existence of god as true. The...

    A Hardware Zone Forum member highlighted a so-called racist and anti-muslim Facebook post by a Filipino lady:     (source)   Let’s amplify the alleged anti-muslim comment:   “FT’s could help reduce...

   (source)   Ray Comfort is a New Zealand-born U.S. evangelical christian minister who writes books like The Evidence Bible, School of Biblical Evangelism, How to Know God Exists: Scientific Proof of God and World Religions in a Nutshell,...

  Francis Spufford is an English writer who happens to be christian. The following essay is his attempt at defending his version of a wishy washy and wimp-ish kind of religious faith. While I disagree with him, I very much enjoy his prose. ...

“Can’t we go to the other temple Mumma, it’s a lot cleaner”, I said, grimacing as I maneuvered myself away from a soup of poo. Huge grimy dogs were loitering around, following visitors who carried anything that remotely looked like food in th...

by Irene Nayebare   His loving grandparents – who were proud to spent most of their lives within the walls of Kibeho Parish – were burned alive while they knelt in front of the altar hailing the Virgin Mary, but this time for their survival.

by Philip Pullman   I start from the position that theocracy is one of the least desirable of all forms of political organisation, and that democracy is a good deal better. But the real division is not between those states that are secular, an...

  (Please be aware that this Podcast Contains strong language)   In episode 137 of Janey Godley's podcast the mother and daughter comedy duo let rip about religion, the bedroom tax and police who deny women the right to press rape charges.

  Christians say they have a “relationship” with Jesus…     (source)     Filed under: atheism, humour Tagged: a personal relationship with Jesus, a personal relationship with reality, atheism, Benjamin Chew,...

    (source)   Filed under: atheism, humanism, humour Tagged: a dog without a leash, a person without god, atheism, Benjamin Chew, Benjamin Chew blog, humanism, Humour, Sparrows and Sandcastles, Sparrows and Sandcastles blog, Sparrows...

by Susan K. Perry     It may seem paradoxical, but what more rational way for a Bright to say good-bye to the old year and welcome a new one than to consider the end of everything?   That’s why I’ve compiled some approaches toward...

by Esther Addley   “I feel sorry for the church next door, waiting for their three people to trickle in,” says Nick Julius, glancing at the small adjacent hall that will shortly be hosting its own gathering.   There are still 40...

  “We are all aware that this has happened in our own country. When a spiritual leader falls into sin, even though he is not from our congregation, we know the disillusionment it causes within the body of Christ,  but worse, we also hear...

Continuing to blog through this book: Walking Away from Faith (Unraveling the Mystery of Belief and Unbelief) by Ruth Tucker. InterVarsity Press, 2002.   * part 1,  part 2,  part 3,  part 4, part 5, part 6 I hope to finish … Continue readi...

Continuing to blog through this book: Walking Away from Faith (Unraveling the Mystery of Belief and Unbelief) by Ruth Tucker. InterVarsity Press, 2002.   * part 1,  part 2,  part 3,  part 4. More thoughts on the middle section of the … Con...

by NPR staff   One-fifth of Americans are religiously unaffiliated — higher than at any time in recent U.S. history — and those younger than 30 especially seem to be drifting from organized religion. A third of young Americans say they don&#...