The Internet: Where religions come to die

Here’s another great Thunderf00t video that manages to sum up much of how the propagation of religion occurs:

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You big meanie!

Here’s a quick article from foreignpolicy.com that has Sam Harris going all Modest Proposal-like on Karen Armstrong.
I like Ms. Armstrong.  She is extremely knowledgeable about religion and seems to represent, to me at least, what I think most people believe “True Religion” (copyright pending) stands for.
She apparently believes all of the extremists and fundamentalists of [...]

Mitch Daniels IN Gov. full of Faith, Delusion, and Ignorance.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels recently went public with his ignorance of American history and paranoia about Athesist destroying the “real world”. Click here. He wants Atheists to “think very carefully”.  I have the same advice back at you Mitch my boy!  I have thought very carelfully, and it is precisely becasue I think that I [...]

Not an Acedemic Pursuit

Yesterday’s New York Times featured an article about the popularity of football leagues for the home-schooled.  As they often do, the NYT also published a related slideshow.  The first photo from this slideshow:

Obvious sign is obvious.

I only wish this was photoshopped.

Are “new” atheists hurting other atheists’ agendas?

An article from the Nashua Telegraph is pitting atheist against atheist.  It’s painting “new” atheists as detrimental to the causes (whatever those may be) of other less vocal or moderate atheists.  Here’s my response to the article (still awaiting moderation):
The only thing new about “new” atheists is that we are tired of tolerating religious intolerance [...]

The Evolution of Religions -Jared Diamond

Pulitzer prize winning author of “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and “Collapse” speaks about the evolution of religion and the evolutionary forces that shape religions and cause some to prevail and others to wane.

Stu-stu-stumbled upon

I stumbled-upon a blog that stumbled-upon freethoughtpedia’s funny theist quotes.
Some of these were too good not to share:
From years of studying environmentalists I have come to the conclusion that they are both religion based and mentally ill. This makes for a dangerous combination. [...]
The mental illness of environmentalism manifests itself is three forms; Paranoid, Delusional [...]

Open Forum Friday: Is theocratic oppression worse than other kinds?

With more than a combined 50 comments, our two weeks worth of Open Forum Fridays have been going well. Readers and posters to this blog love to debate and discuss. Let’s continue, shall we?
The ground rules:

Anything goes, as long as you do not become verbally abusive, or start trolling. Getting off topic is one [...]

Prayers for Bobby, a Reflection

Prayers for Bobby

SPOILERS: Do not read this post if you have not yet seen the movie.
I just watched Prayers for Bobby on Lifetime.
My first thoughts are a little about housekeeping. The film is far from perfect. The props are very anachronistic. The punctuation for the television commercials made the pacing of the film far too [...]