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This group is dedicated to the Think Atheist group that meets in Baltimore, MD once a month. Here we will be able to stay in touch, give updates, plan, and throw out ideas between meetings.See More
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The Pillaging of Our Bodies
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cara Coleen Apr 3, 2012. 60 Replies 3 Likes
To Tell or Not to Tell?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Teri G Dec 26, 2011. 32 Replies 1 Like
You can now turn on Email Digests on Think Atheist!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Morgan Matthew Aug 9, 2011. 2 Replies 4 Likes
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"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." ~Carl Sagan
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Simon Paynton commented on Cara Coleen's blog post 'How to be a Skeptical News Consumer'"I've learned to treat Wikipedia as a useful starting point, a good way into a subject rather than the be-all and end-all. "
SandBeach commented on Cara Coleen's blog post 'How to be a Skeptical News Consumer'"Thanks for the reminder."
Sagacious Hawk commented on Cara Coleen's blog post 'How to be a Skeptical News Consumer'"This is good!"
Cara Coleen posted a blog postHow to be a Skeptical News Consumer
By Donna L. HalperSkeptic MagazineEven the most skeptical among us have had this happen: A friend or relative forwards an e-mail from an organization with a safe-sounding name (“The Clean Air Initiative,” “The Center for Consumer Freedom”), but the e-mail is filled with scary assertions, usually of a political nature. If the Obama-care health bill is passed, Grandma will face a “death panel” that will decide if she lives or dies; if Barack…See More
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- "Knowing can be a curse on a person’s life. I’d traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn’t know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can’t ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now."
~Sue Monk Kidd
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- Why are you here?
- I'm here to help people learn HOW to think... because I believe that rational thought, inevitably and eventually, leads to non religion and atheism. Even if it doesn't, I still think people's freedom and happiness depends on their ability to understand the world around them. Nothing would make me happier than to see people using their miraculous brain at its full capacity.
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- Christian
- Why you left your religion.
- Because it's absolutely ridiculous and self-contradicting, to put it mildly.
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How to be a Skeptical News Consumer
Posted on June 12, 2013 at 1:56pm 4 Comments 4 Likes
By Donna L. Halper
Skeptic Magazine
Even the most skeptical among us have had this happen: A friend or relative forwards an e-mail from an organization with a safe-sounding name (“The Clean Air Initiative,” “The Center for Consumer Freedom”), but the e-mail is filled with scary assertions, usually of a political nature. If the Obama-care health bill is passed, Grandma will face a “death panel” that will decide if she lives or…
Continue Noam Chomsky: The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with Libertarians
Posted on May 29, 2013 at 11:00pm 35 Comments 2 Likes
Disclaimer: This is an article posted on AlterNet which I could tell had a lot of important things within it, but the message was held hostage in the worst formatting of a (presumably) recorded interview ever. I only took the time to format it myself because I really wanted to untangle what Chomsky had to say, and break the word-wall down into digestible paragraphs. I also made some edits for the sake of clarification, so it's not all completely original. I tried to contain my edits within…
Continue The Illusion of Freedom
Posted on April 20, 2013 at 12:00am 50 Comments 1 Like
Those who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
I don't really know much about Benjamin Franklin, but apparently this quote is out of context; it was one statement in a letter to a colleague…
God Freaks Self Out By Lying Awake Contemplating Own Immortality
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 1:15pm 7 Comments 6 Likes
Brought to you by The Onion (a satirical "news" organization)
THE HEAVENS—Sources close to God reported Thursday that the Creator of the Universe and Author of Our Eternal Salvation suffered a crippling bout of existential dread this week, lying awake all night as He pondered His own immortality.
Anxiously drumming His fingers, the all-powerful being was…
Continue Words
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:09pm 37 Comments 5 Likes
I've become increasingly frustrated with people's insistence that words can mean whatever they want them to mean, and whatever is convenient for them to mean. Words are meant for one thing: communication. Once everyone personalizes words and definitions, we lose that ability. If "to you" a chair is what the rest of us consider a table, you're going to lose us when you start telling about setting the chair for dinner.
Even more frustrating is when people, or Bibles, make absolute…
ContinueCara Coleen's Videos
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The Mountain
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Comment Wall (135 comments)
- At 5:27am on March 3, 2013,
Cyn X said… thanx Cara!
- At 9:24pm on February 26, 2013,
Bridget Gaudette said… Thanks for the invite Cara!
- At 12:45pm on August 10, 2012,
Shabaka Tecumseh said… i posted it twice on the discussion board because I was instructed not to on the blog. Neither was posted to discussions. I hope they don't look at it as being too close to home but instead a subject that needs breaching. I know I'm not that literate on the computer, but the methods I used in the past worked for postings.
- At 11:32am on August 10, 2012, Shabaka Tecumseh said…
Coleen, of all the people that I've encountered on Think Atheist, you and one other person seem like reasonable and sensible human beings. I submitted this article on the discussion board and so far was meant with silence. I think this subject needs to be addressed just like male chauvinism within the atheist community. Again, I find it hard to believe that the supposed best and brightest of our culture can't engage in a topic that will benefit us all. It just goes to show that racism trumps intelligence. And you can tell them all an extensive vocabulary and reliance on a racist education does not bode well with enlightenment. And ALL atheist seem to claim to be such.
http://www.atheistrev.com/2007/11/atheism-and-white-power.html
- At 8:13pm on July 21, 2012,
Seán Ó Briain said… Besties! ;)
- At 7:49pm on April 19, 2012,
Derek Sexton Horani said… Yeah, not so much musicians, but people who make video's. Like DarkMatter2525 (Dark Antics) and others... Maybe I'll make atheist music video's? I'd love to take a shot at some of your poetry and add it to music. Let me know!
- At 7:32pm on April 19, 2012, Derek Sexton Horani said…
Yay, maybe I'll give it a try. Just have to brainstorm on a topic. I'd love to do music Atheism style, I'm just not comfortable with lyrics yet. I do make video's with music - check out this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcyh8y5yjRU - I did it for my friend who's on American Idol. Now I just have to figure out a "voice" so to speak within the Atheist community. Not so easy, there are plenty doing great stuff on youtube. Help me brainstorm?
- At 9:11pm on March 26, 2012,
Ron V said… Thanks for your commentary - I enjoy reading your posts
- At 10:01am on March 15, 2012,
Robyn said… I truly miss you...(sigh)
- At 12:36pm on March 6, 2012,
Giovanni Ceron said… sorry. Im too far. :( I'd love to go though.
Thank you.
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