As an atheist, I end up in alot of religious debates. These can go any number of ways, usualy depending on how much alcohol has been consumed.

For the most part they are usually mild mannered musings on the nature of life, the universe and everything (sadly it isnt 42).

Other times they can be quite heated debates where I openly share my opinions on organised religion in all its forms.

One thing I do come up against on a regular basis is the concept of…

I just need to confess: I still celebrate holidays. In fact, I love them. LOVE them. I grew up in a home where holidays were not related to religion. Plus, I knew pretty early on that they were rip-offs of pagan celebrations, which meant to me they up for grabs for anyone, really. Holidays always represented the Four F's: Friends, Family, Food, and Fun. They are bright, happy, sparkle-points of my childhood, and for that reason they remain a part of my life.



So, I continue to…

I have been having some running thiestic arguments with this guy in Aus on a FB page for the last 2 days now. In some ways its been really fun and its good to sharpen the wit a bit and refine my arguments as I go along.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?v=wall&gid=361482908246

This page "Rise of Theism" got taken over by Atheists and just took these people to task. I am one of…

Welcome back Kiddies.

We are in week three.

Here we go!!!!

“Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees

in the garden?" The woman answered the serpent: "We may eat of the

fruit…

Its been a while since I have made my presence on Think Atheist so I have decided to share with you my experience in my History class today.

We started on the roaring 20's last class and had finished right before the scopes monkey trial. Well today he decided to show this interview at the beginning of class.

Let me tell you that the community college I attend is very Conservative so during the video there…

This week it came to light that the Boy Scouts of America have kept “Perversion Files”; thousands of files that outlined sexual abuse in the BSA and how they systematically covered it up. As the BSA propagated acts of prejudice against nearly a quarter of the country’s population by banning…