May 2010 Blog Posts (115)

Let’s REGRESS…not PROGRESS!

I live in Texas.

I’ve always been an atheist.

All my life I’ve had to put up with these bible pounding clowns who think their “Manure” does not stink.

Well it does.

I’ve seen these clown just ruin a college.

At first there were no preachers on the Board of Regents.

Then one day there was one.

Then two.

The next thing you knew all the Regents were preachers.

That lead to the demise of the college.

It lost it’s… Continue

Added by Rick on May 25, 2010 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

My first aggressive online religious debate

Downloadable Word Document 85KB. Back-and-forth arguing between JoeCienkowski and myself (kelltrill).

JoeCienkowski.doc

JoeCienkowski has been trolling the Twitter world for a while now. He is from Granite City, Illionois and his Twitter bio reads: Christian author of 'Jesus Christ is God'. I live my life for Jesus;… Continue

Added by kelltrill on May 24, 2010 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

"An Atheist and his Natural Universe" from Atheist Climber blog

from Atheist Climber blog

I have, in the past tried to put forward my thoughts on the idea that all things that happen in a universe are natural. There is no such thing as an unnatural act, because when you look at THIS world on a universal scale, it is little more than a small speck of dust… Continue

Added by Martin Pribble on May 23, 2010 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

Musical trends?

The following blog entry developed out of an online discussion elsewhere. I wondered how others felt about the subject, so I'm blogging it.

It's funny how there's a virtually infinite number of ways to combine musical notes into a song, yet only a select few styles and genres dominate popular music at any given time. Until the advent of free (or pirated) .MP3 music files, I used to think the limited variety of popular music was due to record labels and… Continue

Added by Atheist Exile on May 23, 2010 at 8:30pm — 6 Comments

God, Evil, Heaven, & Stubbing My Toe on a Circular Argument

So we've all heard or thought of the question, "Why does God Allow Evil?" Christians have wrestled with that discussion for as long as I know. The common conclusion is that God allows evil because of free will, plus it lets you know what God's love is. You can find that answer all over the internet. Aside from that being a terrible argument, I love what this does to the afterlife. I read an article… Continue

Added by Gaytor on May 23, 2010 at 6:37pm — 14 Comments

Ex-friend saying catholic god does exist.

I'm having a bit of trouble with my ex-friend.She knows I don't believe there is a god and has started talking to me about it.I couldn't really hear her properly because of her roaring at me.I could make out a couple of words which were: "The bible is proof god exists","God died on the cross" and "God did exist".I'm assuming she means Jesus was alive in the last comment.I'm also having some trouble with my very best friend.She is a christian who comes from a more religious family.She's fine…

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Added by Natasha Kenny on May 23, 2010 at 5:55pm — 8 Comments

Euthyphro's Question

“If you don’t believe in God, then what keeps you from murdering people?”

This has probably been the most persistent question I’ve gotten since deconverting to atheism. The question is, essentially, how can one be a ‘good person’ (or act morally) if there is no deity in which morality inheres. Of course, belief in God, in itself, is not what is being questioned, but whether or not that entity exists. None of the persons I have met would (as far as I know) claim that all… Continue

Added by Christopher Berman on May 23, 2010 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

Materialism

As long as I can remember, I've loved video games. Growing up, I used them to fill a void in my life that grows bigger with age - I will never regret the time I've spend playing them. Now, I'm no addict or World of Warcraft type nerd with no higher aspirations than to get a special set of virtual armor. When I have more interesting things going on I don't even play. Quite frankly I find myself baffled because it's hard to even find the motivation to play games anymore. Even so, they've played a… Continue

Added by Cynical Soldier on May 23, 2010 at 11:46am — 1 Comment

Seperation of Church and State-I do not wish to be at War.

I'm a fellow who has moderate leaning tendencies in most things. I try to find the common ground and an equitable solution.

But I look at such works by the Discovery Institute, David Barton's "Wall Builders", The Texas School Board...

and I see no common ground. I see an enemy that seeks the annihilation of any opposing thought. An enemy that wishes to do great and deliberate harm to the American people for one purpose only; the pursuit of further power and wealth at the… Continue

Added by TheTruePooka on May 23, 2010 at 11:31am — No Comments

Sunday Morning Service - 23MAY

Sunday Morning Service

23 MAY 2010

Links of Interest

5 New Scientific Studies To Interest You

Prehistoric 'footprints' Falsified by Science…

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Added by Johnny on May 23, 2010 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

Facebook and Texas...

Two things happened this morning that made me want to hop on here and type up something blasting Christianity once again…and it’s sad that this shit happens daily.

FIRST THING - I check Facebook this morning and read someone posting the lame ass ‘copy/paste” if you’re ______ is in heaven. Well, based on…

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Added by Mr. Sharky on May 22, 2010 at 10:56am — 4 Comments

http://www.thinkatheist.com/profiles/blogs/urgent-letter-to-facebook-team

Considering the founder of FB is actually also an atheist - I find it quite ridiculous that he also is allowing his management teams to bow to religious pandering.

Added by Steve Williamson on May 22, 2010 at 10:49am — 3 Comments

Right Wing Fear Mongering

When in danger, or in doubt;

run in circles, scream and shout.

Added by TheTruePooka on May 21, 2010 at 8:42pm — 2 Comments

Pro TIp: When talking about your god, don't allude to other mythologies.

Joe Jervis over at Joe. My. God. tipped me off to a small story about Exodus International president Alan Chambers making a dubious Facebook posting.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/05/exodus-family-values.html

It was about a lesbian couple who, after 22 years together, have now apparently decided to "accept Jesus"…

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Added by Jake on May 21, 2010 at 1:36am — No Comments

YouTube and I

Just a little Note.

I "The-Defeating-the-Bible-One-Chapter-at-a-Time" Guy, is now on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j0c8fyQmMo

My Introduction video

Viva Atheism

Added by Andrew Lafont on May 20, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

The Responsibility of Moderate Muslims

I'm hearing a rumble in the underbelly. On the internets there are people whom are feeling like it's time to defend Moderate Muslims. The claim is that the Draw Mohammed Day is somehow offensive to the Moderates and about hate…

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Added by Gaytor on May 20, 2010 at 12:33pm — 8 Comments

"Pitfalls in debate - the difficulties we face" from Atheist Climber Blog

from Atheist Climber blog

As a person who discusses his beliefs mostly with the like-minded, I find it difficult to speak to someone with a very different viewpoint to my own in relation to religion, science, the paranormal and the metaphysical. I generally won't stand by and let what I perceive as foolishness escape challenged, because I think misinformation is… Continue

Added by Martin Pribble on May 20, 2010 at 1:57am — No Comments

Women protest as French Cabinet gets veil ban bill

As some or many of you may know, the French Cabinet has recently introduced a Bill that has created an offence by "inciting to hide the face". This law is targeting the wearing of veils by women of the Muslim faith. A similar veil ban is in the works in neighboring Belgium.

What do you guys think? Is the wearing of a veil an affront to gender equality and undermining the nation's secular foundations by bringing religion into

the streets? I mean I hate the double standards… Continue

Added by Mecca on May 19, 2010 at 5:15pm — 9 Comments

1 VERY DEAD LITTLE BABY

Way back in the early 1900's when I worked on an ambulance as an EMT and was a newbee we delivered a Premie with very underdeveloped lungs. Kid was breathing but not to well. We hitem with some 0's and ran calling in a standby at the hosp. We get to the hospital hand off and report to the Nurse and leave. 15 minutes later we come back in to check on the Kid. The curtain is drawn. Maybe the kid bought it? I open the curtain and the baby is having agonal respirations with deep retractions and… Continue

Added by Nurse Reality on May 19, 2010 at 2:30am — 3 Comments

More Details on the Pathetic Bishop from Phoenix

On Saturday I wrote about Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, head of the Phoenix diocese, punishing a nun who tried to help save a dying woman's life by advising her to take her doctor's advice and abort her eleven-week-old fetus. The doctors and the hospital both agreed that the woman's pregnancy would probably kill her given her condition.

Olmsted evidently thought the woman should have rolled the dice and… Continue

Added by Thaddeus Dombrowski on May 19, 2010 at 2:14am — 1 Comment