July 2009 Blog Posts (215)

Sam Harris on Francis Collins

Up to now, I've had nothing to say about the nomination of Francis Collins to head the National Institutes of Health, mostly because, outside of his work with the Human Genome Project, I have little knowledge of his views and abilities. However, I have been keeping an eye on what skeptics and secular thinkers have to say about the man, and the reaction has been largely mixed.

On one hand, Collins' scientific background is exemplary and shows him to be a serious, dedicated man of… Continue

Added by Dave Nichols on July 27, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Meet the Baptists Part 2: 3 Things God Cannot Do

I've renounced my atheism. I know many atheists find it perplexing when a fellow atheist abandons his or her lack of faith, but it was quite simple for me. As I studied the Baptist religion during this series, I discovered that Jesus can wipe away all my sins. Furthermore, the Baptists say that only God is without sin. I asked Jesus to wipe away my sins making me without sin which propelled me into Godhood. Since I believe in me, I can no longer call myself an atheist and I thought you all… Continue

Added by Reggie on July 27, 2009 at 10:56am — 4 Comments

THEY DON'T HOLD THEM UNDER WATER LONG ENOUGH.....

Well, here in Texas we have a “plague” called “Southern Baptists. As one sage said about a hundred years ago (aptly describing Southern Baptists), “The problem with Baptists [Southern] is that when they baptize them, they don’t hold them under the water long enough…..” Sadly, the man who said that was shot in the back where the suspenders crossed by a Southern Baptist.

Well, their influence can be seen everywhere. From gambling to alcohol. You can’t serve alcohol after 2 in the… Continue

Added by Rick on July 27, 2009 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

The catholic church is pathetic

My mom has always been a catholic. My dad was an atheist and he passed away December 2003.....My mom was in such grief and the church offered her grief counceling. When she received my dads life insurance money, for some reason she felt she needed to thank the church for their "kindness". She gave them a $10,000 donation. In the process of her grief counceling she revealed that she had not let go of my dads ashes. (It had always been my idea to keep the ashes until my mom passed and let them go… Continue

Added by ANGEL TAFOYA on July 27, 2009 at 4:34am — 1 Comment

Mother Says Devil Made Her Kill Son

DALLAS — Police said they found a 3 1/2-week-old infant stabbed and decapitated in a Texas home on Sunday and his mother screaming that she killed her son after the devil told her to do it.

Otty Sanchez, 33, of San Antonio, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds to her chest and stomach, said San Antonio police spokesman Joe Rios. Investigators took a sword, a machete and a kitchen knife from the home.

Officers also found two… Continue

Added by Morgan Matthew on July 27, 2009 at 1:35am — 6 Comments

Leaked Scientology Documents Show Paranoia and Control

(via wikileaks and The Primate Diaries)

This 4-page document presents an oppressive waiver prospective Scientology cult members must sign. The document is formally titled the…

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Added by Dave Nichols on July 26, 2009 at 7:05pm — 1 Comment

Religious Discounts at Denny's and Elsewhere

According to James Randi Educational Foundation blogger Jeff Wang, a Euless, Texas Denny's offered a 10% discount and a 10% donation to the church of any customer who attended that church. When Wang asked how a non-believer might take advantage of the offer, the Denny's crew was stumped. (… Continue

Added by Dave Nichols on July 26, 2009 at 6:53pm — 1 Comment

Stephen Hawking: "Will Extraterrestrial Life Be Carbon Based?"

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Stephen Hawking: "Will Extraterrestrial Life Be Carbon Based?"

(Final of 4-Part Series)

On the 50th anniversary of NASA, Stephen Hawking, Newton's heir as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, was asked the question, “Are we alone?”

His answer was short and simple; "probably not."

Hawking outlined three possibilities. One, being that there is no life out there, and two – somewhat… Continue

Added by Newtonslight on July 26, 2009 at 12:33pm — 1 Comment

The One Good Thing Religion has done for me!

Well Lately i have been doing some volunteer work to make my mother-in-law happy. I have been unemployed for over a year now and since i moved back to my husbands home country i have been having a hard time finding work and well she thinks the most important part of work is to socialise and earn money. Since i wasn't finding work she talked to my husbands grandmother about me volunteering at the salvation army family store(second hand store). well like any one my age with a computer and all the… Continue

Added by Jessica Renee on July 26, 2009 at 7:37am — No Comments

Sunday Morning Service - 26JUL

Sunday Morning Service

26 JUL 2009

Links of Interest

Understanding atheism may break down prejudices

Teen births and STDs spiked under Bush…

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Added by Johnny on July 26, 2009 at 4:00am — 1 Comment

The Moral Pilot

Morality has been argued as an absolute or a relative endeavor. The religious would have you believe in morals that require blind obedience and others, such as myself, would argue that the moral action is dependent on circumstances. I dare to generalize this deep field of philosophy down to a blind following of rules that equate to morals versus a thinking man's gambit.

The common question from a theist to the atheist is "where do you get your morals?" Of course, the theist is handed… Continue

Added by Reggie on July 26, 2009 at 12:35am — 8 Comments

New here

I poked around a bit. This site looks interesting. Nesting a bit, adding my lil' purple background, saying hi in the chatroom, getting ready to tune into the radio show. Perhaps some of you nice people will notice I used the same personal message when trying to add you. No offense, I just couldn't think of 11 different ways to say "hi, can I crash your commune?"

Hope all is well. Hope you tune in to me too. =)

Added by Michelle Pujols on July 25, 2009 at 10:30pm — 4 Comments

A little home decorating; the coffee's on the stove; cookies are in the oven - put your feet up stranger....

As I set about making a little corner of Think Atheist my own; I've uploaded some of my favourite music to the side bar.

You are welcome to drop by have a listen, say Hello.

The door's open....

Added by Richard Healy on July 25, 2009 at 5:00pm — 6 Comments

Thunderfoot: Reflection on Ray Comfort discussion

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Added by Monika on July 25, 2009 at 3:02pm — No Comments

God is not good

Thanks To: http://www.youtube.com/user... for this video. Please subscribe to his channel. He has a bunch of great… Continue

Added by Monika on July 25, 2009 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Memes and "temes"

http://www.ted.com Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself… Continue

Added by Monika on July 25, 2009 at 1:49pm — No Comments

Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision

ScienceDaily (July 25, 2009) — The checkout and calibration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been interrupted to aim the recently refurbished observatory at a new expanding spot on the giant planet Jupiter. The spot, caused by the impact of a comet or an asteroid, is changing from day to day in the planet’s cloud tops.

For the past several days the world's largest telescopes have… Continue

Added by Rev. James Thomas Hicks, D.D. on July 25, 2009 at 12:08pm — No Comments

A Word on Comfort

We all like to be comfortable, don't we? We enjoy the luxuries of everyday life, whether it's the expensive company car or the gourmet food in your pantry. Everyone likes to be comfortable.

Yet, as it is, you can't always have the best of everything, and that stands true for most aspects of life. Sometimes, you have to ride the bus because that company car broke down, and sometimes, you have to buy generic. That's just the way it is.

Now, what do most people do when things aren't… Continue

Added by Rhiannon Smith on July 25, 2009 at 8:00am — 7 Comments

what makes you an atheist? (part 1)

what makes you an atheist?

a rather long bunch of personal thoughts of what makes an atheist, just a plain atheist, and not an evil atheist (this time)...

i always thought that "atheism" meant the…

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Added by Mike on July 25, 2009 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

Thunderfoot vs. Ray Comfort

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Added by Monika on July 25, 2009 at 12:20am — 5 Comments

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