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I'm currently reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I'm reading it for two reasons: one, I love her. She's a genius and I want to be just like her one day!** Two, there's a $10,000 scholarship essay to be gained from reading it. So far, there's nothing remotely burdensome about reading this book and so I'll actually enjoy writing the essay.

Anyway, I just read this paragraph that struck a very deep chord in me (bold added for…

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Added by Cara Coleen on February 13, 2009 at 8:00pm — 6 Comments

Prometheus, Unchained

We’re all like Prometheus; chained by the gods to the rock of superstition and fear. Unfortunately, no one knows they’re slaves to the Zeitgeist of the era; of eras past. We are all descended from the same primitive roots of our humanity. Our beliefs about the world are shaped by our ancestors’ misunderstanding of it.

In our waking consciousness, we tried to understand the world based on our perception. We could not explain the phenomenon that caused thunder and so blamed it on a… Continue

Added by Cara Coleen on February 12, 2009 at 6:08pm — 2 Comments

Skeptics Unite

If anyone is interested, here's a link to skepitc.com. They have some really interesting, demystifying articles and videos. You can subscribe to the e-mail newsletter or the magazine itself. This is a great way of building your arsenol of defense against superstitious fanatics!

Added by Cara Coleen on January 23, 2009 at 10:57am — 5 Comments

My Sin

As I slip into darkness

I do not forget the chords

Which silenced the silence

And took its voice forever

As my foot leaves the path

I remember all the lessons

Which drove from my mind

My doubt of never asking

My soul is condemned but

My intentions were pure

My heart is forsaken but

All it asked for was love

All I can see is eternity

From here, all I hear

Is the song of angels

Voices laced with… Continue

Added by Cara Coleen on January 9, 2009 at 2:20am — 6 Comments

Coming to Know My Father

I never quite fit in. I think most of us felt that way at some point in our life. Because I had been raised Christian, I was convinced it was because I was “not of this world”. For one thing, that sounded very romantic. My discontent had a source and it was Heaven… where, obviously, I belonged.

I thought this must be doubly true because I didn’t fit in with my family. They were everything I wasn’t. I had always been just a little bit more serious-minded while they were outgoing and… Continue

Added by Cara Coleen on January 6, 2009 at 11:47am — 1 Comment

The Misconception of Doubt

I am a Skeptic. I give myself the label as proudly as one would if they were to call themselves a Saint or a Celebrity.

I doubt.

I will never stop doubting, either. Doubting has been given a rather bad rap over the course of history, but it is the stuff revolutions and emancipations are made of. Do I really need to elaborate on the ways in which doubt has been the savior of humans and humankind? Unfortunately, I think I do.

For starters, I think I shall rename… Continue

Added by Cara Coleen on January 3, 2009 at 10:22pm — 9 Comments

The Dawning of 2009

This will be my first blog on thinkatheist... and I'm not really sure what I want to write about, only that I want to write. I'm sitting in the office of one of my best friend's father and am thinking about the past year of my life (as it is the last day OF this year).

The year began in Pueblo, Colorado. I had moved away from Nashville the previous year (the end of May 2007) and was at the early stages of my transition from Christianity to Agnosticism/Atheism. Like Sam Harris, I… Continue

Added by Cara Coleen on December 31, 2008 at 4:59pm — 11 Comments

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