According to an eHarmony Advice article, surveys show 95% of people think infidelity is wrong; but 22%–25% of men and 11%–15% of women admit to having extramarital sex.



The article says there is no "ONE reason" that people cheat, and that there are many types of people that cheat; BUT that all cheaters "fall into the following"… Continue

In 2008 the reported number of claims against catholic priests for sexual abuse rose 16%, in the US. Found by a study commissioned by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. The report found 803 new allegations in 2008, compared with 692 in 2007. For 2008 $436m was paid out for abuse cases in the US only; most of that amount was victim compensation.



There are around 75 million catholics… Continue

Sunday Morning Service

29 MAR 2009



Links of Interest



Holy books are not the source of morality — we are. - Atheists and their morals seem to be a topic that rotates in and out of the spot light constantly. Dan Florien over at Unreasonable Faith has a nice article refuting a… Continue

Sunday Morning Service

22 MAR 2009



Links of Interest



The Reagan Doctrine - an article written by Isaac Asimov and published in 1981. An interesting read in which Asimov responds to comments by Ronald Reagan regarding the Soviets. One of Reagan's more inflammatory statements being "No one who disbelieves in God and in an… Continue

More of these idiots trying to push their religious views into government law.



From a Seattle Times article.



Religious leaders want constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A group of Minnesota religious leaders say they're supporting another push at…

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Jon O'Brien, the President of Catholics for Choice, has written a response to Pope Benedict's statement on condom use, posted on OpposingViews.com.

As the pope traveled to Africa, he chose this moment to make what appears to be his…

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St. Patrick is considered as the Patron Saint of Ireland. There are many, though, in Ireland that hold him in disdain. These people will never celebrate his legacy or life. It has been stated that St. Patrick rid Ireland of all of its snakes. Scientists have found that Ireland had not had snakes since icebergs surrounded the island. What could then be meant by the old legend?

Before Christianity began to spread into Ireland, the Druids were the leading…

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I get a kick out of goofy questionnaires like these:

Which Enemy of the Christian Church Are You?…

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Sunday Morning Service

15 MAR 2009



Links of Interest



'Rise of the Godless' from the March issue of the National Journal - "In the past, politicians in Washington and elsewhere could largely ignore the Godless. But those days are over. With their numbers growing, nonbelievers are intent… Continue

The Atheist's Prayer



Our brains, which art in our heads,

treasured be thy name. Thy reasoning

come. Thy best you can do be done

on earth as it is. Give us this day new

insight to help us resolve conflicts and

ease pain. And lead us not

into supernatural explanations;

deliver us from denial of logic.

For thine is the kingdom of reason,

and even though thy powers are limited,

and you're not always… Continue

More and more we see religious groups trying to push their agenda into laws, politics, and the government. Too many in the general religious populous think God has been kicked out of government, and they want him back in there. But what happens when the roles are reversed, and government proposes to push its policy into religion?



The church cries 'foul' and sputters quotes about 'the separation of church and state' and then holds a rally to gather support to stop the… Continue

Once I read this article posted by Dan Florien over at Unreasonable Faith, I couldn't resist re-posting here. An excerpt from "The Truth About the Holy Bible" by Robert Ingersoll.

He…

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An article posted today on USA Today cites the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) that will be released today. The statistic we're most interested in, 8% of Americans surveyed claimed no religion in 1990; 18 years later the response is up at 15%.



Now only Catholics and Baptists are higher percentage-wise; and Baptists just barely at 15.8%. Even the 'generic Christian' group only ranked 14.2%.



It appears that the ARIS has taken the largest sampling… Continue

Its all over the news this morning (in case you hadn't heard); Obama will be overturning Bush's ban on government funded stem cell research.



On the news this morning (from what I saw) the news anchors kept mentioning the moral decision. Then they get a few people being interviewed, some yammering about Obama's morals, some about the country's morals, and I even saw one… Continue

Looks like the Mormon church is on the warpath again, this time its off to Illinois. The Civil Union Bill (HB 2234) was scheduled to go before a comity this morning (Thursday 05MAR09 in Springfield). The Mormon church sent out this email in opposition:

From: Kristy Combs <kristyc@mchsi.com>

Date: March 3, 2009 12:27:59…

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Before I post this link, I just want to reiterate that Think Atheist is the site I hit first every morning, camp way too much throughout the day, and typically check last before going to bed. Morgan has created something truly unique here, and it cannot be matched. (Ok, done kissing ass now) I'm sure most of you, like me, have a few other atheist bookmarks you like to check though (or a list of RSS feeds).



I just stumbled upon this… Continue