Tag: christianity
member name: Tristan Russell
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March 07, 2008 03:49 PM EST --
Professor PZ Meyers has another excellent post on his Pharyngula blog today: An atheist's creed. Notice it's " an atheist creed"...atheists as a whole have no "creed" . . .
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June 09, 2008 05:22 PM EDT --
Since its triple points week here on Gather, I figured I'd try to make the most of it. This article will begin a series of common myths and misconceptions regarding atheism . Whether you're . . .
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September 15, 2008 05:48 PM EDT --
It’s amazing to think that many people in today’s modern society hold faith up as a virtue. I am not one of those people. There is no sense in replacing reason and evidence with faith -- . . .
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March 19, 2009 06:52 PM EDT --
[This is re-posted from my March 18 blog post ]
Most people are stupid. I've probably said a thousand times by now that the education in this country is atrocious, and our critical thinking skills . . .
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February 27, 2008 10:27 PM EST --
Ms. Marilyn " Merry Sunshine " Mackenzie recently posted an article in which she wondered "what Thomas Jefferson really meant" about founding America for Christianity. I take . . .
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May 01, 2008 12:03 AM EDT --
Since I can't seem to figure out how to spotlight articles I wrote before the new Gather update, I've decided to list them here and spotlight this article. This will be a collection of all . . .
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February 26, 2008 03:32 PM EST --
Hello everyone!
Well, it looks like I'm *finally* getting better . I thought I'd share with you some of my favorites from YouTube and the blogosphere in general. We freethinkers . . .
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January 12, 2008 12:50 PM EST --
We are rationally thinking creatures. We use rational thought every day. Just take some time and ponder it. Do you stop at the stop light when it's red? Do you swim in scalding hot water? Do . . .
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February 01, 2008 03:17 PM EST --
This is my refutation to a post by Ryan McReynolds titled " God vs. Science? or did Science forget it's creator? "
I'll attempt to keep my rebuttals short, because I don't . . .
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January 21, 2009 06:06 PM EST --
Some of my recent online augmenting has prompted several trips to the book of Genesis , and subsequently sparked a few nits that I haven't picked yet. Ergo, here are three mini-rants dealing with . . .
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June 09, 2008 11:41 PM EDT --
Myth #2: Atheists are stubborn and closed-minded.
The second myth for today involves the tired old attack that we non-believers are just too stubborn to hear "the knock", as they say. . . .
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June 10, 2008 12:15 PM EDT --
Myth #3: Atheism is dangerous to society.
Today's first myth concerns the danger not believing in a god can pose to cooperative societies in general.
I think that right off the bat, atheism . . .
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June 10, 2008 08:38 PM EDT --
Myth #4: Atheism is responsible for the greatest crimes in human history.
Any nonbeliever who's ever engaged a theist has heard this myth before. Most believers have used it, or at least . . .
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July 18, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
Ever since I can remember, I've always disliked mustard. We all develop our own tastes, and those tastes change as we grow. But for years I would send back a burger if it had mustard . . .
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February 07, 2008 07:03 PM EST --
The door didn't creak when she pushed her way in from the rain-soaked street. This was unusual; she had always recalled that unique creak the old wooden door would offer up to the parishioners. . . .
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January 29, 2009 06:03 PM EST --
I suck at math. If it weren’t for this humongous calculator I’m typing on, I’d probably be S.O.L.
I remembered working on a programming problem when I realized that losing your religion (or at the . . .
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February 19, 2008 06:58 PM EST --
Ugh...the Devil is keeping me down !
Whenever I'm sick, I usually like some kind of soup. Chicken soup is always good. The meme is so popular that a series of books have even been . . .
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March 22, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
It's the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter , and I woke up wondering something...
Christians, help me out!
Two thousand years ago, what was Jesus doing ? I know the story is . . .
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October 08, 2008 07:05 PM EDT --
Due to recent conversations, I've been challenged to provide an answer to the religious-based question: "What could atheism ever provide?"
I can only answer this question for myself, . . .
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September 25, 2008 06:26 PM EDT --
In my previous "share", I prompted a quite lengthy dialog with several Gather users. This thread is a continuation of those discussions , as well as an opportunity to talk with others. . . .
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