Tag: religion
member name: Tristan Russell
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June 13, 2008 12:36 PM EDT --
Myth #9: "There are no atheists in foxholes"
This myth is akin to the idea that, when pressed with fear for their life, atheists will cry out to God. This idea is ridiculous in . . .
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June 24, 2008 05:31 PM EDT --
Earlier this month, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry vetoed a measure co-sponsored by state Rep. Sally " Gays are Worse than Terrorism " Kern. Thanks to everyone who wrote emails and letters, . . .
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July 01, 2008 07:25 PM EDT --
Our nation's birthday is once again upon us. It seems like it was only a year ago when were celebrating our independence from tyrannical dictatorships and oppressive religious ideals by blowing . . .
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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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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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January 16, 2008 07:33 PM EST --
Listen to Your Heart
An emotional reaction has no bearing on reality. What's real will be real whether you like it or not, whether you know about it or not. The whole "tree falling in the . . .
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March 11, 2008 09:48 PM EDT --
Most of you should know British comedian Pat Condell , whose awesome videos criticizing religion are among the highest ranked on YouTube.com. If you don't, I highly recommend them.
Many . . .
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April 28, 2008 09:58 PM EDT --
Ben Stein has a new film out now, and although there are plenty of sites devoted to tearing it to pieces , I wouldn't feel right if I didn't drop my coin in the pond too.
So here goes.
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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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August 11, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
Anyone else see our Commander-in-chief at the Olympics last night? Here's some wonderful quotes from our President :
"..if you're a religious person, you understand that once religion . . .
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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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