February 2012
2 posts
Trigger Warning: Socialist Assassin Ponies: My... →
queerhairyvag:
Welp! That’s great! Gonna rant now! AS USUAL WHAT ELSE IS NEW
Before he was 8, things were fine and dandy and he’s a happy adorable snotrag!
He isin’t treated any differently and if he is, he’s too young to notice at the time.
He’s 10. He’s talented at creating animation…
Etiquette for Xtians #atheist #atheism
I’m afraid it has become necessary to compose a simple guide for Christians wanting to undertake dialogue with atheists. This has been spurred by the social lapses I’ve encountered recently. 1. Don’t pretend you want dialogue when you want to preach instead. Dialogue does not mean you get to preach at me without responding to my objections to your claims. Dialogue does not...
January 2012
1 post
'I was doing my duty as a Muslim,' says defendant... →
#atheist #atheism - Putting people to death is okay by Allah. Two consenting adults in a loving relationship with each other apparently, cannot be permitted.
Support cruel deaths, oppose love. It’s what god wants.
December 2011
6 posts
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Why should I care about the US Constitution?
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Very occasionally I’ll be debating atheism with a Christian, and then suddenly they’ll play the US ‘Christian nation’ card. This reflects the wide belief amongst many US conservative Christians that the US was founded as a Christian nation- where the bible had an important role in forming the government. This so often is based on the assumption...
dreamkonstantine asked: By the way, there are other histories written around the same time that resemble the style of those written in the Bible, which is evidence for the fact that the histories in the Bible are just that, history.
dreamkonstantine asked: Hi! I am not a Christian, but I have studied Christianity. I come completely in peace. I just need to say that there are some aspects about reading the bible that you have overlooked. There are parts of the Bible which are supposed to be written as history (e.g. the Gospels), while some as allegory (e.g. Jesus' parables). Christians don't assume that the allegories happened, because...
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How to read the bible -
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Christians often accuse me of not ‘reading the bible’ properly. Well, aside from those that assume I haven’t read the bible. But really, it’s not too hard to use the Christian methodology to reading the bible.
1. Something in the bible is vaguely historically true (e.g. Ninveh was a real ancient city). Xtian response: now everything about the bible...
Social networking - a border-line ADHDer's dream:... →
reneehendricks:
If one more THEIST presumes I’m a teenager just trying to be cool or that I hate something that isn’t there or assumes I have a hard-on for Dawkins, I swear I’ll locate the nearest, largest KJV Bible and shove it directly up their backside.
FTR: I was a theist (aka “believer”) for about 28 years….
November 2011
7 posts
What a "scientific theory" is- via the NAS →
#evolution #science -
An accessible explanation of what a scientific theory is, and how it differs from speculation or a hunch, from the US National Academy of Sciences.
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No, Intelligent Design isn't science
#evolution #atheist #atheism
“ID [Intelligent Design] is not science and cannot be adjudged a valid, accepted scientific theory, as it has failed to publish in peer-reviewed journals, engage in research and testing, and gain acceptance in the scientific community. ID, as noted, is grounded in theology, not science.… Moreover, ID’s backers have sought to avoid the scientific scrutiny which...
Freakin Techtakular: Technologically... →
#atheist #atheism
technocraticus:
10. No one will kill you for not drinking Beer.
9. Beer doesn’t tell you how to have sex.
8. Beer has never caused a major war.
7. They don’t force Beer on minors who can’t think for themselves.
6. When you have a Beer, you don’t knock on people’s doors trying to give it away.
5. Nobody’s…
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What's rocks got to do with it?
#evolution #atheist -
In a bizarre and absurd twist, a number of creationists have jumped on the ‘life from rocks’ meme. This is an attempt to ridicule the theory of evolution. It is based on the false belief that the theory of evolution claims that life- including people- originated from rocks.
This at the outset illustrates that the principal prerequisites to being a creationist...
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Were Adam and Eve Toast →
#atheist #atheism #evolution -
Creationism runs into a large number of extinction vortexes. That is, in order to fit the creationist fable into any kind of scientific setting, you end up creating conditions that lead to the extinction of life on earth. Here Meert demonstrates that the garden of eden would have been molten rock and possibly not the earthly paradise described in the bible.
October 2011
9 posts
Actionbioscience | Accuracy of Fossils and Dating... →
#evolution - Benton’s excellent outline of the history of fossils and dating methods.
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Abiogenesis: a creationist trend on twitter
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The entertaining thing about creationists is how they parrot the latest propaganda on twitter. They think they have the latest killer argument against atheism, or evolution. In the end, it’s just the usual contemptuous combination of ignorance and logical fallacies. Still, it’s good for a laugh right.
One line that seems to be trending at the moment...
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Why creationists keep losing
#atheist #atheism #evolution
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There are many reasons why creationists have been unable to succeed (in the West). Evolution is still taught as a science; creationism in all its variants has been confirmed as a religious doctrine in a string of court-cases stretching over decades.
My recent epiphany on why biologists are winning is based on passion. Biologists are passionate about nature....
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Sigh, a house is not a universe
#atheist #atheism
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Sometimes I get this argument popping up. It’s an argument from analogy. Kind of, because we know houses were designed and built, and a house is like the universe, it must be that the universe was designed and built by a creator.
Like most arguments from analogy, it is a weak argument*. It is not an appeal to evidence. It is an appeal to all sorts of hidden assumptions...
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Natural selection 150 years on : Article : Nature →
#evolution - Pagel’s 2009 paper on natural selection, as published in Nature. Includes reference to Coyne’s paper on observed speciation events in the field.
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I don't get it
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there always seems to be some Christian out there who is convinced the reason I’m an atheist, is because I’ve never heard the good news about Jesus. It’s like they’re expecting me to go “Oh wow, never heard of the guy. This is interesting, tell me more”.
You have to realise that in Western countries, atheists by and large are familiar...
Rising atheism in America puts 'religious right on... →
#atheist #atheism - Encouraging signs that the US is trending to secularism like the rest of the West.
September 2011
17 posts
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Please don't bother trying to convert me
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After a spate of such attempts, it seems prudent to make some responses. It is largely a waste of time.
I’m a middle-aged, Ph.D. biologist. I should point out that the successful conversion rate of this demographic is zip. People get primed for belief as children and it’s almost always in the early phase of life people convert. Educated, mature, biologists...
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Depressing Facts: geez 'atheists' are annoying.. →
depressingfacts:
alanfuckingkhan:
most are just as self righteous as any religious zealot.
But we won’t kill you for disagreeing with us, that can’t be said about religious zealots.
and never have i seen a group so adamantly opposed to ”intolerance.” ironic.
Not really.
and let the records show for…
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The important thing about scientists
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Every so often, you run into Christians or Muslims who get a bit whiny. They complain that I’ll take the claims of scientists seriously, but not them (& the apologists they use). This leads to the complaint I’m not being fair. I’m prepared to accept some claims on faith but not theirs.
Well, that kind of misses the point. There’s an important...
How Religious Bullying Makes Atheists So Angry:... →
It beats me how religious people simply don’t get how oppressive and bitter they truly are.
“The reason why science and religion are actually incompatible is that, in the...”
– - #atheist #atheism - Sean Carroll (via usgroovykids)
Yep, Carroll nails it. In the end, science refuses to defer to religion, and while science does not seek to disprove (or prove) god, it will explode religious tenets as fiction as the evidence accumulates.
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married to trouble: 15 Year Old Gay Student... →
abaldwin360:
The slaying of Lawrence King has alarmed gay rights activists and led to demands that middle schools do more to educate youngsters about discrimination.
Prosecutors are scrambling to arrange another trial for a teenager who shot and killed a gay classmate after the first ended in a mistrial
What the..? This is so tragic at so many levels. What is wrong with these people?
9-11 and the rise of New Atheism - National... →
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It was a catalyst for me to be more open as an atheist
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Social networking - a border-line ADHDer's dream:... →
reneehendricks:
soleildumatin:
the four of you don’t even know the word love
no sacrifice for no one
i hope this experience is over soon enough
where i connect with decent people spiritually
instead of nothing but deceitful lying pricks,
Here’s a thought - don’t write about or engage anyone you…
Anonymous asked: Hi, good idea. No problem with atheism, neither evolution, but remains the question of where all this stuff (including me) comes from and goes to. That ignorance has obviously lead so many people & civilizations to imagine gods and creation. I can easily live my life and die without an answer, but I will always want one. I guess that's the spermatozoon path! I don't expect a complete...
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The - I was a former #atheist - ploy
#god #jesus
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Every so often, you run into a religious person who employs this line on you. They claim they were an atheist but then, they saw the light (or whatever). There’s a moment of awkwardness that follows this clumsy attempt to build a rapport.
Here’s why it doesn’t work.
First, there isn’t any commonly-held doctrines to atheism. You can’t presume your...
Anonymous asked: Is evolution random chance? Or is it just previous genes activating and therefore making the organism more complex?
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The word of god is sooo confusing
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Christians & Muslims 1000 years ago
“The sun orbits the earth because bible/quran says so. Anyone who disagrees is a heretic”
Christians & Muslims today
“Of course the earth orbits the sun. That’s what it says in the bible/quran. It’s obvious to anyone who reads these texts properly”
Yeah, I mean, why even pretend religion...
Death in dolphins: do they understand they are... →
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Interesting report showing overlap in behaviours and neurobiology in other intelligent social species to humans.
August 2011
33 posts
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I don't get why some people think it's okay to...
It doesn’t take much effort to value people with autism or aspergers. To succumb to intimidation or bullying instead is odious and cruel.
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“Creationism- the delusion that having an appendix is totally worth the risk of a...”
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From the set of quotes I use on twitter. This is always an issue for creationists- the human body has various vestigial traits and it’s hard explaining this in terms of a benevolent and intelligent creator. One of the hardest is the human appendix. This does...
“No use of the God-of-the-Gaps fallacy, however erudite, has produced one iota of...”
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From the set of quotes I use on Twitter. Sadly, many religious people seem to think the God-of-the-Gaps is some kind of ace in the hand. Many elaborate examples have been constructed (like the cosmological argument) that try to create a gap to shove god into as the answer.
It...
luvtheheaven asked: I mean... I know I will never change my minds, but it feels like they won if I just "Give up and walk away... XD Also I met this Muslim girl in a recent summer class at University of Maryland. Everyone else in the class was probably Christian or perhaps I wasn't the only nontheist but she was Muslim! I told her about my atheism. She told me she totally respected my beliefs and views but...
luvtheheaven asked: So when I (as an atheist) encounter a Christian as I have at least 3 real times so far, and they tell me "oh I respect your point of view completely, I was an atheist (or a doubter or something) for a while, but then ___ happened and I found God and now my life is so much better" - what should I say? How should I respond? I had someone tell me with confidence that a faith healer preacher...
luvtheheaven asked: You keep mentioning in some of your posts "the Maori creation myth" - could you summarize it and/or provide a link so that I can learn what that creation myth suggests?
Anonymous asked: Have you seen the fan page Religion is Ridiculous on Facebook? I've seen you quoted on there before.