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by Carl S Y ou are about to enter the court... Every section of the courtroom is filled beyond capacity with murderers, kidnappers, rapists , and thieves, both petty and those accused of grand larceny . Also, there are child molesters , wife abusers, sadistic torturers, and all of their children. The greatest judge, the wisest of all time, is about to speak. His gavel strikes and the room falls into silence. At last, the judge speaks. “Everyone here is guilty, you and I know, and punishment should fall not only upon you, but your children and their children’s children. But I, in my superior wisdom and mercy, must deliver the best sentencing.” Turning to the guards next to him, he says, “Take my son, spare him no mercy in torturing him, and see that he suffers the most agonizing death you can devise. Then bring me the news of his burial, so that those before me can go free.” Facing those before him, he announces, “If I ever see any of these faces before me again in court, accused of a ...

Artist: NOFX Album: Coaster I have no consideration Zero mutual respect For billions who suffer from rational thought neglect I don’t wanna waste a sentence I don’t want a conversation That’s gonna end in disdain, disbelief, and aggravation And I find it’s getting harder to hang out With grown adults who actually believe In Santa Clause and Noah’s Ark , and Their god is the best My distaste has turned into detest Who would read a 2000-year-old medical journal ? Techniques for blood-letting Advice on trichinosis Would you navigate the globe With a map of a flat Earth? Without DNA testing would you believe virgin birth? And I find it’s getting painful to put up With grown adults who actually believe In unicorns and creation and god always takes their side That’s when my innocent jabbing turns snide Thank god for the Grammy Thank god for the touchdown Thank god for blowing up the enemy’s sacred ground So how am I supposed to take anything you say seriously When you swap free will for...

by Mriana Repentant Mary Magdalene , First half of the 16th century. Giampetrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli) A ll my life it seems I have thought differently than most people, but then again, I am weird in other ways too. I am physically different too. No, not like dwarfism different. I maybe short, but I am not a dwarf. I am talking mirror image to other people, such as left-dominant and, oddly enough, my heart, like some other organs of my body, tilts the opposite direction of most people's. That is the difference I am referring too, but most people would not know this, until I told them. My thoughts about religion appear no different and with all this talk of late concerning "God's Love," I am left scratching my head, because I do not see love in the stories of which Christians love so dearly. If that is love, it is a wicked and demented sort of love, as well as the complete opposite of what I consider love. In fact, I would not call it love at all and do no...

by FightingAtheist Many Christians say there is no such thing as a former Christian. they claim a "True" Christian would have never left. This video shows the fallacies in this claim. Former Christians, or Ex-Christians, do exist.

Comedienne Sarah Silverman 's ambitious plan for feeding the world.

by Eris This was an open letter that I wrote to myself for relief after a rather tiresome day I had...Given the subject, it is full of anger but I will say that I felt a great sense of relief after writing it. I apologize if there is anything out of place or even confusing in here but as I stated, I was very angry. Gilbert & George, BLACK CHURCH FACE 1980 , Private collection, courtesy Sonnabend Gallery, New York I know that this has already been said by probably hundreds of black atheists on the interwebz, but I think that it’s my time to state the obvious, for old times sake: There is no Christian like a Black Christian . Truly there is not, and it’s a sight to be seen. Of course I will bring up the fact that the Church was one of the major points in the Civil Rights movements. It has already been stated that the black church was a place for gathering and meetings when no where else would accept us. This was our place to discuss the world, our place to dream... but in that sens...

A hypothetical dialog between Gordon J. Glover and the official spokesperson of the Intelligent Alien Intervention Institute on Science NEWS. They discuss the Academic Freedom legislation that recently became law in Louisiana and how it might also help various theories of Paleo-Contact to be taught alongside mainstream archeology in the public science classroom. Hint: this video is a parody mocking Intelligent Design theory and the Discovery Institute .

by James C Image by tinou bao via Flickr T he post by Mt/RedAtheist about god not healing amputees hits several items that really get one to thinking. First, let's take a look at the last half of his/her title.... Avoidance of the question. The most telling admittance of this avoidance I've found is in the testimony by Ken Daniels in his "From Missionary Bible Translator to Agnostic (2003)" as shown in his section 3.1 Crisis #5: Deism ( http://www.infidels.org/ library/modern/testimonials/ daniels.html#Section2.2 ) where he states, "We never prayed for an amputee's leg to grow back or for a woman with a hysterectomy to have a child, because we knew it was impossible. We prayed only for the possible, and those who prayed for the truly impossible and claimed it happened were disingenuous, like the televangelists." But saying it was impossible is a direct denial of God's known abilities as a creator (if you buy into creation). If yo...

by Henry Image by danny.hammontree via Flickr I don't really love arguing with Christians. I consider myself a friendly Atheist, and I don't shove my own beliefs in anyones face unless they do the same to me specifically. However, when I do, I'm usually fairly successful in getting my point across. Whether I "convert" them is not of concern to me, as long as they understand my view. Near the end of these conversations there always tends to be the last-stand argument that, even if we can't believe in God and The Jeebus, the Bible is still a good thing for human morality , and that it is a good guide on how to live a good life. I used to just let them have this last word, mostly because I did not have an effective counter argument. But I came up with one that has worked well, that I wanted to share with everyone in case they also had trouble with this. None of what the Bible offers is exclusive What it boils down to is this: morals do not have to come from rel...

"Top 80 Best Short Atheist Quotes About Atheism & Religion" by TranceDevotee (his account is suspended). --- Subscribe to Science & Reason: • http://www.youtube.com/FFreeThinker • http://www.youtube.com/FFreeThinker2 • http://www.youtube.com/BestOfAtheism • http://www.youtube.com/AtheistExperience • http://www.youtube.com/TheAtheistExpe... • http://www.youtube.com/Best0fScience • http://www.youtube.com/SagansCosmos --- "If atheism is a religion, then health is a disease!" (Clark Adams) "The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history." (Noam Chomsky) "No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means." ( George Bernard Shaw ) "When I think of all the harm the Bible has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it." ( Oscar Wilde ) "Science with religion is lame; religion without science is blind. Science without religion is useful; religion with science...

by Neal Stone O K, I get it now. You're not happy. But how is that my fault? OK, so I created Satan and his angles, and I could have easily destroyed them or thrown them in prison, but I chose to let the roam free. And sure, I created Earth right smack dab in the middle of Satan Central, but is it really my fault my creation chose to disobey me? Granted I could have stepped in like any father would and stopped it all right there or even waited till Satan and his buddies were finally rounded up (someday soon I promise), but it's always been My style to sit back and see what you do with the little information I have given. Like for instance a two year old crossing the street. Why teach him, when he can learn on his own and make the right choice? Right? Now best you behave, because when you do make the wrong choice I will show up and write it all down and hold it against you later. This whole mess isn't my fault? Really it isn't! How can it be my fault when you m...

by E Chamberlain MD, San Diego CA I think the most important reason that I left Christianity was because it didn't deliver. It especially didn't deliver love. No matter what other complaint I have against Christianity, surely even Christians-- and, hey, even Jesus-- could agree that if I'm right about this, then, yes, I have a worthy complaint. It's shocking when you realize it, when you see it -- Love, real love, is foreign to the letters of the foremost of the Apostles , Peter and John. It's just not there. Of all the books in the Bible, those letters, five in all, are a quick read and my complaint can be easily verified. But don't Peter and John write about love? Yes, and a jihadist talks about love too I'm sure. Just not love for the infidel. In registering this grievance at the customer service counter of Christianity, I'm not just blaming Christian humans for their failings. I'm blaming Christianity as a theology . As much as I gave of...

By WizenedSage F ighting the forces of faith with reason is very tiring, and sometimes seems so hopeless. Yet, recent surveys show that the percentage of Americans who call themselves non-religious is increasing. We are making progress. The following quotations have been found on various WEB sites. While they may give the impression that the level of Christian ignorance has reached the hopeless level, please remember that these quotations come from the dimmest of the dim; the truly hopeless must be only a small fraction of all practicing Christians. After all, most of the ex-Christians who regularly contribute to this site are clearly very intelligent. I offer the following quotations merely for comic relief; do not allow them to dishearten you. Oh, and need I say, “You can’t make this stuff up!”? “To say the Bible was written by men and may contain inaccuracies completely contradicts the word of the Bible.” [Talking about an eleven year old girl who was raped and then buried alive] ”g...

by Valerie Tarico “I don’t know if it’s real,” my friend Laura said, “but some conservatives have decided to edit the Bible. I sent you the link .” She started laughing, and I laughed too. Over the next few days more friends sent articles about the Conservative Bible Project . All asked the same question. Is this a spoof or is it legit? Andrew Sullivan , who linked the project subtitled his post : “Not an Onion Headline.” On the face of it, editing the Bible to remove liberal bits is ludicrous. It’s makes liberals want to gloat and jeer* and to point out all of the ridiculous ways the religious right works to rewrite history. It makes a lot of Christians cringe. Wrong reaction, from both. When conservatives squawk about the Bible having been twisted along the way by political bias, our first response should be—they’re right. My own guess is that they don’t know how right they are – or they might not have opened this particular can of spaghetti. The Conservapedia team thinks that th...

by Carl S Image by sean_hickin via Flickr I can hardly wait for Jesus to come back. With the TV cameras rolling, will he come floating down through the clouds the same way he went up? Will he walk across the Sea of Galilee , Lake Michigan , the Pacific Ocean ? Will he stop in Africa first, since so many there seem to need miracles the most, as they pray that their children not die from starvation and preventable diseases? Will he cure AIDS and malaria there? With the TV cameras recording, I would like to watch him feeding thousands from five loaves of bread and two fishes, and watch him walk through a wall, and listen to him praise his spokesmen such as Pope Benedict, Pat Robertson , Ted Haggard , et al., and then listen to him constantly chastise and damn the hypocrisy of religious spokesmen again, as written in those gospels. Maybe he will raise the dead again, making them come out of their graves and walk among us. And maybe he will cure blindness and deafness and drive devils...