Per reader suggestion (Thanks Bjorn!), here’s an open thread to serve as a follow-up for the Questions for Atheists and Questions for Christians discussions. What do you admire about Christians? If you’d like to respond to what you admire about atheists, go to this thread. [tags]atheist, atheism, Christian, Christianity[/tags] Read more
Blog reader Cameron offers these (non-religious) Ten Commandments that we all can follow. When faced with any viewpoint or choice, consider and weigh the merits of each opposing angle with your own. Do not make conclusions when ignorance is involved. Judge individuals by individual actions only and recognize when change alters their stature. Make everything you do and say a showcase of your capability. Do not waste. Keep the use of resources and words at the necessity to succeed. Do… Read more
A couple months ago, the campus atheist group at my alma mater (Rationalists and Freethinkers — RAFT) began a website urging openly non-religious people to publicly “come out of the closet.” The site was called ResistDogma. If you filled out the brief form, your full name and location would appear on the master list. Really a great idea. One of this site’s readers, Kaleena, did just this. Then she forgot about it. Until her mom recently Googled her name… In… Read more
From Blame It On the Voices, who needs mace when you have these items to protect yourself? I love how the priest looks the same in every picture. And shouldn’t running away be the first step? You don’t even have to wait for the priest to do anything. Just run away. Period. (via Goosing the Antithesis) [tags]atheist, atheism, Catholic, priest, scandal[/tags] Read more
A wonderful cover story appears in the recent Philadelphia Weekly about local atheists: We will meet a large-breasted exotic dancer and atheist intellectual who loves watching the Christians she debates try to maintain eye contact. And a little girl who, while the adults upstairs are holding a seance, bangs on the basement ceiling with a broom and flashes the lights on and off by removing and replacing the fuses. We’ll meet right-wing libertarians and left-wing liberals, woolly agnostics and hardcore… Read more
Oh the fun you could have with this… Tell me more! In the beginning…there was bread. Ho hum. Make that boring bread an inspiration by embossing it before you toast! Our easy-to-use HOLY TOAST stamper always makes a good impression. Press the stamper into an ordinary slice of bread, toast it, and behold a miracle! Only $3.49. Plus whatever the blasphemy tax happens to be in your area. (via Secular Student Alliance’s eMpirical) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
The Chicago Sun-Times newspaper now has its own religion blog, written by reporter Susan Hogan/Albach. You can subscribe to its feed with this link. I love the title 🙂 I also appreciate the acknowledgment of non-religious people in the subtitle: “Covering religious belief, non-belief and all things spiritual.” Obviously the word “non-belief” is in regards to religion, but does anyone flinch at the use of that word because it might imply that we believe in nothing at all (which is… Read more
I’m posting this on behalf of Jeff, one of our frequent commentors: “Are you going to church (and writing checks) even though you are an atheist? Are you happily involved in a mixed relationship where one partner is an atheist and the other a theist? Tell us your story of how you reconcile sometimes irreconcilable belief systems. What positive things do you do to make it work? What rationalizations and compromises are necessary? What rationalizations and compromises by your significant… Read more
I made my own list to answer that question earlier this year. Dale McGowan, author of Parenting Beyond Belief, has his own thoughts on the issue. Only a few of our ideas overlap, so go check out his list. Did we leave anything off the lists altogether? [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Borders bookstores have begun giving out Christmas cards this holiday season along with your purchase of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. The card reads: “O come all ye faithless.” Cute. Kind of funny. Not really a collector’s item, but a nice little added bonus. The Rev. Jonathan Edwards, general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. said the idea was “crass.” Of course he did. “I am quite sure that Borders intended their Christmas card as a joke. However,… Read more
