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Religion
Richard Dawkins: Likes & Dislikes
Dislikes The term “owned”. No worries if you use it in its actual form, “pwned”. Harry Potter. Like the religious fundamentalist parents fearful of its Satanic influence on their precious offspring, Dawkins has yet to read Harry Potter. Fairy tales. Santa (but not Christmas). Improper grammar, especially when part of a “coordinated campaign”. Likes Faulty comparisons. 1960’s-style psychedelic imagery from the 1990s that…
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Activism
Help Without Heaven
As part of my ongoing Do Better Challenge, I am seeking out people who are doing volunteer work and good deeds to help out in the various secular communities. We see a lot of negativity in the world and because of that, every now and then, I like to try to focus your attention on some of the good people…
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Activism
Do Better Challenge: Ian Cromwell and Boys 4 Real
Hey friends! Last week I kicked off my official Do Better Challenge where I asked you all to rise above the negativity we are often bombarded with, and do something good for your community. I started of the challenge with some very simple instructions, just say something nice to someone. A lot of you rose to that challenge and some…
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Guest Bloggers
The Atheist Academic X: Don’t you Dare Make Me Pledge!
Crossposted from School of Doubt! Go check us out! We’re good! I promise! Every day, I cringe a little bit when I hear it. The Pledge of Allegiance. My whole class of high school freshmen stand , hand over heart, and recite it. My 6-year old proudly recalls how he says the Pledge in his first grade classroom. And no one…
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Events
EVENTS This Week—Christmas Drag Show, St. Augustine & Bertrand Russell Debate + MORE!
Hey, everybody! It’s time to switch things up and give you all a bit more notice about upcoming events, so from here on out, look for this post on Wednesdays about events for roughly the following Friday–Thursday. This is especially important this week for those of you who need to plan your outfit for the Jingle Balls: Christmas Drag Show…
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Feminism
AI: I am a Woman & an Atheist & I Don’t Care What Society Thinks About It.
Did I get your attention? Was it brash enough? Should I add some insults to the mix? Or will I still be relegated to the mediocrity of this social change and freedom from religion movement because I don’t have balls? An article that was originally published as “The Unbelievers: New Atheism and the Old Boys Club” was reposted yesterday as…
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Ricky Gervais on His Atheism
Via The Skeptic Mag
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Bertrand Russell on God
Happy new year, heathens! Stay safe tonight. “Religious people, most of them, think that it’s a virtuous act to tell lies about the deathbeds of agnostics and such.”
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