The Best Christian Ever

May 24, 2011 By 7 Comments

This video, from ABC’s show What Would You Do?, features an incredible gesture of altruistic human love which made me quite teary to watch. And it’s by someone inspired by Jesus. If only this was the sum of what following Jesus meant to people: Your Thoughts?

Filed Under: Christianity, Christianity, Jesus, Jesus, Psychology, Psychology, Social Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology, Sociology, Videos Tagged With: 7 Comments

On the Rapture

May 20, 2011 By 3 Comments

The rapture isn’t going to happen on 21 May 2011. And that implies an ordered series of disconfirmations: (1) Harold Camping is wrong about the Bible; (2) his way of reading the Bible (that is, Biblical numerology) does not reveal anything trans-scientific about the future; (3) evangelical ways of reading the Bible reveal nothing trans-scientific [...]

Filed Under: Atheism, Culture, Faith, Featured, Fundamentalism, Philosophy of Science, Probability, Pseudoscience, Rationalism, Religion and Science, Skepticism 3 Comments

Questioning Forgiveness

May 17, 2011 By 2 Comments

James K. McNulty discusses the downside to forgiveness: Despite a burgeoning literature that documents numerous positive implications of forgiveness, scholars know very little about the potential negative implications of forgiveness. In particular, the tendency to express forgiveness may lead offenders to feel free to offend again by removing unwanted consequences for their behavior (e.g., anger, [...]

Filed Under: Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics, Psychology, Psychology 2 Comments

Norwegian Imam Argues For Beheading Students Who Don’t Fast For Ramadan

May 17, 2011 By 2 Comments

Your Thoughts?

Filed Under: Islam, Islam, News, Religious Extremism, Religious Extremism, Separation of Church and State, Separation of Church and State, Theocrats, Theocrats, World Affairs, World Affairs 2 Comments

Newt’s Dog Whistles

May 17, 2011 By 7 Comments

Ed Schultz summarizes: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Your Thoughts?

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Debate On The Existence Of An Afterlife

May 4, 2011 By 3 Comments

The other day, I posted a fantastic, must-see (and must-spread) rebuke from Christopher Hitchens to those who harass and bully dying atheists in hospitals in hopes of converting them. I have had a couple requests for the full video from which the clip comes, so by popular demand, I offer it here (sight unseen) for [...]

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Bill Maher’s Challenge To Those Expecting Jesus To Return May 21

May 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Atheist Videos, Atheist Videos, Bill Maher, Bill Maher, Christianity, Christianity, Religulous, Religulous, Skepticism, Skepticism Leave a Comment

Johnson & Johnson Comes Out As Pro-Superstition?

May 4, 2011 By 12 Comments

In a bafflingly stupid and irritating new ad, Johnson & Johnson make the case that part of the special “human” touch that nurses add to the care of patients is their willingness to employ superstitious techniques to help them: Yes, superstitiousness is very human, but that’s to our embarrassment, it’s not a sign of our [...]

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Existentialist Star Wars

May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Hitchens On The Inappropriateness Of Asking Dying Atheists If They’ve Changed Their Mind

May 2, 2011 By 3 Comments

Glorious righteous indignation from a master of righteous indignation: Your Thoughts?

Filed Under: Atheism, Atheism, Atheist Videos, Atheist Videos, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Hitchens, Featured, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism 3 Comments