Monthly Archives: December 2009

Dawkins on Christmas Carols

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Keillor Asks Nonbelievers to “Leave Xmas Alone”

Garrison Keillor wrote “Nonbelievers, please leave Christmas alone” and it’s created some controversy. Keillor says: If you don’t believe Jesus was God, OK, go write your own damn “Silent Night” and leave ours alone. This is spiritual piracy and cultural elitism, and … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Christianity, Current Events | 51 Comments

Sumerians Watch As God Creates World

Sumerians Look On In Confusion As Christian God Creates World: Members of the earth’s earliest known civilization, the Sumerians, looked on in shock and confusion some 6,000 years ago as God, the Lord Almighty, created Heaven and Earth. According to … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Creationism / ID, Fundamentalism, Humor | 16 Comments

Mr. Deity and the Wrong Number

Mr. Deity punks Pat Robertson: With a prepared pseudo-apology at the end.

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“God” Tales Of Mere Existence

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James Randi On Climate Change

James Randi now sympathizes with climate change deniers: I strongly suspect that The Petition Project may be valid. I base this on my admittedly rudimentary knowledge of the facts about planet Earth. This ball of hot rock and salt water … Continue reading

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America’s Religious Cafeteria

by VorJack A new Pew Research Poll has found that significant minorities of American religious believers mix their primary religion with elements of other faiths. For example: 24% of respondents say that they occasionally attend services in a faith different … Continue reading

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Christopher Hitchens on Christmas

Christopher Hitchens talks about the history of Christmas: I never cease to be amazed by how little the Bible-believing Protestants, who constitute most of the soldiery in the Christmas wars, know about their own tradition. Under the rule of the … Continue reading

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Atheist Politician Threatened With Lawsuit

Ashville, NC City Councilman Cecil Bothwell is an atheist. That bothers some other people, like bigot H.K. Edgerton: “My father was a Baptist minister. I’m a Christian man. I have problems with people who don’t believe in God,” said Edgerton, … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Persecution, Politics | 60 Comments

We May Have Come Into Existence Five Minutes Ago

We may all have come into existence five minutes ago, provided with ready-made memories, with holes in our socks and hair that needed cutting. —Bertrand Russell, as quoted in Richard Dawkins’ The Greatest Show On Earth

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