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Does god Make Us Moral?
The following post was submitted by Jeremy Wells, AKA the Not So Friendly Atheist, who blogs about the logical flaws in religious arguments. Many religious people tend to claim the moral high ground. There is no doubt that many religious … Continue reading
Posted in God, Morality
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Problems with Divine Morality
Greta Christina has one of her regular articles on Alternet titled One More Reason Religion Is So Messed Up: Respected Theologian Defends Genocide and Infanticide. (warning: don’t read the comments. Alternet is as bad as youtube.) She’s reacting to a … Continue reading
American Renegades
From A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell, who was recently interviewed by Reason.com. But what the Founding Fathers called corruption, depravity, venality, and vice, many of us would call freedom. During the War of Independence, deference … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, History, Morality, Quotes
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Yet Another Paedophile Priest…
On the back of Daniel’s article from last week about the homophobic pastor who tuned out to be a pederast, the UK evangelical community has obviously decided not to be out-done: “Dr Albert Odulele, who runs Glory House International, admitted … Continue reading
Posted in Fundamentalism, Hypocrisy, Morality
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Homophobes barred from fostering
Here’s an interesting nuance on the often popular freedom-of-speach discussion: “Eunice and Owen Johns, 62 and 65, of Derby, said the city council did not want them to become foster carers because of their traditional views. The couple said they … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Morality, Religion
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Better Than God?
All atheists are aware of the immorality of God’s behavior throughout the Hebrew Testament. There are a number of arguments that revolve around the conquest of Canaan or the death of the Egyptian first born. One thing that does not … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Morality
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WBC Thanks God for Shooter
Like we needed more reasons to hate Westboro Baptist Church. Now they’re thanking God for the shooter and saying God sent him. Are they insane? Or just despicable? (via)
The Incest Taboo
The incest taboo is one of those tricky moral question for people who don’t accept some sort of divine command form of morality. Consider this case from Gawker: David Epstein, 46, a political science professor at Columbia University, was arrested … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Morality
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Priest Accused of Sex Abuse; Tries to Kill Accuser
This is even crazier than usual. A priest was accused of sex abuse by a teenage boy. The priest responds by trying to pay someone to kill him (who ended up being an undercover officier): The Rev. John M. Fiala … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Hypocrisy, Morality, Sexuality
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