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How Do I Witness to My Atheist Friend?
From alt.atheism on Usenet, many many years ago: ... read full post
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2day
Atheism: BANNED, because...
I was a regular panelist at a regional New England science fiction convention for decades. Part of my participation was suggesting panel topics every year. One topic I suggested was atheism, specifically conversations between theists and atheists. ... read full post
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2mon
Happy Blasphemy Day!
https://cfe.centerforinquiry.org/international-blasphemy-rights-day/Be safe, but be blasphemous as well, my fellow free-thinking heathens!
Keep passing the time in a meaningful way until you become worm food, my fellow creatures of star-stuff!
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4mon
Message from God
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5mon
Jesus Christ, not a US citizen, let's remove him from the United States :)
Just a thought I had today that helped me deal with all the bad news I read this morning. Hope you get a laugh out of this.
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8mon
Russell Brand's rape charges expose the devil's bargain between MAGA and "Christian" celebrities
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/05/russell-brands-rape-charges-expose-the-devils-bargain-between-maga-and-christian-celebrities/Religion professor Bradley Onishi, host of the "Spirit and Power" podcast, pointed out to Salon that there is "a long history of the evangelical subculture and the conservative Christian subcultures wanting to find mainstream legitimacy" by grabbing onto any celebrities they can claim are one of them. In the 90s and early 2000s, Onishi noted, evangelicals hyped everyone from U2 and Creed to Jessica Simpson and Katy Perry as "crossover Christian figures" who could sell the larger world on the idea that Christianity is hip and cool. ... read full post
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9mon
The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Give Religious Groups Another Win
https://newrepublic.com/article/193402/wisconsin-catholic-charities-supreme-court-tax-exemptions-religious-groupsChristian nationalism marches us closer to theocracy.
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10mon
How do you deal with living in a religious world?
I've been an atheist for 20+ years now (ex-catholic). Early in my atheism, followed the typical new-atheism route; reading Dawkins, watching tons of debates and interviews, participating in forums, joining atheist and rationalist groups. I went through an angry atheist phase, and then into a compassionate rationalist phase, seeking to understand religions and religious people, and to guide those who might be on the fence. ... read full post
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11mon
Why the Christian Right Demonizes Discourse
https://newrepublic.com/article/190049/evangelical-roots-censorship-critical-thinkingCommon in evangelical theology is the concept of spiritual warfare: the idea that Satan and/or other demons are ever-present entities seeking to corrupt and destroy humans—especially the faithful. To resist succumbing to these forces requires constant vigilance and protection through prayer and strict adherence to the evangelical interpretation of biblical teachings. In this worldview, demonic possession or influence mirrors the evangelical concept of ideological corruption; both presume human weakness and vulnerability to external forces that can only be resisted through complete avoidance and submission to religious authority. Just as corrupting forces can enter through seemingly innocuous sources, such as reading, music, or even yoga, dangerous ideas can infiltrate through educational, political, and cultural discourse. ... read full post
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12mon
2024 is the year MAGA broke heterosexuality
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/27/tradwives-incels-and-cat-ladies-the-year-maga-broke-heterosexuality/Social media right now is an ocean of would-be propaganda for traditional heterosexual marriage. There are "tradwives," who cosplay submissive housewives on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. They overlap with "family vloggers," typically conservative Christians with large families who chronicle their daily lives online. The world of Christian right content online is far more interested in the maintenance and promotion of the patriarchal nuclear family than, say, the life of Jesus Christ, who died as one of those "childless cat ladies" Vance hates so much. Billionaire Peter Thiel has even funded a woman's magazine, meant to compete with Vogue or Cosmopolitan, that positions extremely conservative marriage as the only true path for women's lives. ... read full post
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1.1yr
US: Contact your Rep about H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act
http://www.votervoice.net/Shares/BKbfxAR6AC-BdAN9Yxe7FBAFrom the American Humanist Association: contact your Congresscritter - tell them to oppose H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.
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1.1yr
Tracing the Roots of the Christian Nationalist Movement That’s Influencing Modern Politics
https://projects.propublica.org/christian-nationalism-origins/14
1.1yr
A Christian Gun Cult Holds a Trump Festival
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rod-iron-freedom-festival-moon/In 2017, Rod of Iron Ministries splintered from the Unification Church, a Korean cult founded by Sean Moon’s father, Sun Myung Moon. Adherents are called Moonies and believe that Sun Myung Moon is the messiah. Two of Sun Myung Moon’s sons, Sean and Kook-jin, or Justin, founded Rod of Iron Ministries. The church has many of the same core beliefs as the Unification Church—but it claims that AR-15s are the “rod of iron” that Jesus wields in the Book of Revelation. Perhaps not coincidentally, Justin Moon founded Kahr Arms, a firearms manufacturer that produces a commemorative Donald Trump AR-15. ... read full post
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1.2yr
A Critique of Sam Harris' "The Moral Landscape"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGt0I5MbQSIPhilosophy professor Hans-Georg Moeller, author of A Moral Fool: A Case for Amorality ... read full post
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1.2yr
White Evangelicals Must Lose in November
https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-evangelicals-must-lose-in-novemberFrom a former pastor who knows what the insiders talk about: a warning we would be foolish to ignore.
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1.2yr
Pro-Trump Christian nationalists are on tour to recruit election workers
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5123626/christian-nationalist-election-workers-lance-wallnauSick and tired of all the political content in forums like this? The authoritarians and theocrats are hoping you won't pay attention to how they're organizing to steal the next election.
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1.2yr
How ‘Left Behind’ Got Left Behind
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-left-behind-got-left-behindSince the advent of the Trump era, the evangelical landscape has undergone rapid shifts, often in turbulent and dangerous directions. To be sure, there are still plenty of evangelical premillennialists out there faithfully waiting on the Rapture. But their sequestering, defensive posture is becoming outmoded. Remarkably, the most prominent and powerful new leaders—the ones dedicated to fully recentering evangelical politics on Donald Trump, and who have grown their power and influence through their association with him—are overwhelmingly anti-Rapture. They believe Christians have a more active and forceful role to play in the end of the world. ... read full post
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1.2yr
Talking to a brick wall | Jesus and Mo
https://www.jesusandmo.net/wp-content/uploads/seal2.png
This is a repost from 2009.
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1.2yr
To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/theobros-jd-vance-christian-nationalism/95
1.2yr
New study links brain network damage to increased religious fundamentalism
https://www.psypost.org/new-study-links-brain-network-damage-to-increased-religious-fundamentalism/188
1.2yr
In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools
https://www.propublica.org/article/ohio-taxpayer-money-funding-private-religious-schoolsThe march to theocracy continues.
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1.2yr
Pope Francis pushes false claim that both presidential candidates are "against life"
https://youtu.be/qvHeU8r0rF874
1.3yr
After censoring atheists, TX Gov. Greg Abbott finally pays $358,000+ in legal fees (Livestream)
https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=-8wvKL8jDa4109
1.3yr
I wish I was clever enough to come up with stuff like this
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