Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.
(via irReligion.org)
Jon Henshaw
Blog Entries
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What is Morality?
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The “New 10 Commandments” According to Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens wrote an article in Vanity Fair called The New Commandments. He makes a compelling case–using scripture against itself to defend his action in a tongue in cheek fashion–that it’s time to replace the old commandments with new ones.
The New CommandmentsDo not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or color.
Do not ever [...] -
Fox News Teaches Us How to Make Super Biased Opinion Polls
Logical, rational, and sane people already know that Fox News is the media talking head, and lie spreading feux news channel, for people who are controlled by fear, promote hate, and are in a perpetual state of playing follow the leader (aka Conservative Christian Republicans). One of the things they’re very good at is relentlessly [...]
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Is Imposing Religion on Children Abusive?
Atheist Revolution asked the question (actually, they made a statement), is imposing religion on children abusive? They gave the example of a seventeen-year-old that was forced to go to church.
17 year-old being forced to attend church and told that he belongs to a particular religion by his parents. He’s wondering whether this is legal [...] -
Morality Without God
via The Thinking Atheist
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My Imaginary Friend Jesus
When I first started seriously questioning the validity and truth of my now past faith, I created a list of hard questions. These were questions that I didn’t have the answer to, and most, if not all of them, held the potential to dislodge my world view. One of those questions was:
“What’s the difference between [...] -
Irrational Disbelief Syndrome
The marketing agency for FiberOne has launched a clever campaign called Irrational Disbelief Syndrome. The advertising campaign is a mixture of clever, stupid, and the absurd, but it’s all of those things on purpose.
The premise is that their high fiber foods taste good and will help you lose weight. From the campaign’s perspective, that’s a [...]