Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity, because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to [...]
Posted in Religion
One of the most challenging things about leaving the faith of your parents, is raising their grandchildren as freethinkers. Freethinkers who have come from evangelical homes, like myself, know the intense social pressure that comes from their extended family. This is especially true when the grandparent believes you’re leading their grandchildren straight to hell! There’s [...]
Posted in Religion
Because my kids sure aren’t. This is from a funny t-shirt that the Onion sells.
Posted in Religion
Question Copyright put together an intriguing video to highlight how all creative work builds on what came before it.
Posted in Culture
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)
Posted in Religion
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 Commandments Do not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or color. [...]
Posted in Religion
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 [...]
Posted in Politics