I stumbled across this really interesting post by Dr Richard Beck called The Bait and Switch of Contemporary Christianity that I wanted to share. Â Before following the link, I should preface it by telling you that Dr Beck is Associate Professor of Psychology at a Christian University. The reason I wanted to draw your attention […]
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Avoid responsibility by wasting time with Jesus?
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Christianity, Morality. There are 7 comments so far, join the discussion!
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Psychics, Mediums and Liars, Oh My!
As an atheist I reject all religions and supernatural claims. It’s fairly simple really, but many religious people seem to take this as a personal attack on the beliefs. It’s not. A Christian’s beliefs are as ridiculous and unfounded as a Muslim’s or a Hindu’s and should be treated with an equal amount of derision. […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Psychics, Supernatural. There are 18 comments so far, join the discussion!
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A New Look for The Atheist Blog
You may have noticed that this blog is now sporting a new look. I thought a brief post was in order to outline the reasons for changing the look and what it means for you. The Motivation When this blog first started, it didn’t get much traffic and even fewer comments. It was thrown up […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Atheism, Atheist, Site News. There are 3 comments so far, join the discussion!
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More Aggressive Atheist Ad Campaigns
I’ve mostly steered away from the recent news stories detailing various atheistic advertisements currently being displayed around the world (like the atheist buses, the atheist billboards etc.). The reason is not a lack of interest, but more my ability to update this site regularly enough to give accurate and up to date coverage. They’ve not […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses advertisments, Humor, media. There are 15 comments so far, join the discussion!
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Religion, The Ad
No matter which side of the theism debate you stand on, you have to laugh at this. Expect a response within a couple of days, as tends to happen with these popular pro atheism videos.
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Humor, Multimedia. There are no comments yet, why not add the first?
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Out of the Mouths of … Comedians
The Bible Quote, “Out of the mouths of babes…”, is meant to represent the idea that children, in their innocence sometimes speak more sense than adults. The uninformed teach the informed. So what happens when an author, and President of the Family Research Council gets schooled by a comedian and talkshow host? Stephen Colbert asks. […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Atheism, Atheist, Christianity, Humor, Multimedia, Quotes, The Bible. There are no comments yet, why not add the first?
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The Illusion of Religion: Illusion, Entertainment and Religion
During a recent flying visit to London I was lucky enough to catch a Derren Brown (official site / Wikipedia page) show. If you haven’t heard of Derren, I would thoroughly recommend finding a DVD and giving it a watch. He’s essentially a psychological illusionist who uses a combination of psychology, distraction and illusion to […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Atheism, Atheist, Derren Brown, Illusion of Religion, Mentalism, Pshycological Illusion. There are 2 comments so far, join the discussion!
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A Morailty Questionnaire
I came across this excellent post over at Possum Momma (a.k.a Atheist in a MiniVan) and though it would be fun to answer the question, and provide a brief commentary on the questions, here. I’d thoroughly recommend you read the fill post, the questionnaire is from a Sixth Grade “Science” project. Question: Do unchristians make […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Morality. There are 18 comments so far, join the discussion!
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Let's Put the "Fun" in "Fundamentalism"
I have absolutely no problem in celebrating Christmas. However, I’m not celebrating the birth of the son of God, instead I’m celebrating spending time with friends and family, and some well deserved time off work. In fact, Christmas as an event has become completely disjointed from the religious underpinnings. And I don’t think I’m the […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Christianity, Christmas, Islam. There are 2 comments so far, join the discussion!
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I Didn't Realize the BBC Was So powerful…
I know it’s not funny, but I chuckled. I was reading the feeds in my feed reader and came across this story from RichardDawkins.net. It’s about a British Teacher who has been arrested for allowing her pupils to name a toy “Muhammad”. It’s an unfortunate story, but the headline still made me laugh: Now, I’m […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Humor. There are no comments yet, why not add the first?
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