Dinesh D’Souza and Christopher Hitchins will debate the controversial tenants of Christianity and Atheism on April 6th at 8 pm at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Tickets are free. More info here: http://www.sg.ufl.edu/accent/ Sphere: Related Content [...more]
If the Judeo-Christian god is first in line, with none others before him, that line should be at the unemployment office. Not because we need him to provide jobs, but because he doesn’t. There are thousands upon thousands of unemployed fathers and mothers who pray and wait in vain these days for any half-crappy job [...] [...more]
For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 9, 2010 ST PETERSBURG, Fla.—Governor Charlie Crist has been accused of assaulting a man for identifying himself as an atheist during a campaign event held in St. Petersburg. On Friday, March 5th, University of South Florida graduate student Michael Middlebrooks approached the Governor downtown and was greeted with a smile [...] [...more]
Most people don’t have to think very hard to come up with organizations they believe are compassionate and moral. Churches and faith-based organizations usually come to mind. It’s a misconception, however, that “religion” is the only measure of morality and that only religious people do good work. There are also many secular/atheist charitable organizations in [...] [...more]
Lately I’ve been listening to the archived episodes of the Skepticality podcast. A few weeks back I heard a good quip, one that I’ve been thinking a lot about in the meantime. Unfortunately I’ve managed to forget not only the exact quote, but also the guest who quoted it as well. Leaning hard on my [...] [...more]
There is a preacher for every intelligence level. On the feeble fringe of the bell curve you’ve got the droolers watching Pastor Benny Hinn on cable TV perform his forehead-shoving healing miracles. Toward the other end of the believer IQ spectrum you’ve got well-groomed men who can tie a real tie and confident women capable [...] [...more]
As a child, I always had a deep reverence for the Presbyterian Church I attended in the Philadelphia suburbs. It wasn’t so much the religious teachings that inspired me as it was the ambiance – creaky wooden floors, hard brown pews, arched doorways and windows, a pleasant musty smell, rich stained-glass, colorful tapestries, graceful floral [...] [...more]
Because I don’t pray, nor imagine some invisible alpha watching over me, I am free to live in a state of hedonistic anarchy. Yah, right. The reality: I have inner, pro-social, drives. Call them “voices” if you must personify. I have a conscience, in other words. This conscience no doubt originated in my parents’ teachings [...] [...more]
Is killing a god a crime? If it is, I hope habeas corpus rights demand that the body be presented before I am convicted. As an atheist I could be accused of killing God. But that’s impossible. For there is not one god, but millions, perhaps billions. There is one god, or more, in every [...] [...more]
