Redditors crowdsource charitable giving
Redditors crowdsource charitable giving Members of Reddit’s atheist forums have raised over $232,000 for Doctors Without Borders… thus far đ
Catholics encouraged to “Adopt an Atheist”
“Adopt an Atheist” Campaign Begins From the page: “We are asking everyone to contact the American Atheist affiliate in his area [click here], letting them know of your interest in âadoptingâ one of them. All it takes is an e-mail. Let them know of your sincere interest in working with them to uncover their inner self. They may be resistant
What We Must Do
What We Must Do “We want to stand upon our own feet and look fair and square at the world — its good facts, its bad facts, its beauties, and its ugliness; see the world as it is and be not afraid of it. Conquer the world by intelligence and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that
‘Harry Potter and yoga are evil’, says Catholic Church exorcist
Harry Potter and yoga are evil don’tchyaknow. Highlights from the article: âPractising yoga is Satanic, it leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter,â he told a film festival in Umbria this week, where he was invited to introduce The Rite, a film about exorcism starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as a Jesuit priest. âItâs an accusation that has nothing to
Does “Happy Holidays” offend you?
http://fatpastor.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/happy-holidays/ From the page: You think Christmas should be about Christ? Then take up your cross and follow Jesus â not into department stores, but into the prisons, the hospitals, among the poor and the outcast. You get angry when someone doesnât say âChristmas?â Try getting angry over Christâs children dying of malnutrition or AIDS.
Gingrich predicts secular atheist country dominated by radical Islamists
Newt Gingrich said he’s worried the United States could be âa secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists,â in the foreseeable future. I don’t think he understands what it means to be an atheist… and this guy wants to be President. Anything to scare the bejeebus out of those righty Christians and get them to vote GOP. Oh
Pat Buchanan Somehow Connects Sandusky Case To “Homosexual Marriage”
Because everyone knows, child molestation only happens in an era when homosexuals want the same freedoms as heterosexuals. via http://mediamatters.org/
Birth Control Can Save the World
via Daylight Atheism @ Big Think From the page: Whether it’s “Quiverfull”-style Christianity, Roman Catholicism as taught by the bishops, some branches of Mormonism and Islam, or ultra-Orthodox Judaism, one of the most consistent themes of fundamentalist religion is to deny women agency and control of their own bodies and coerce them to have as many children as possible. The
Beating Babies in the Name of Jesus?
The Shady World of Right-Wing ‘Discipline’ Guides From the page: In The Strong Willed Child (Living Books 1992), Dobson makes a parallel between beating children and beating dogs: “I had seen this defiant mood before, and knew there was only one way to deal with it. The ONLY way to make Siggie obey is to threaten him with destruction. Nothing
In God We Trust, With the Houseâs Help
via The New York Times From the page: Citing a crisis of national identity and mass confusion among Americans about their nationâs motto, the House on Tuesday voted on a resolution âreaffirming âIn God We Trustâ as the official motto of the United States.â The resolution, smaller than a law but bigger than a wish, is designed to clear up
Mississippi: Religious extremists try redefining âpersonhoodâ
From the page: “Ultimately, the claim that a fertilized egg is a person is an insult to rationality and morality. It is irrational to the point of absurdity to grant a microscopic clump of cells, a fertilized egg, the same legal and moral status as an actual person living and breathing in the world.” via National Humanist | Examiner.com Further
Land of the Free or Land of the Imprisoned?
This concert was in 1993, just in case you were still thinking this was a “new movement.” But perhaps this anthem is more relevant now than ever before. People across America are finally rising up off their couches and gathering in the streets. Are we going to let them turn this Land of the Free into the Land of the
Unconstitutional Racial Profiling
http://www.aclu.org/national-security/foia-documents-fbi-show-unconstitutional-racial-profiling From the page: The FBI has been targeting American communities for investigation based on race, ethnicity, national origin and religion according to documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and its affiliates that were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents show that FBI analysts across the country are associating criminal behaviors with certain racial
via OMG That Rocks
Don’t Ask Me to Pray for your Dog – Answered Prayer is an Illusion
I feel a rant coming on. In fact, it’s been brewing up inside since this morning when an old high school friend I connected with on Facebook asked everyone to pray for his sick dog. Really. I have news for people like this. Your dog is going to die. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not from this bout