Why should we believe in God? Because God said so? What if God doesn't exist? What shall we believe in then?
This is a place to promote the vision of a humanist society. A society that places the value of all human life as...
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Why should we believe in God? Because God said so? What if God doesn't exist? What shall we believe in then?
This is a place to promote the vision of a humanist society. A society that places the value of all human life as the central value and concern, higher than money or institutions. A society that promotes non-violence as the only way to achieve results, fighting discrimination in all its forms; racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, etc. A society that encourages the continuous development and free distribution of human knowledge and allows freedom of beliefs and ideas
Elizabeth Dole is losing badly in her race for reelection in North Carolina and she's now trying to smear her opponent by associating her with evil atheists. See the flyer her campaign put out here. She calls atheists "the most vile, radical liberals in America." The flyer even cited directly a...
Friday October 10, 2008 Some people might tend to think that atheists are such a minority that they have never heard of any famous atheists who have contributed to society.
Image via WikipediaPeter Smith has a great article on atheists in the Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), "More atheists are sharing their views." The article, which features Louisville Atheists and Freethinkers, discusses the difficulty many atheists initially have with acknowledging their own...
The pure materialist atheism that is supported by such prominent atheists as Richard Dawkins, author of “The God Delusion” and developer of the theory of memes, lacks any morality and justifies the world’s worst atrocities.
Given all the coverage of the New Atheist movement, I’m surprised we haven’t seen more religion beat stories on average atheists. Peter Smith of the Louisville Courier-Journal wrote a story about local atheists and freethinkers a few weeks ago that has been getting republished throughout the...
I frequently hear the claim that atheists choose atheism, usually for some morally blameworthy reason like a desire to avoid taking responsibility for their sins.
Each branch of philosophy has some relevance to atheism, atheists, and the critiques which irreligious atheists use to challenge religion, religious beliefs, and theism.
Point of Inquiry's podcast is especially good this week: "Science, Postmodernism, and the Varieties of Black Humanism." Here's the blurb: Michael Lackey teaches courses in twentieth-century American and African ...
Most people that say they are agnostic are really functional atheists, but they are making an epistemological argument to avoid confrontation and accusations of having faith or dogma.
Random atheist content surfing brought me to Dreamlayers where Boris goes on about Why I won't call myself an atheist. He seems confused. Yesterday, a blog post about two possible definitions of atheism became quite popular on Digg. I didn't like the tone of the post because it seemed to attack...
In an interview with Stuart Jeffries in the Guardian, Rowan Williams has a nice little dig at Dawkins - he's calmly patronising, seemingly by accident. "As he escorts me from his study, he tells me he admires Dawkins. "There's something about his swashbuckling side which is endearing." He...
Agnisetu is our first Bengali language blog. The forward was translated by author Abul Kasem. On the inauguration of Fire Bridge (Agnisetu) blog, I have these few words to say. With the progress of world civilization, one particular aspect is gradually becoming transparent. This aspect is...
Bill Maher is a great guy, both with his comedy and with his views on religion. He is a problem for most atheists out there though, because of his views on atheism. Maher always states he is an “agnostic”, and I have no problem with him claiming that. I don’t exactly agree with his definition of...
The workplace gives me a good bird’s eye view of how people in my country see atheists. There’s the weird “I was gonna tell you something but now I’m not because you might get offended” reaction, for one. And lately I’ve been more open about religion to more people. Luckily, the reaction’s not...