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Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 19 – Charlie Brown Explains The (Real) Meaning of Christmas
Or on a similar note…
Or this…
Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 18 – Indoctrination Summarized in Three Short Lines
It’s been said that if there was a law making it illegal to introduce religion to a child, the same as our society does with other things children aren’t capable of handling such as alcohol, driving and gambling, religion would disappear within a single generation.
I agree.
Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 17 – God Is Love
Just kidding…he’s kind of an evil asshole:
Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 14 – How Tigers Got Their Stripes – Science vs. Religion
One of my big problems with religion is that it demonstrably makes people more gullible – about east Indian call centres telling you that your computer has a virus and psychics charging $0.99/minute and even the “official” word you hear on the evening news and in the daily newspaper.
Because if you believe the Bible’s explanation for how animals got their stripes over the scientific explanation, is there anything on this planet you won’t believe?
Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 13 – “Without God, What’s To Stop You From Raping All You Want?”
Some of the people who say religion gives them their moral code seem to be lacking a certain amount of common sense…
Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 11 – Pope Francis is Time’s Person of the Year (But Then Again, So Was Hitler)
Today’s big announcement that Pope Francis has been named Time’s Person of the Year is great timing, coming roughly halfway through my series of Atheist Advent posts.
I was already thinking about doing a post about the new Pope and how, in light of yesterday’s post about the hypocrisy of many religious people (including religious leaders), Pope Francis seemed like a breath of fresh air with his more humble approach.
But the fact still remains that he’s the leader of an incredibly wealthy, influential organization that treats women, gay people and others very badly, continues to cover up disgusting sex scandals and so on.
So perhaps the new Pope isn’t all he’s made out to be and instead, I have to wonder if there’s ulterior motives at play, especially given the fact that a Fox News Media Adviser was recently hired by the Vatican to control and improve their messaging:
It’s a strategy job. It’s very simple to explain, not so easy to execute: to formulate the message and try to make sure everyone remains on message. – Greg Burke, Vatican Communications Strategist
