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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.

Posted 18 December 2013 § Humour § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

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 […]

Posted 14 December 2013 § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

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…

Posted 13 December 2013 § Humour § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 12 – I Have Perfect and Irrefutable Proof That God Does Not Exist…

Posted 12 December 2013 § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

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 […]

Posted 11 December 2013 § United States § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 10 – The Hypocrisy of Christianity

I’m not so strident in my atheism that I can’t acknowledge that Christianity (and most religions in general) have decent principles behind them, have done a lot of good in the world, and that many religious people are to be commended for how they move through life – generous, understanding, kind, compassionate, etc. My problem […]

Posted 10 December 2013 § United States § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 8 – John Lennon, The World’s Most Famous Atheist?

John Lennon was murdered 33 years ago today.  He is perhaps the most famous atheist to have ever lived. While still a member of the Beatles, he caused an enormous controversy by stating a view shared by all of the group’s members: Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that; […]

Posted 08 December 2013 § PopCulture § UK § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 7 – Is “Faith” Just Another Way To Say “Pretending Really Hard”?

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Posted 07 December 2013 § Humour § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 6 – Are Religions Unfair To Women?

It’s a long documentary so let’s just say the short answer (at least in my view) is: yes! Given what day it is today, I can’t help but think about the fourteen female engineering students killed twenty-four years ago today. They weren’t murdered for religious reasons. But as part of my thoughts on this sad day […]

Posted 06 December 2013 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sasha § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 5 – Out of Nearly 40,000 Denomination of Christianity You Picked The “Right” One (You Should Try The Lottery Next)

Not sure how accurate the claim of 38,000 denominations of Christianity is but whether you’re talking about 40, 400, 4000 or 40,000 denominations, the point remains the same. (And that doesn’t even take into account other religions, major and minor, over the years.)

Posted 05 December 2013 § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,