Tag Archive: argument

The Double Standard: Outspoken Atheists verses Outspoken Religious

Categories:

01/22/2010

Excerpt from Alternet.org: “When we speak out in any way about our atheism—and when we continue to organize, and to make ourselves and our ideas more visible and vocal, and to generally turn ourselves into a serious movement for social change—we are accused of being hostile, fanatical, rude, evangelical, bigoted and extremist.

But if we don’t speak out, if we don’t organize, if we don’t forge ourselves into a powerful and visible movement…then the bigotry and misinformation and discrimination against us will continue unabated.”

Haiti’s misfortune brings the problem of ‘good and evil’ to the forefront.

Categories:

01/18/2010

Since Haiti was hit by the earthquake I have been patiently waiting for any religious person I know to excuse god for the disaster and blame “mother nature”. Haiti’s misfortune brings up and all to familiar inconsistency in religion, especially the monotheistic religions: the problem of good and evil.

Pat Robinson, Christian TV evangelist was so disabled by this conundrum that he publicly resorted to claiming that the reason Haiti suffered such great misfortune was because they had “made a pact with the devil”. For him, this was a sufficient explanation for the recent Tsunami, Hurricane and now Earthquake that has brought this country to its most desperate hour.

Putting Faith in it’s place

Categories:

09/24/2009

As an atheist, I have heard every kind of illogical argument from the emotional to the ones with unfounded premises. This video is a great summation of how logic refutes superstitious claims. VIDEO