The Oklahoma City Coalition of Reason has formed and they have put up a billboard of their own! The board faces south and is on the corner of I-44 and NW 10th. It’s an interesting phrasing on the billboard and I wonder if it might be slightly off-putting to anyone who takes it literally — [...]
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: Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets September 6, 2010 Words of Wisdom : Thomas Jefferson Labels : Words of Wisdom Words of Wisdom : Thomas Jefferson 2010-09-06T11:20:00-05:00 vjack Words of Wisdom| Comments Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions . Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity . It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of . Jesus Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp , 1816 Subscribe to Atheist Revolution Technorati Tags : Christianity reason Thomas Jefferson Posted in Words of Wisdom What next Post a comment Email this post You canon vanity fair.very cool.copyright © 2010 toomanytribbles. this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.
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Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets September 5, 2010 California Planned Parenthood Clinic Firebombed Labels : Christian Extremism California Planned Parenthood Clinic Firebombed 2010-09-05T13:52:00-05:00 vjack Christian Extremism| Comments I missed this one last week but want to mention it now . Some nutjob firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Madera , CA on Thursday . This happens to be the same place where someone threw a brick through the window of a mosque just one week prior to the firebombing . It does not sound like the FBI thinks the crimes are connected , but I think it is probably fair to speculate that the perpetrators shared a common motive : Christian . extremism There are plenty ofHome About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets September 5, 2010 When Hate Fails Labels : Bigotry When Hate Fails 2010-09-05T07:51:00-05:00 vjack Bigotry| Comments I was intently reading a recent post at Friendly Atheist about how atheist students at Penn State responded to a recent visit by assorted campus preachers . As I have said previously , I think that public idiocy should be met with public mockery and so I always love to hear about it happening . The Penn State Atheist Agnostic Association handled this situation beautifully and should be commended for their tactics . But one line in Hemant's post really clicked for . me They the campus preachers just came to preach the hate and then acted shocked when they: Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets September 4, 2010 Idiot of the Week : Jan Brewer Labels : Idiot of the Week Politics Idiot of the Week : Jan Brewer 2010-09-04T07:06:00-05:00 vjack Idiot of the Week|Politics| Comments Yeah , I'm sure you saw this coming . Some weeks , this is just too damn easy . Idiot of the Week goes to Arizona Gov . Jan Brewer . Before this , she was known primarily for her papers please law After her performance in the gubernatorial debate , I cannot imagine that she will be known for anything else . I have to confess that I have watched this clip at least 10 times . It is priceless We have did what was right for Arizona . On a serious note , I would expect that a performance like. Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets September 3, 2010 Meet Dr . Wynne LeGrow Labels : Politics Meet Dr . Wynne LeGrow 2010-09-03T08:06:00-05:00 vjack Politics| Comments Rep . Randy Forbes R-VA is a member of the secretive anti-democratic group known as The Family . He also happens to be the one who introduced the bill to reaffirm In God We Trust as the national motto . The good news is that he now has some competition in the state of Virginia . Meet Dr . Wynne LeGrow a Democratic challenger for the seat held by Rep . . Forbes Dr . LeGrow's background is impressive . He is a primary care physician , a retired Major in the U.S . Army , and a family man . And he is a self-described non-believer Yes , that'sHome About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets September 2, 2010 We Promote Knowledge and Tolerance Labels : Promoting Atheism We Promote Knowledge and Tolerance 2010-09-02T05:33:00-05:00 vjack Promoting Atheism| Comments Compelling stuff that is all too rarely addressed on American television . Silverman is right that atheism has at least a couple of things to offer society : the promotion of knowledge and . tolerance H T to Atheist Media Blog Posted in Promoting Atheism What next Post a comment Email this post You can also bookmark this post using your favorite bookmarking : service Related Posts by Categories Widget by Hoctro Jack Book We Promote Knowledge and Tolerance 2010-09-02T05:33:00-05:00 vjack Promoting
AN Indonesian court yesterday ordered a local branch of the Paris-based Buddha Bar chain to close after convicting the licence holder of blasphemy. According to this report, it also ordered licensee PT Nireta Vista Creative, the official Jakarta tourism agency and Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo to pay damages of one billion rupiah (110,000 dollars) to [...]Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets September 1, 2010 An Atheist Blogger Apologizes Labels : Atheism An Atheist Blogger Apologizes 2010-09-01T08:29:00-05:00 vjack Atheism| Comments I have seen a handful of former Christians turned atheist apologize for some of what they did as Christians e.g . bigotry , evangelism , etc . I think this is a positive development , and I hope that such examples continue to inspire more to do the same . While I was generally content to keep my Christian beliefs to myself when I actually had such beliefs , I do have something much more recent for which I'd like to apologize . In fact , my apology isn't for something I did as a Christian at all but for something I did as an atheistHome About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 31, 2010 Is Michael Stopa a Bigot Labels : Bigotry Is Michael Stopa a Bigot 2010-08-31T05:20:00-05:00 vjack Bigotry| Comments Thanks to Atheist Ethicist for bringing this one to my attention . According to The Sun Chronicle Michael Stopa , a Republican running for the 3rd district of Massachusetts who also happens to be a physicist employed by Harvard , has managed to convince himself that President Obama is an atheist . But that really isn't the story . The story is that Stopa was quoted as : saying I have no specific evidence , but I think he's sympathetic to anybody who is opposed to America and American . values As Alonzo Fyfe points out , this makes it sound an. Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 30, 2010 If It Makes You Feel Better . Labels : Prayer If It Makes You Feel Better . 2010-08-30T05:27:00-05:00 vjack Prayer| Comments When Christopher Hitchens is asked by Anderson Cooper in this interview whether he tells people not to pray for him , he responds that he does . not If it makes you feel better , you have my . blessing That is an interesting perspective . Of course , nobody is going to stop those who want to pray from doing so . Asking someone not to pray for you seems unlikely to change their behavior precisely because the prayer is really for them and not for you . On the other hand , it seems like this might be a brief teachable moment to point: Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 28, 2010 Idiot of the Week : South Carolina Gas Station Owner Labels : Bigotry Idiot of the Week Idiot of the Week : South Carolina Gas Station Owner 2010-08-28T06:14:00-05:00 vjack Bigotry|Idiot of the Week| Comments Technically , this may not count as an idiot of the week because it has apparently been happening for the past year and not simply this week . But I found out about it this week , so there you . go The owner of a South Carolina gas station has set his pumps so that the following message appears whenever people use : them One nation under god and if you don't like it . Leave What a great American Believe like I do , or get the hell out . The videoHome About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 27, 2010 I Get Christian Email Labels : Christianity I Get Christian Email 2010-08-27T09:14:00-05:00 vjack Christianity| Comments I wasn't planning to post today . Work has been unexpectedly busy , and I have a number of deadlines approaching quickly , one of which is later today . But I received an important email from someone calling herself Serena that I need to share with you . I know it is important because the title was IMPORTANT . Naturally , that caught my eye . I have reproduced the email below : verbatim God is the best thing that has happend to me . If you do not belive in him , you WILL be eternally damned . This website is NOT acceptable . HE created you
Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 26, 2010 More Thoughts on Secular Community Resource Centers Labels : Atheist Movement More Thoughts on Secular Community Resource Centers 2010-08-26T05:27:00-05:00 vjack Atheist Movement| Comments The thing about ideas is that it is almost always easier to shoot down those of others down than to offer one's own . Yes , secular community resource centers are idealistic , would require resources most of us lack , and may face unique challenges in the very locations where they are most needed . But it seems to me that we are making a mistake by giving up simply because it sounds difficult . If we imagine a secular community resource center as an eventual goal and agree: Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 25, 2010 Words of Wisdom : Barry Goldwater Labels : Words of Wisdom Words of Wisdom : Barry Goldwater 2010-08-25T06:44:00-05:00 vjack Words of Wisdom| Comments There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs . There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ , or God , or Allah , or whatever one calls this supreme being . The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom . They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent . If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue , they complain ,
Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 24, 2010 Why Some Atheists Are Offended By Prayer Labels : Atheism Prayer Why Some Atheists Are Offended By Prayer 2010-08-24T05:35:00-05:00 vjack Atheism|Prayer| Comments Dan Gilgoff , Co-Editor of CNN's Belief Blog , does not appear to have a high opinion of atheists . In a recent post he complains that hordes of atheists have been leaving comments on a post from a Catholic priest suggesting that Christians should pray for Christopher . Hitchens Far from being touched by the priest's gesture , the atheists are mostly . offended Mr . Gilgoff really doesn't get it , does he Let me see if I can explain what is happening here to anyone else who might be as confused as
Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 22, 2010 Some Biblical Prophecies Have Come True Labels : Bible Some Biblical Prophecies Have Come True 2010-08-22T08:03:00-05:00 vjack Bible| Comments Atheists do not believe that the Christian bible or any other holy books are sacred in any way . We may appreciate other aspects of such texts , but we do not buy the notion that they are divinely inspired in any way . And yet it would be a mistake for atheists to dismiss the entirety of the Christian bible as nonsense . Not only are there some aesthetically pleasing passages , but some of the prophecies have turned out to be true whether we like to admit it or not . Chatpilot , the former Pentecostal evangelist who
: . Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 21, 2010 Idiot of the Week : Dr . Laura Schlessinger Labels : Idiot of the Week Idiot of the Week : Dr . Laura Schlessinger 2010-08-21T07:15:00-05:00 vjack Idiot of the Week| Comments This may come as a bit of a surprise , but I am not honoring Schlessinger for saying nigger 11 times on her radio show Sure , that wasn't a bright move on her part , but like others have documented Schlessinger has earned a reputation for bigotry . That she might have some issues with race too is not all that shocking . No , I find her deserving of Idiot of the Week status for statements she made on Larry King after she resigned about how her First Amendment rights were being
Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 20, 2010 Lots of People Believe Dumb Things Labels : Science Lots of People Believe Dumb Things 2010-08-20T07:42:00-05:00 vjack Science| Comments According to a new poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press , 41 of Americans expect Jesus to come back by 2050. Should we celebrate that it is only 41 Maybe we should be asking ourselves how many of the politicians who run this country for their corporate masters share this belief . Not surprisingly , the number jumps to 58 among White evangelicals and is higher in the South than in other . regions Oh , and 65 of those surveyed expect religion to be as important in 40 years as it is now . H T to CNN's
Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 19, 2010 Same-Sex Marriage and Atheist Community Labels : Atheist Movement Same-Sex Marriage and Atheist Community 2010-08-19T05:55:00-05:00 vjack Atheist Movement| Comments In a recent post on the same-sex marriage issue and California's Proposition 8, Daylight Atheism : wrote the more places that same-sex marriage moves into the mainstream , the more it will become familiar and accepted . More and more , people are getting the chance to see for themselves that gay and lesbian couples are normal human beings , deserving of the same rights as everyone else , and religious prejudice is weakening . Every fight we win sets the stage for further victories , and brings usHome About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 18, 2010 Will Anti-Islam Sentiment Help or Hurt Church-State Separation Labels : Church and State Islam Will Anti-Islam Sentiment Help or Hurt Church-State Separation 2010-08-18T05:27:00-05:00 vjack Church and State|Islam| Comments Controversy over mosques has not been limited to the Cordoba Initiative's proposal to build an Islamic center in Manhattan . Writing about the growing anti-Islam sentiment in the United States , Laurie Goodstein The New York Times : wrote These local skirmishes make clear that there is now widespread debate about whether the best way to uphold America’s democratic values is to allow Muslims the same religious freedom enjoyed by otherHome About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 17, 2010 Promoting Atheism One Blog at a Time Labels : Atheist Movement Blogging Promoting Atheism Promoting Atheism One Blog at a Time 2010-08-17T05:44:00-05:00 vjack Atheist Movement|Blogging|Promoting Atheism| Comments While commenting on a new atheist blog , Flying Kites I found myself thinking once again about the importance of atheists helping each other . The author had contacted me and asked if I'd be willing to visit the new blog and offer any feedback . Time permitting , I'm always happy to do this . In this post , I'd like to address the simply but intriguing question of . why I have no illusions about my place in the atheist blogosphere . I am somewhere
Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 16, 2010 Does Opposing Religion Entail Anti-Semitism Labels : Religion Does Opposing Religion Entail Anti-Semitism 2010-08-16T05:29:00-05:00 vjack Religion| Comments I suppose it would be fair to say that opposing organized religion and religious belief for their irrationality and vast destructive potential makes me anti-religion . I suspect that humanity would be better off without religion of any sort . You see , I regard all religions as equally false . Again , it would probably be fair to characterize me as anti-religion . And if I oppose all religions , would that not necessarily mean that I am anti-Islam , anti-Christianity , anti-Judaism , and the like Does
: Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 14, 2010 Idiot of the Week Twofor : Billy Graham and Pat Robertson Labels : Bigotry Idiot of the Week Idiot of the Week Twofor : Billy Graham and Pat Robertson 2010-08-14T13:22:00-05:00 vjack Bigotry|Idiot of the Week| Comments Time for Idiot of the Week . I have many weeks where I have a difficult time deciding who to honor in this series , but I had such a tie this week that I decided to pick both . Yep , you're getting two for one here . Pat Robertson We'll start with Pat Robertson , a real Christian who is no stranger to idiocy this is at least the third time he has been recognized for it here Pat was recently contacted by a Christian seeking advice about her. Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Store Mobile Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar Amazon.com Widgets August 14, 2010 I've Never Seen an FFRF Billboard I Didn't Like . Until Now Labels : Promoting Atheism I've Never Seen an FFRF Billboard I Didn't Like . Until Now 2010-08-14T06:42:00-05:00 vjack Promoting Atheism| Comments I've been happy to support the Freedom From Religion Foundation with my membership and the publicity I try to bring to their efforts here . I think they are one of the few organizations most atheists in the U.S . should support , and nothing I am about to say changes that it any . way I have liked every one of the billboard designs developed by the FFRF and hope I will live long enough to see one here in Mississippi . Having said that , I'm not