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The ongoing assault continued today...

For starters, here's a quote he showed the class on the big screen:  Read More »

This was written for a "Spiritual Autobiography Assignment". My professor for a course titled: Religion, Media & Culture spent the first two classes mocking atheists and blaming them for the worst mass murders and wars in the world. I did some simple online research and found out he was recently ordained a deacon in the Catholic Church. This is my polite response to him via assignment.  Read More »

This blog post has been made simply to call ALL-OF-YOU religious people out of the woodwork.

I would like for you to justify your reasons for believing in a personal "God" as depicted by your personal religion.

I would like to know why you think you are "right."

I would like to know what goes through your head when you talk to others with such confidence about your absolute "answers."  Read More »

Pope Benedict XVI, the "holy" man formerly known as Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Prince reference anybody?), used Winter Solstice as an opportunity to continue a lie.

Ratzinger proclaimed that by comprehending the laws of nature we can somehow grow in our understanding and appreciation of "the Lord's" works.

In truth, there is a HUGE disconnect between religious "faith" and scientific fact.  Read More »

We're ALL stupid.

All of us. Myself Included.

We live our lives based on unprovable assumptions.

We believe in our religion because it is all we were taught and there are made-up punishments for not believing in it.

We wear this clothing because the people selling it have great advertisements about it... we NEED to fit in.  Read More »

I recently had a discussion with people about the so-called "Holiday Season" that we are already beginning to be inundated in.

As an atheist, I see Christmas as more evidence that many (NOTE: not all) religious people do not know what they truly believe, much less what they are doing, or how to THINK rationally about what they are saying and doing.  Read More »

As FOXnews.com has reported this morning, the nation's group of Roman Catholic bishops "vowed" yesterday to "forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, saying the church and religious freedom could be under attack in the new presidential administration."  Read More »

As we know, the California Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Equality in Marriage was overturned by the religious, the less educated, and the right-wing.

As the exit polls are showing:

The Less educated-
People with only a high school, or some college education voted to ban same-sex marriage.

The More Educated-  Read More »