- Asking Why
I had a bit of a rebellious streak in my youth, and I am sure that there were times when I adopted a minority position simply to rebel against authority. This was probably also a contributing factor to how outspoken I was about my atheism during my college… - Delegitimizing Atheists in the Media
Staks over at Dangerous Talk recently brought up a great point about how people - especially those in the media - delegitimize atheism in subtle ways. He notes that atheists who are interviewed on TV or for print media are often referred to as “a self-professed…
- Mormonism: Cult, Christianity, or Both?
It is often said that the difference between a religion and a cult comes down to the number of adherents. Longevity seems to be a factor too, as it seems like it is usually the people who belong to older, established religions who use the cult label to…
- 80s Flashback: The PMRC
Atheists in the United States are often asked why we cannot just ignore the Christian majority that surrounds us. Why can’t we simply let them go about their business and not pay any attention to them? In part, my answer is that they never seem content…
- Theirs is a Jealous God
There are many things that bother me about the sort of god that Christians claim to worship. This image captures one of them: the absurdity of thinking that a god so powerful, so wise, so good would demand worship from humans and would condemn them to…
- Devil’s Playground
Devil’s Playground is a 2002 documentary about a rite-of-passage called “Rumspringa” that Amish teens go through before deciding whether they will join the Amish church and embrace the culture in they were raised or leave it all behind for the modern…
via: Atheist Revolution
