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POPSReligion Going Badly In what appears to be a blending of old nativistic religion and Christianity the children of Africa suffer.
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POPSChristian Angst Notable quotes: "As a Christian I would not have liked it if they had used verses from the Quran, and if I had known about it, I probably would not have approved of them doing so," Ransom said. "The issue for us is about freedom of expression of Christianity." "But if the girls had decided to use something from the Quran, I feel in our community they would've received negative feedback." It seems pretty clear what is bothering these people. The writer of the article goes on: "Therein lies the bigger question -- is it freedom of religion for the protestors in Fort Oglethorpe or freedom of their religion? If it's just their religion, how is that constitutional?" He poses a good question. It's obvious that the citizens of N. Georgia are not worried about anyone but themselves and their particular religious sect. The N. Georgia hills are indeed beautiful. The people, not so much.
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POPSNo More Gridiron Warriors for Christ The administration at this school did the right thing. But if it wasn't for someone speaking out their arrogant practice of public show-boating of their religion would have continued.
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POPSReligious Pedophilia The rest of the piece: "So the forced marriage of this little girl — and it is forced, because no one that young can truly consent to a marriage and she demonstrated her feelings by running away — is perfectly consistent with both shariah (the laws of Islam) as well as the laws of Saudi Arabia. At the same time as this is happening, the Saudi religious police is cracking down on circus performances because "magical" acts (fire eating, laying on glass) is against shariah. That makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?"
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POPSReligion vs Religion Hmm. I wonder if this is as stated a religious thing or a 17 year old thing? I'd think it best to err on the side of safety for the girl.
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POPSMore Religiously Inspired Crime Trying to defend religion as not the cause of this type of crime is short sighted and non-effectual. The ability of religion to give meaning and justification for such aberrant behavior is crystal clear. But don't expect that to gain any traction. Most, I'm sure, will shake their heads and lament the "disturbed" mind of the gunman and never think to acknowledge the part that "their" religion plays in fostering such a state of mind.
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POPSReligion: Punishment Wins Every Time At its most basic, religion teaches a black/white view of reality. Good/bad, righteous/sinful, us/them, religious/atheist. And least we forget, heaven/hell. And make no mistake, punishment is a major component of the mix. In fact, it's sometimes difficult to keep up with all the smiting going on in their various holy books. Is it no wonder that a person who was evicted from an anger management class would be deeply influenced by the punishment aspects of religion? Yes, we must assume responsibility for our actions but in the case of religion to be punished for eternity is not only irrational but arguably sadistic and insane.
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POPSAnother Reason I'm an Atheist A simple search on Fitna will bring up numerous links to the film. Propaganda? Inflammatory? I viewed the film and it made me wonder why more Muslims were not outraged by the violence committed by their fellow Muslims. If the majority of Muslims are peaceful, why haven't they risen up against the "tiny minority" and silenced them?
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POPSGood Article Until... I'd like someone to explain how awareness begins at conception. That's baseless without believing in magical thinking. Without a nervous system developed to a certain degree I'd conjecture that there can be no "awareness".
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POPSOut! You Demons!!! Too bad they don't have laws against abject stupidity.Such ignorance is inexcusable. But such is the nature of religion. And such is the danger of religion.
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POPSChristian Love? While not applicable to to all Christians this report does cast an accusatory finger to the Catholic Church and its well known predisposition of cover-ups and lies to protect their own. IMO, another damning pronouncement of religion in its many guises.
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POPSPray or Govern? Also from the clip: "Government needs to get on with creating jobs, dealing with the budget deficit and other real problems and stop acting as a cheerleader for religious groups." I agree 100% with that sentiment.
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POPSBelief in God or Social Contact One of the commenters on this clip made reference to people how hold no belief in god but go to church as "Sunday ritualists". Seeing as how important social relationships are to most people could the number of hidden atheists be much larger than acknowledged but is hidden because of fear of ostracism?
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POPSPapal Edict = Sharia Law? Although not as passionate as the radical Muslim response to slights or mockery, Ratzinger admonishes non-believers in his dogma to shut up and behave. What a twit.
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POPSPrivilege and Oppression A thoughtful article about the notion of Christian privilege and using this to justify anti-gay prejudice. And before some get their pitchforks out, no, it doesn't apply to all Christians. But there is a sizable chunk of Christians who probably do hold these views.
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POPSMisconceptions Like many concepts people hold, atheism is often viewed as a belief system filled with dogma and intent on pushing an "agenda". This article may help to dispel this false notion.
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POPSLiving in a Theocracy We often hear of the need to "protect" cultures from contamination. Of what good would it do to protect a culture like show in this clip from outside influence except to introduce the concept of equality, liberty, and morality stripped from the repressive theistic dogma that exists there now? Some things are simply wrong. Justifying them on the basis of culture or religion is no justification at all. It's an excuse.
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POPSLOL! The religion of atheism??? St. Augustine is a beautiful town. With its massive oak trees and Spanish moss it is a charming and quintessential southern town. Yet at least one of their residents seems to be lacking in even basic logic and appears to be intent on merely apeing the same old canards of the ultra Religious Right. Well, at least they're consistent. I won't go into detail about the numerous fallacies presented in this article but will only say that this is typical of the "arguments" used by a certain portion of the population. The only comment I'll make on this is to point out that calling atheism a religion is analogous to calling bald a hair color.
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POPSReligion Cancels Insanity Plea From article: Psychiatrists who evaluated Ramkissoon at the request of a judge concluded that she was not criminally insane. Her attorney, Steven Silverman, said the doctors found that her beliefs were indistinguishable from religious beliefs, in part because they were shared by those around her. "She wasn't delusional, because she was following a religion," Silverman said, describing the findings of the doctors' psychiatric evaluation. "At times there can be an overlap between extreme religious conviction and delusion," said Robert Jay Lifton, a cult expert and psychiatrist who lectures at Harvard Medical School. "It's a difficult area for psychiatry and the legal system." Waiting for the child to resurrect not insane? Ah, the benefits of religion.
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POPSFree Speech or Coercion Instead of looking at the UN resolution as a plea for respect it can also be viewed as an attempt to force people to accept your dogma.
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POPSLosing Our Religion Based on the recent American Religious Identification Survey conducted by researchers at Trinity College of Hartford, Conn.
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POPSTaking a Hard Look A position that I personally feel drawn to is the question of groups in the US being accorded special privilege. This short book review offers a view of this perspective.
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POPSMore Christian Persecution Once again we're witness to more outrage against Christian persecution. This time from that erudite philosopher of religion, Charlie Daniels. This'll get Joe Six Pack gnashing his teeth about those atheist Christ haters!
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POPSLiars for Christ The not surprising survey by the Baptist funded Baylor University which shows religion holding its own is shown to be more of a propoganda screed than a scientific survey. This does not reflect well on a well known "institute of higher learning" such as Baylor. Particularly when the biased survey is so easily refuted. It kind of reminds me of the past administration. Tell a lie often enough and you can get a sizable number of people to start to believe it.
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POPSA Conspiracy of Silence The small clip from the end of an article from India brings up an interesting point that is largely ignored in the US. In some regards it is reminiscent of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy enacted by Clinton in the 90s in regards to gays in the military.
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