7 things guys don’t have to do [...]

a short poem by Justin Simmons [...]

This is a brief excerpt from an article I thoroughly enjoyed, I hope you find it edifying as well…
Read the full text here: http://www.friesian.com/need.htm
What is the reward of virtue? This has always been one of the fundamental questions of philosophy and religion. Is there divine retribution and justice? That the wicked often prosper and the [...]

Barack does state that he is not “for legalization”. The difference between legalization and decriminalization is anything but marginal. The latter policy would likely result in marijuana possession under a certain amount a ticket-able offense similar to a traffic violation. [...]

According to Jewish legend contained in Genesis 2-3, roughly 6,000 years ago in a garden called Eden the deity Yahweh created a male human from dirt and breathed life into him. The man was lonely and wanted a partner. Yahweh parades all the animals before him to see if any is a suitable helper. Adam [...]

Wait for it… (Video)

There is a lot of great stuff in the Christian Bible. In it we are encouraged to love our enemies, avoid conflict, love our neighbor, obey the law of the land, etc… I am in agreement with the bible on these points. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of bad stuff in there also. It [...]

May it [the Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security [...]

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A friend of mine sent me this quote from a magazine article that made her think of me. It said, “If we looked at mortality as the whole of existence, then pain, sorrow, failure, and short life would be calamity. But if we look upon life as an eternal thing stretching far into premortal [...]

Good introduction to Dawkins. (Video)

This morning I stopped by Starbucks to get coffee & pastries for the family and I. As I collected the beverages my eyes caught a glimpse of a book they were featuring titled “Beautiful Boy”. I picked it up and read the subtitle, “A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction”.
I experienced an immediate rush of [...]

The Christian bible says that all humankind is under the curse of Adam and without repentance and faith in Christian Dogma every man will be tortured for an eternity.
First this is built upon the lie that man was created by the hand of God from dirt about 6,000 years ago, that he was tempted by [...]

I am trying to read this book because a couple of ministers thought it would silence my objections to Christian faith.
I picked it up at the library hoping for sound arguments for the deity of Jesus and the authority of scripture. Contrary to what I hoped, I found that this book is written for the [...]

Abraham was raised in a culture where it was accepted that God(s) accepted human sacrifice. This was common in the area Abraham was raised and since it was an oral, not written tradition it’s conceivable, even likely that when Abraham understood God “telling him” to sacrifice Isaac it was the same as if I were [...]

In this lengthy video Christopher Hitchens makes the case that religion was humankind’s first and worst attempt at philosophy and science. He dispels the myth that religion is the source of morality. He also talks on many other topics and answers questions from the audience
Author of “God is not Great, how religion poisons everything”, Hitchens [...]

by Leo Tolstoy
(from “Resurrection”)
The service began.
It consisted of the following. The priest, having dressed himself up in a strange and very inconvenient garb of gold cloth, cut and arranged little bits of bread on a saucer and then put most of them in a cup with wine, repeating at the same time different names and [...]

by Robert Buchanan
English novelist and dramatist, 1814-1901
Not Baal, but Christus-Jingo! Heir
Of him who once was crucified!
The red stigmata still are there,
The crimson spear-wounds in the side;
But raised aloft as God and Lord,
He holds the Money-bag and Sword.
See, underneath the Crown of Thorn,
The eye-balls fierce, the features grim!
And merrily from night to morn
We chaunt his praise [...]

http://richarddawkins.net/article,825,The-God-Debate,Sam-Harris-Rick-Warren-Newsweek
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