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POPSFalse Premises I often come across people attempting to argue that atheism is some sort of a creed or even a religion. This clip touches on why this simply isn't the case. The article itself goes into much greater detail.
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POPSPZ Myers and Weekend Religionists This short 34 second clip made me imagine future church goers more as civil war reenactors. They are mildly entertaining to watch but you wouldn't base your whole life on their hobby.
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POPSShowcase of Real Stupidity It's getting more and more difficult to keep up with the wackos these days. Ray's best line, of course, is his assertion that the poster he's responding to lives in an imaginary world. Irony meters all over the world pegged on that statement. Oh my!!!
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POPSFood for Thought One statistic that stood out to me was the strange 1 in 5 self professed atheists that claim to believe in God. Atheism is conventionally defined as holding no belief in a god or gods.
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POPSScientific Framing - Do We Need It? Recently there's been a controversy in the scientific community concerning scientific framing. That's framing in the sense of presenting views and facts in such a way that they appeal to a larger percentage of the population. We hear this mostly in the political realm but it applies equally in the scientific realm particularly where science and politics intersect. Is it the right thing to do? Is it too Orwellian?
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POPSWomen as Appliances Should women be regarded as incubators by the state? Can the idea of "souls" be used in a legal venue to justify such treatment?
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POPSRural America - Bastions of Hate` What's up with rural Americans? They can't be this easily led or this abjectly ignorant. Or can they? Yes, racism and bigotry are alive and thriving in America.
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POPSFreedom for All Because of the nationwide special privilege that Christians have come to expect this type of discrimination is common place.
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POPSFacts Do Matter For those Fundamentalists that insist that atheists choose not to believe so they can live a life of debauchery and decadence.
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POPSBigotry in Illinois Far from being unique, this latest outburst is simply one of the loudest. There is a wide spread prejudice against non-theists in the US that to a large degree is condoned by a large portion of the population. It's only when the bigots become shrill and irrational, like Rep. Davis did, that it becomes news. Maybe this could be a good thing. It brings it out in the open.
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POPSGrandpa McCain Don't Like Them Atheists! Promulgating the idea of bigoted, separatist thought seems to take up a lot of the energies of the Republicans these days. Of course this has been their bread and butter issue for years. Give us someone to hate and forget about the real issues that plague the common man. They're the first to cry foul over class issues but they certainly have no qualms about using them to instill fear and prejudice if it suits their corporate aims.
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POPSScientific Icon Found As often happens following one of these scientific miracles expect a spat of similar instances to follow. Just this morning I found a forgotten bag of bread covered with Rhizopus stolonifer that suspiciously resembled the image of Charles Darwin. I'm thinking perhaps a shrine is in order.
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POPSSanity in Thought Reading this one could assume that it's written by one of those left-wing liberal living in sin-filled NY or LA. Actually it's a comment by someone in Malaysia. Naturally, I agree with what this writer says.
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POPSYou Gotta Have God in Brazil I'm not surprised in the least. A significant number of people hold the belief that believing in a deity is a necessary condition when judging a person as being moral. Although this belief is unfounded and easily disproved it continues to influence opinions.
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POPSChristian Panic Once again we're presented with the curious sight of grown people (at least in a chronological sense) getting in a lather over a display that is contrary to their sacred view of the world. Fear seems to be the driving force behind most of the actions of religious people and that fear is exhibited here. Predictably, their response is unfortunately representative of a school yard fight instead of adults addressing a difference of opinion. We'll get to it! You can imagine their moral outrage if the shoe was on the other foot. Acceptance is a concept that they have yet to learn.
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POPSRomney's Hornets Nest Another commentator speaks up about the disastrous attempt by Romney to make dogma the National mantra. Is there a journalistic shift taking place? Are people waking from their 6 year slumber aboard Bush's Ark? Are they finally seeing the actual harm that this quasi-theocratic administration has wrought? Is there hope?
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POPSAtheists Don't Deserve Freedom And as Joan Walsh added: But I wasn't reassured, I was alarmed. Romney blasted "the new religion of secularism," referring to those who continue to argue for strict separation of church and state, which apparently, like certain of the Geneva Conventions under the Bush administration, is becoming "quaint." I sometimes find the anti-God stridency of Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens grating. Listening to Romney's speech I realized what a necessary corrective it is to corrosive political pandering. Calling secularism "religion" is a cheap shot worthy of Bill O'Reilly, not a major presidential candidate. I can't help hoping Romney's speech fails to soothe religious conservatives, because the sooner the Republican Party faces up to the destructive cost of its electoral dependence on religious extremists, the better off our country will be.
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POPSOh Goody - I'm Gonna Get Saved Tomorrow Tomorrow's the big day for me! Scads of folks are coming together to electronically pray for me and other heathens at a new website. I can begin to feel the godly tingles already... I found the end of the clip particularly telling as it shows that the concept of rational thought has yet to occur to this person. Too bad...
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POPSTen Commandments Minus Eight From Carlin's standup routine. I've admired him ever since the "Hippy-Dippy Weather Man". That's a clue how old I am. :-) This is one of his best!
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POPSComic Opera Of course Ms. Paulson doesn't seem to understand that if a subject is not taught through a religious lens that it is not automatically "atheistic". I don't recall taking Atheist Geometry or Atheist English although no mention was made of religion in these classes. How ridiculous!
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POPSCatholic League Panties Wad Up Again One would be tempted to suggest that if the Catholic Church had put as much energy into clergy misconduct, we'd all be better off. But, of course, this movie is a sincere threat to the very moral fiber of the world and could possibly mark the end of civilization as we know it. :-)
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POPSReligious "Deep Thinking" Looked at in a certain light, this article by Rev. Steve Cornell, is hilarious. I've never seen so many myths about atheism grouped into one article. What Rev. Steve has managed to do is to show how ignorant he really is. What's sad is that people evidently believe this drivel. If you are of the mind, take a look here for answers to Rev Steve's silly assertions: http://atheism.about.com/od/atheismmyths/Atheism_Myths_Misconceptions_How_Theists_Misrepresent_Atheism.htm Atheism Myths & Misconceptions: Exposing the Ways Theists Misrepresent Atheism & Athiests
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POPSBook Flap Remember, this book was published 12 years ago. In all that time the Catholic Church, wonder upon wonders, has managed to survive this grave risk to complete and utter destruction. And as far as I know there have been no reported cases of anyone being corrupted by this evil tome of Satan. Once the movie based on the book was announced the religious whinnying began. Their claims seem to indicate that the movie will be the end of civilization as we know it. Welcome to the "Hyperbole Zone". I for one am not surprised.
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POPSRespect for People - Criticism for Ideas "What is most important in our sharing of beliefs is that we not become judgmental, cynical or mean spirited . No one should suggest that atheists are somehow "bad" or uncaring. Also, no one should suggest that believers are weak minded and living a fantasy. Respect is the operative word." The author is confusing respect for an individual person for respect for an idea. By doing so I suspect he hopes to deflect criticism of theology altogether. A careful reading also indicates that he is getting set up to unveil a defense of Intelligent Design.
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POPSCareful Reportage And I heartily agree. In fact, most gemstones I've talked to hold no opinion one way or the other. Do we depend too much on spell checkers and not enough on careful reading? Check the 4th paragraph above.
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POPSReligious Comic Relief I was given hope that here was the definitive article that would wipe away this fog from religion and bring it into the 21st Century. It promised to disprove atheist claims using reason and science. Now, of course there are no atheist claims to disprove, but it makes for good rhetoric. (Note: atheism is non-belief, not a system of belief). Well, don't hold your breath waiting for any type of definitive rational for believing in a deity here. As they say, this article is all sizzle and no steak.
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POPSReligionists Rely on Faulty Logic and Lies This propaganda from the NCR is a prime example of religion's use of misdirection coupled with failed logic to try to prove to their "customers" that their spiel is legitimate. It has worked for roughly 2,000 years so they stick with the old methods because they are successful. One difference today is that we no longer have to accept this ruse as being grounded in reality but see it for what it is. A naked attempt to dupe a gullible populace that is willing to be lulled into a false sense of childish dependency. The entire screed is brought to you because the NCR feels threatened by a movie! Two thousand years of history and they become unhinged because another piece of fiction challenges their piece of fiction. Of course the stakes are big. Make no mistake, the Church is big business and wants to protect its assets.
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POPSGovernment as the Hammer of Religion Here we go again. Over the years my enthusiasm has been dampened somewhat by failures to rid this secular country of the self-serving desires of Christian Nationalists seeking unwarranted privilege, but you never know. Maybe reason will prevail this time.
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POPSA Sad Tale This is simply a taste of a rather lengthy article that traces the rather sad and frequently misunderstood Antony Flew. Having read a couple of Flew's books I was perplexed by reading recent accounts in various Christian journals of his sudden "conversion". This article sheds light on the unfortunate decline in his mental acuity and the manner in which this was taken advantage of by a group of ID apologists attempting to add a respected scholar to their ranks.
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POPSNew Film Anti-Religious? I can't remember any atheist attacks on the multitude of religious based films that we've been assaulted by over the years (except possibly for the Christian porn movie, The Passion of the Christ). Now the Christian censors are frantic that the movie's tame portrayal of the books it is based on will be too watered down. Their reasoning is that with the meeker film version people will be persuaded to buy the book and that is where the real god bashing occurs. So in their warped view of reality, the film is simply a feature length commercial for the book series. It's no surprise when one realizes that the major criticism for the film and books comes from the Catholic League. A group not known for its tolerance.
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POPSSecular Novelety? Perhaps some headway is being made. The religion free funeral along with many other public celebrations and commemorations is a positive event. There is absolutely no reason to call on supernatural powers to mark a milestone. It's time we outgrew the infancy of our development as a species and entered the age of reason and reality.
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POPSAtheist Anger Why are we viewed as angry. Well, we have several reasons for that. Here are a few. View the entire article for more.
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POPSStill Entertaining It finally dawned on me why I continue to read this man's lame blabbering? It's no different from tabloid reports of Big Foot. His "arguments" are so easily refuted that he could very well serve as a proving ground for beginning atheists. I've refrained at clipping too much of his "content" since it is so inane. If you want a laugh, go to the article and read the comments that follow. Dinesh is indeed an intellectual fool but he does hold a certain amusement factor.
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