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POPSIndian girl faces total Christian ignorance Video won't clip. Go to source to watch 2 complete Christian idiots berate a girl from India about her religion. 90% of the believers are as brainless as these two, believing what they are told and never questioning it. They spout their believer nonsense, never able to defend it without simply insisting it is true. 'Sarah' claims a Hindu belief and faces the gauntlet of believer ignorance from the carrot and stick threats of heaven and hell, Pascal's wager, and finally being told that she cannot associate as a friend unless she commits to being Christian. These 2 Christian twits cannot even fathom how an Indian girl can be considered Asian and insist her dark skin relegates her to African status, going so far as to call her a liar for denying she is not African. I'm almost thinking this is some kind of joke except Christians really are this arrogant in their beliefs. Definately a Poe's Law here if this turns out to be a spoof.
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POPS3 Simple Words A blog I ran across that I thought presented a very good explanation of why religion often inhibits science and investigation.
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POPSChristian Child Abuse caught on tape Listen to this audio of a 9 year old girl being mentally abused. She is being forced to accept that Harry Potter put the devil in her. This is child abuse. People like this needs to be locked up, but because of a taboo we allow on discussing religion people like this are allowed to continue, often encouraged. Pardon me while I go throw up now
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POPSAfrican Christians declare war on "child witches" And people wonder why I call religion a cancer on society? Religion supports and spreads the idea of mystical thought while destroying and undermining the use of rationalism. It is insanity and delusion passed off as salvation.
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POPSFFRF puts up first ever Nontheistic Billboard Man would those cause a stink in my home town! When the only Sex store opened up here the entire city went on red alert. Lawfully they couldn't stop it, but they did modify the laws and zoning so that no other Sex store could open. Meanwhile Cash Advance, churches, and homeopathy drug stores abound!
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POPSPriests defect to Anglican church Even theological "authorities" on god cannot come to terms about "the rules" and agree upon interpretation. If you cannot even agree about the demands of god within your own house how can you even pretend to have any authority to describe god and interpret your own scriptures to others? I also notice the worry over finances as interesting. I see this as yet one more bit of proof of the commercialization of religion. Seems to me that with church organizations acting like businesses then they should be taxed like them.
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POPSRabies survivor attributes miracle to god With friends like god, who needs enemies? Stories like these always amaze me because people will attribute some divine influence or interaction. Had this girl been bitten, suffered the effects of rabies, and then fully recovered with no medical intervention then I would be intrigued. Instead, she is bitten, she immediately undergoes emergency medical procedures, struggles through months of rehabilitation, and still suffers long term effects - yet people claim god blessed her. Wouldn't have god better blessed her by simply making the bat NOT bite her? I feel that stories like these show a desperation in religion to find any sort of validity, but critical examination leads anyone to the opposite conclusion.
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POPSA fundamental "Catch-22" Hat tip to AcesLucky for providing a link to this webpage in his clip. I just had to link this cartoon because it is just too damn funny.
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POPSCopyrighting god Just more evidence that religion is nothing but a big man made moneymaking scheme. Thanks to the <a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/09/godtm/#comments">Bad Astronomer</a> for pointing this little nugget out.
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POPSHuman evolution further refined “This is not questioning the idea at all of evolution; it is refining some of the specific points,” Anton said. “This is a great example of what science does and religion doesn’t do. It’s a continuous self-testing process.”
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POPSBookestores have noticed Atheists A recent survey I read suggests that religion (in america) is not so dominant as the 90% and higher figures depict. The way the questions are asked can greatly influence the outcome of a survey and the number of non believers actually runs around 25% rather than the often stated 9%
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POPSChristianity's crumbling foundation The bible, the source of Christian religion, is such a corrupted and edited book. It really brings home the fact that people believe because they want to believe, not because they have any real solid foundation to their faith.
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POPSDarwin's defense of missionaries It is so ironic that Darwin holds a position of evil with so many christian religions. But because he presented an idea that they didn't like then he, of course, is presented as being in league with satan.
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POPSAbusive preacher put down by wife The only thing worse than a hypocritical fundy is an abusive hypocritical fundy. While I don't know all the facts of this case, it sure looks like justice has been served here both by the court and the wife. Hopefully she sheds her delusion of religion and goes on to live a sane and happy life.