Religion

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!

By brock on Wed 19 May 2010, 11:33 pm

Mohammed!

Check it out, I drew Mohammed. See, he's got a little "Give Peace A Chance" t-shirt. Cute, right?

I know that this will offend some Muslims, because it violates their religious laws — their religious laws. Non-Muslims are not beholden to the laws of Islam. Jews don't threaten people for eating pork. Mormons don't threaten people for drinking coffee. But somehow, some Muslims seem to think they can threaten people for drawing images of their prophet. Read more »

After The Rapture Pet Care

By brock on Mon 8 Feb 2010, 10:18 pm

Tonight Erin and I were looking at After The Rapture Pet Care after Matt mentioned it on Twitter.

And of course, I'm like, "We should sign up to be caretakers, and make some money off this."

And then I realized it would never pay out, because the whole point is that we don't believe the rapture's a'comin'. And then we laughed till we hurt.

10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On | Cracked.com

By brock on Sun 31 May 2009, 3:10 pm

From Cracked.com: 10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On:

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The war that's coming between the fundamentalist Christians and the hard-core Atheists probably won't be the most violent of the holy wars. But it has the potential to be the most annoying. Well, I'm going to try to stop it. Read more »

Is the U.S. a Christian nation? - Salon.com

By brock on Thu 9 Apr 2009, 6:31 pm

Christopher Hitchens doesn't take shit: Is the U.S. a Christian nation? - Salon.com.

Greta Christina's Blog: Being an Atheist in the Queer Community

By brock on Wed 1 Apr 2009, 9:51 pm

This one has been sitting in my drafts for a while now. Greta Christina wrote a couple months ago about being an atheist in the LGBT community, and gay in the atheist community:

In a lot of ways, I think the atheist movement today is very much where the queer movement was in the early '70s -- newly visible, newly vocal, pissed off as hell, still finding its voice, just beginning to gain real strength.

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Greta Christina's Blog: Eleven Myths and Truths About Atheists

By brock on Wed 1 Apr 2009, 9:43 pm

Maybe you've read it. 10 Myths -- and 10 Truths -- About Atheism. Sam Harris's famous op-ed piece for the L.A. Times. An attempt to clear up the most common misunderstandings about atheists.

The piece is a good idea. But something about it bugs me. Specifically, it bugs me how much time Harris spent dissing religion. Don't get me wrong -- I think religion deserves criticism. But here, I think it's inappropriate.

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Atheism and the "Shut Up, That's Why" Arguments

By brock on Fri 27 Feb 2009, 2:52 am

This has been sitting in my to-write-about bucket for a while, but I'm not going to get around to it. Go read: Greta Christina's Blog: Atheism and the "Shut Up, That's Why" Arguments.

Word of God

By brock on Thu 29 Jan 2009, 10:16 pm

I'm not sure I really get people that believe the Bible is the word of God.

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blockquote>This is the word of God! This is the highest book in all the land! It is the literal word of God, and every word is sacred! Well, except maybe this part - "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house." I mean, that's just plain un-American, right there. And that part about stoning your children or selling your daughter into slavery, I think that part's a metaphor. But gays! Man, does God hate the gays! Read more »

Rick Warren: Burning Condoms for Jesus

By brock on Tue 13 Jan 2009, 2:36 pm

Oh, Rick Warren. You're quite a mensch, huh.

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blockquote>However, an investigation into Warren’s involvement in Africa reveals a web of alliances with right-wing clergymen who have sidelined science-based approaches to combating AIDS in favor of abstinence-only education. More disturbingly, Warren’s allies have rolled back key elements of one of the continent’s most successful initiative, the so-called ABC program in Uganda. Read more »

Atheist Revolution: Opposition to Gay Marriage is Bigotry

By brock on Fri 2 Jan 2009, 9:05 am

Another good one from Atheist Revolution: Opposition to Gay Marriage is Bigotry.

Does Opposing Gay Marriage Make One a Bigot?

Before responding, consider the following:

Does opposing African American marriage (i.e., defining marriage as between two whites and seeking to prevent two consenting African Americans from being married on the grounds that they are African American) make one a bigot?

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