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I've been working on a "What atheism means to me" essay. This started as a chunk of that, but got out of hand and had to be banished. I think it stands on it's own, so it'll go on my site in a day or two:Religion is Like Wine ( Read more... )

From The Times (UK):

Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.

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And here's the original paper.

The Cost of War.

Watching the counter spin out thousands of dollars a second is one thing.

Seeing that the same amount of money could have ensured that every child in the world was given basic immunizations for the next 64 years, or sent 9 million people to a four-year college is quite another.

Fuckers.

I couldn't have said it better myself

This will be going up on my website soonish. Comments welcome.

Good News!

There's a million dollars under your bed! Yes really. Go look; I'll wait.

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Just in case anyone's interested, I've got some junk on ebay. It's mostly knives and roleplaying books from back when I collected such things.

They've elected a new pope. He's repressive, misogynistic, and homophobic with a general disdain for non-Catholics ( Read more... )

People keep telling me that us non-believers need to organize and become a polical force. I wonder how the hard working folks at American Atheists, Freedom From Religion Foundation, American Humanist Association and GAMPAC feel when they hear that ( Read more... )

Jon Carroll relays the following communique from the Unitarian Jihad.
Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States. We are Unitarian Jihad. There is only God, unless there is more than one God. The vote of our God subcommittee is 10-8 in favor of one God, with two abstentions. Brother Flaming Sword of Moderation noted the possibility ( Read more... )