Time and time again, I have had passionate theists attempt to convince me that I am an agnostic. “How can you be so pompous to claim to know that there is no God?" they'll say. "You accuse us of belief without evidence, and then you turn around and do the exact same thing.” My usual reply to this is that I do not claim to know that there is no God ( Read more... )

Each year the so-called “pro-life” movement further encroaches on what I believe should be an irrefutable right to all women: the right to have an abortion. It's either an egregious attempt to inject faith-based ideology into law which has no place in any nation that takes the separation of church and state seriously, or it’s an exercise in poor ( Read more... )

My life is my own. There is no one silently pulling strings in the background, controlling my fate and destiny. Because of this I do things because I think they are right, not because I’m supposed to. I help create an ethical world because I wish to live in such a place, not because I fear what will happen to me if I don’t. My morals, and I have ( Read more... )

I've decided for my own sake to start critiquing arguments for the existence of God as we go through them in my Philosophy of Religion class at PSU. It will mainly be a nice way for me to get my thoughts out on paper and keep interested in my class, but it will also help explain why I am an atheist to anyone who is curious ( Read more... )