I have this friend that I've known for 10 years or better now. He's a great guy, gives of himself freely without expecting anything in return. As you can probably guess, this sets him up to be taken advantage of a lot. This being the case I know he struggles daily with all of life's challenges (as d
Read Full StoryOne issue I constantly face when talking to a theist about religion is their misconceptions about the terms atheist and agnostic. The common misconception is that there are three belief systems: Atheist = There is no God. Theist = There is a God. Agnostic = I don't know. At the face of it
Read Full StoryIt seems like a simple question for some, but I think it's a good question that can't be easily answered. Many people believe that atheists can't be moral or are immoral. They say so because we do not have an objective moral standard. That is to say, we don't have a source of "ultimate" good who say
Read Full StoryOnce again we have a case of the religious right trying to stifle free speech. They've started their attack on the atheist bus campaign. Honestly... was anyone not expecting this to happen? Living in the south I can't tell you how many depictions of religion I find all over the freaking place. I
Read Full StoryI watched a really good documentary this weekend titled, "For the Bible Tells Me So." It's a documentary that speaks to several devoutly religious families who ended up having gay children. They talk about what they had believed, what they went through, and what they believe now. It's not a very
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I have this friend that I've known for 10 years or better now. He's a great guy, gives of himself freely without expecting anything in return. As you can probably guess, this sets him up to be taken advantage of a lot. This being the case I know he struggles daily with all of life's challenges (as d
07.24.2010 | Featured | Rick
This topic came up the other night while I was having dinner with my father in law, and I wanted to write down my thoughts on this. My position goes a little something like this... The universe follows a set of physical laws. Four of them actually: strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force, ele
One issue I constantly face when talking to a theist about religion is their misconceptions about the terms atheist and agnostic. The common misconception is that there are three belief systems: Atheist = There is no God. Theist = There is a God. Agnostic = I don't know. At the face of it
07.21.2009 | Featured, Religion | Rick
Some of you may be old enough to remember and everyone else should have read about it, the businesses that used to have signs up that said, "Whites only". It would appear the same stuff is happening only in this day in age it's not whites, it's gays. For those of you not in the know, the Later Da
It's a freaking miracle that people would buy into this crap. Seriously people? Let's think about this for just a few second, just a few... we're not talking long division here. This lady had cancer, she had chemo therapy. Some time passes, and the tumors are gone. ONE doctor says he can't explai
