Girl Against Religion: Archive

Girl Against Religion

August 2011

1 post

So I once saw someone post an image/painting of...

Anyone know what I’m on about or where I can find it?

July 2011

12 posts

“Christianity is the best way to cure gayness. Just get on your knees, take a...”

– Stephen Colbert

Objectivia: Last night I sent my mother a text... →

objectivia: Last night I sent my mother a text explaining how I feel being forced to a religion. I’ve been it my whole life but there’s no belief anymore. Her reaction. ” you need to learn you don’t have the right to leave.You don’t understand anything about life. If you leave, you won’t have a place to live… I feel so sorry for you.

Austrian driver's religious headgear strains...

“Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons. Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism. The Austrian authorities required him to obtain a doctor’s certificate that he was “psychologically fit” to drive. The idea came into Mr Alm’s...

krystlem3th asked: Hey! I messaged you a few months ago about my family situation where I was basically facing "excommunication" so to speak. I'd like to say that since then, although things haven't improved much, my family has temporary accepted my lack of belief. I finally got my hands on "The God Virus" and a few other recommended readings, and I've shared your blog with some...

“Organized religions by their very natures are misleading. The bottom line is...”

– Frank Zappa

illusionoverdespair asked: Do you believe we will ever see a peaceful revolt against the church that actually leads to some sort of world wide reform? I doubt we will ever see the church dissolve, but just to have them doing the good that they have the potential to do would be nice.

“To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads...”

“If you’re an atheist, educate yourself in other religions so you know why you’re...”

“Religion is the opium of the masses. One of the worst facets of religion, aside...”

Anonymous asked: What would you say to someone who claims the Quaran is proof of Gods existence?

Paradox of Tolerance

The tolerance paradox arises from a problem that a tolerant person might be antagonistic toward intolerance, hence intolerant of it. The tolerant individual would then be by definition intolerant of intolerance. This problem is at the heart of the dilemma faced by pluralist societies who wish to embrace diversity, but in doing so ostensibly exclude those who do not embrace diversity, which...

June 2011

42 posts

There is a difference between being a good person...

“I tend to agree with Dawkins that pantheism is essentially sexed up atheism....”

– Helvetebrann

drive-til-dawn-deactivated20120 asked: Hello Felice! I was just wondering if you thought there is any chance at all of two people of very different religious beliefs to have a lasting relationship?

Anonymous asked: Dear Felice, I, like many, many, thank you for wonderful insights. I will gladly use these to my arguments but, of course, it will only be right to credit you if someone asks.

Now, for the most important question of all. It may be a challenge but it is proven to challenging, you are free to walk away from it without shame. Are you ready?
...
Why are you so awesome?

Anonymous asked: I've never really believed in God just based on what I got taught in my catholic school. It just never made sense to me. I started reading the bible last night and was amazed at how many contradictions are in there. On one page it says there is no excuse for killing a man and then on another it said that we ought to put homosexuals to death. It sickened me. You often said God condones slavery...

Anonymous asked: how do you think the world will end, felice?

do you think it will it be by natural disaster like a super volcano or meteor hit? or perhaps humans will be the cause of their own demise through overconsumption, pollution, and/or war. hell, maybe the human race will die out and the earth will thrive!

i'm genuinely interested in your thoughts! obviously i know...

Anonymous asked: Is blackmail wrong? Is killing someone wrong? Is loving someone unfailing right?

Anonymous asked: What is good? What is bad? How do you know them when you see them?

hatefulatheist asked: I think people that dismiss religious people as idiots do a lot to hurt the image of rationale and sensible Atheists like ourselves. No one likes being told they are an idiot. There are ways of saying that you believe people are not thinking clearly without resulting to name calling. That type of mud slinging ends up resulting in the perpetuation of the angry mean Atheist stereotype. It's...

Anonymous asked: OHMAG GO ON CAM U R GORG.

Anonymous asked: The video on your vimeo that is narrated by Phil Hellenes has changed everything about the way I view things. Thank you Felice.

Anonymous asked: So many Physics references... Are you close to a University? Have you ever attended free lectures? (I drove 4 hours to go to a free MIT lecture once; you're probably better off) It's already looking good, your brain, but keep feeding it more. Peace.

I've been thinking

undiscoveredcolors: Maybe Paradise still exists somewhere but we’re too blinded to see it. Maybe we can’t see it as Paradise if God isn’t there anymore. Maybe we cut it down and built a mini mall over it. Maybe I’m not religious enough to be thinking about this. Maybe life itself is paradise, and religion blinds people to the fact that Heaven is here on Earth, we just have to build it for...

Jupiter seen by Voyager 1 probe with blue filter. One image was taken every Jupiter day (approximately 10 hours). These pictures were taken from 01/06 to 02/03, 1979 ; and Voyager 1 flew from 58 million to 31 million kilometers from Jupiter during that time. The small, round, dark spots appearing in some frames are the shadows cast by the moons passing between Jupiter and the Sun,...

Anonymous asked: have you ever watched the documentary "Jesus Camp"?
i'm not saying every christian is bad, but once i watched this, i was just glad I never fell for all that "brainwashing".

misapprehensions asked: I actually once tried to read the Bible, then I had to stop because of all the hypocrisy and contradiction, and it was beyond me how people could believe in it all; a woman even tried shoving a Jesus leaflet down my throat whilst I was in town today, and when I rejected it she then went on to tell me how "Jesus is coming" and I’ll “burn in hell”.

Anyway,...

Anonymous asked: Hell is a place or torture and your greatest fears, not partying and taking vodka shots of naked bitches

Anonymous asked: You know what, Felice? I love you. Yeah, you don't know me and I don't know you and we haven't talked either but I truly respect you and like, I'm so so grateful. Thanks to you I can live happily without worrying about fictional angels and sky daddies, enjoying life and every minute of it, without "being scared of the place where I'm going to be tortured when I...

thatsamericanlove asked: Hello, I'm currently out of the whole christian loop myself, all i saw in it were corporate churchs robbing naive people of their money and pretty much just random men talking about the bible, they could have been saying anything as long as they said in gods name in every other sentence and people would believe it. Anyways I would just like to say i adore both of your blogs and how...

Anonymous asked: I'm a Christian, and before you just ignore my comment please don't.

I'm not here to tell you anything or defend myself like some other people or like that but I just think that it's really unfair for someone to generalize people of religion based on a few people from the group. I love people, and that's what I what I choose to do. I support gay rights and...

jackdanielsandfilm asked: when I was in school we were forced to prey every day, by the time I was starting secondary school I had already realised the problems in the bible and the whole concept of religion.
After a while my teachers would say to the class 'lower your head to prey' while everybody else did as they were told I would sit solidly, staring at the teacher, sometimes it was my head master.

“When academics spend their lives studying non-existent characters and events,...”

– Lawrence Myles

tmrss asked: you can hate on religion all you want but you cant deny that the average christian is a bad person. Most christians dont condone the bad parts of the bible, and call it outdated or whatever. If religion gives people a sense of community and meaning in the world what's the big deal?

I'm not exactly pro religion, and am personally a fan on Richard Dawkins and the other...

liveforloveandlaughter-deactiva asked: You are such a role model to me Felice. It's actually unbelievable how much you have to say about religion. I'm 15, and my interest in astrophysics and becoming an anti-theist has just extremely grown through your blog. I already had my chosen state of being an anti-theist and have been a strong supporter of science being the explanation for the creation and development of this universe....

Anonymous asked: I think you'll like this one. I had to take a class in college called Study of Religion, and the instructor actually said in class that religion is for stupid and poor people basically to allow them to feel good about their troubled lives by thinking that there will be a reward at the end of their life.

Anonymous asked: Hi Felice,
I just wanted to say thank you, for inspiring me so much to dive in deeper about religion. I live in Sydney, Australia in an area where we don't have much religious influence and so my friends and everyone around me aren't particularly interested in religion. But despite this people still seem to look down on atheism. I've always been fascinated with religion, any...

Anonymous asked: Hi Felice !
I was just wondering, no offense, but i've seen you wearing loads of inverted crosses. I know it's been really trendy and stuff but i've seen you saying on your other blog that you wear them to show that you're against religions but still I always thought that the inverted cross was like the holy sign of satanists, which is a religion isn't it ? so i...

Anonymous asked: When I was little I used to have to go to church and Id hate it and beg mum not to go, then we met these people and whenever Id go to their house they would always correct me with "Oh my gosh" instead of "Oh my God." because it was highly disrespectful to use gods name in that manner, the only reason they were our friends was because we were going to church and when my Mum and...

gilded- asked: Hi Felice, I've always wondered this you see I've followed your personal blog for a while and you'll occasionally say some pretty harsh things about religion and I always wondered do you believe in tolerance for other beliefs? I think sometimes you were just irritated with some remarks and that is why you responded with kind of biting comments toward different religions. I think...

Anonymous asked: What advise would you give to a 15 year old girl who's whole family is extremely religious, and im caught in the middle of fear of not believing, and of wanting to know the truth! I hear about hell all the time in my life, and im afraid that what if he does exist and i have to burn alive for the rest of my life after i die

Anonymous asked: Hey, Felice! First off, I really enjoy your blog. I love reading your posts and answers to questions and I think you are a beautiful, smart human being, so thank you. I was trying to find a way out of religion (I never really understood it) and you have truly inspired me to do so, to open my eyes wide. Thank you, lovely. But, I've got a question. What do you think that happens when we die?

Anonymous asked: If you could make a world broadcast stating your view on why the bible is fictional, and why the whole religion thing is a joke, what would you say. Oh, and do you beleive in aliens.

Anonymous asked: I do not believe in a God. I have done previously (Catholicism) but stopped after I had to many questions, too many contradictions that lay unanswered. Whilst I don't belong to a religion, I believe that all should live with a pure and happy heart. So obviously I do not condone hurting others for selfish reasons or what not but not to an extreme level where it rules my relationships with...