December 2010
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Ricky Gervais
“Why don’t you believe in God? I get that question all the time. I always try to give a sensitive, reasoned answer. This is usually awkward, time consuming and pointless. People who believe in God don’t need proof of his existence, and they certainly don’t want evidence to the contrary. They are happy with their belief. They even say things like “it’s true to me” and “it’s faith”. I...
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Why Atheism Will Replace Religion
“Atheists are heavily concentrated in economically developed countries, particularly the social democracies of Europe. In underdeveloped countries, there are virtually no atheists. Atheism is thus a peculiarly modern phenomenon. Why do modern conditions produce atheism?
First, as to the distribution of atheism in the world, a clear pattern can be discerned. In sub-Saharan Africa there...
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Why is atheism anti-Christian?
I’m sure I am not the only atheist to notice that many individuals within the Christian faith specifically, regularly argue that atheism is more anti-Christian than anti-any other theistic religion. Now, first of all, ignoring the incredibly obvious elements of self-pity and self-victimisation here, and of course the fact that many atheists aren’t in fact anti-theistic at all,...
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BOI TALK: Why I'm An Atheist →
boitalk:
I was raised in a Southern Baptist household. What that means to me is that while we hardly ever went to church, the use of Jesus, God, the Bible, and especially hell, were used as a means of scaring me. I can’t really say if both my parents considered themselves good Christians, although my father did seem to “find” God in the last years of his life. I tend to think he may have...
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The End of Guilt and Confusion: Extended Bio →
guyagainstreligion:
My very first thoughts in life involved believing in God, to the point where I could not possibly recall the first time I was ever told of God’s existence, and I was dragged to church every Sunday since the day I was born. It simply was what it was, there was a God because my parents told me there was, and this large congregation I attended with all of the other faithful...