Andrew Sullivan reports: Blair Scott, a spokesman for the American Atheists, Inc., was subjected to over 8,000 death threats and other violent rhetoric after appearing on Fox News. Some examples: Your Thoughts?
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Category Archives: Religious Extremism
Norwegian Imam Argues For Beheading Students Who Don’t Fast For Ramadan
May 17, 2011 – 8:00 amYour Thoughts?
“Atheists Kill People”
April 16, 2011 – 3:38 pmA cathartic remix of so many of the most memorable demonizations of atheists from the last few years: Your Thoughts?
On The Conflict Over The Meaning And Cultural Influence of Political Secularism
March 22, 2011 – 11:00 amIn this post I just want to jot down some thoughts about a knotty issue. I probably will not make much progress in untangling all its strands but hopefully will stimulate a discussion that straightens things out at least a bit. Is political secularism inherently neutral or antagonistic to religiosity? There are a couple of [...]
“Why Women Should Not Be Allowed To Vote”
March 9, 2011 – 12:02 pmAs Ellis on Facebook put it, the Bible was “written by and for men like this guy”: It’s not a divinely inspired book any more than this jackass is a prophet. Your Thoughts?
Trainwreck of the Day
March 5, 2011 – 4:43 pmA couple Christian kids with a nauseating, badly performed anti-atheist song set to “My Humps” (via Greg Laden, whose categorizations of the video say it all about the video’s contents): And then there’s “Don’t Cha Wish Your Savior Was Right Like Mine”: Your Thoughts?
Bigoted Americans
March 5, 2011 – 10:23 amThis is some powerfully hateful hypocritical harassment and stupidity right here. It creeps me out to see the American flag, which I love in a deep way, look like a fascist symbol in these nativistic, jingoistic, authoritarian, theocratically Christian Americans’ hands: The YouTube description sums up the context of the above: (ANAHEIM, CA, 3/2/11) — [...]
Christians vs. Muslim in Front of the White House
March 3, 2011 – 7:14 pmAh, faith-based religion. A video like this shows how we desperately need it for moral guidance. What else could make ordinary people like these behave in such admirable ways? Your Thoughts?
Free Speech Wins, Supreme Court Rules Westboro Baptist Church Has Right To Picket Funerals
March 2, 2011 – 12:00 pmVisit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy An earlier report on the heartbreaking consequences of the Westboro Baptist Church’s recklessly malicious, yet clearly Constitutional, free speech: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy No atheist in the world does—or ever could do—as much to damage [...]
Is it Too Risky to Debate Morality’s Foundations in the Public Square?
February 28, 2011 – 10:50 amJean Kazez argues that the public square is not the place for atheists to be arguing that science and religion are incompatible. I strongly reject her position on this point because not only do I believe that ordinary people are quite capable of handling a vigorous, no-holds-barred debate about religion but because I believe the [...]
Why Atheists Should Not Give Up Challenging Theism And Theists
February 25, 2011 – 11:08 pmGreenGeekGirl advises the atheist community (and she has a nice defense of the existence of an atheist community against those who do not believe one exists) that we should no longer bother arguing with theists, since this is supposedly futile, but should rather accept we have it pretty good in America and focus on protecting [...]
The Religious Conservative’s False Choice: “Big Brother” Or “Heavenly Father”
February 23, 2011 – 10:00 amIn an e-mail to me, Caroline proposes thought provoking reasons for non-believers to encourage (or at least to not actively discourage) religious beliefs: It would also be nice if people would carry out actions in good conscience of just being decent human beings rather than in fear of reprisal in the afterlife, but as there [...]
Defending The Apparent Truth Of Evolution’s Mindlessness
February 21, 2011 – 8:57 pmLast Christmas Eve, I argued that the belief that God “guided evolution” was not a rationally respectable way to reconcile science with faith but rather it was essentially an effective denial of the theory of natural selection, in its scientifically explanatory sense. Part of the revolutionary character of the discovery of evolution by natural selection [...]
Muslim Cleric Who Led Friday Prayers In Egypt Friday Supports Death For Apostates
February 21, 2011 – 2:43 pmYusuf al-Qaradawi’s show ash-Shariah wal-Hayat has an audience of 40 million. He is the head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, is a trustee of Oxford University, and is considered a leading Muslim Brotherhood intellectual. He returned to Egypt from exile after the fall of Hosni Mubarak and led Friday prayers on February 18. [...]
“Hell’s Angel” (Christopher Hitchens’s Documentary On Mother Theresa)
February 20, 2011 – 11:14 pmI went looking for this documentary on the site just now thinking for sure I must have it here, but alas I was aghast not to find it. I may never have posted it. This must be rectified post haste. An oldie but a goodie from Hitch: Your Thoughts?
“If You Believe In God, You Have To Believe In The Devil”
February 20, 2011 – 2:42 pmLast summer there was a cheesy ad for the latest Exorcist film, and the tagline epitomized and exploited a key twist of twisted religious logic. The film’s tagline was “If you believe in God, you have to believe in the devil.” What’s the idea behind this?
Sam Brinton On Coming Out At 10 And Going Into Aversion Therapy
February 20, 2011 – 12:04 amCan you say “religiously motivated child abuse”? via Feminist Philosophers. Your Thoughts?
Muslim Mob Burns Churches, Demands Death Penalty Over Christian Man’s Leaflets “Insulting” Islam
February 9, 2011 – 1:17 pmThe usual outrageous outrage: A Muslim mob burned churches and clashed with police in Indonesia on Tuesday as they demanded the death penalty for a Christian man convicted of blaspheming against Islam, police said. Two days after a Muslim lynch mob killed three members of a minority Islamic sect, crowds of furious Muslims set two [...]
Pakistani Governor Murdered For Opposing Blasphemy Laws
January 4, 2011 – 4:41 pmEnraging news: Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — The governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province was assassinated by his own security guard Tuesday, according to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, apparently because he spoke out against the country’s controversial blasphemy law. The security guard was arrested, Malik said. The shooting occurred at Islamabad’s Kohsar Market, which is frequented by [...]
Islam And Gays
October 11, 2010 – 12:00 pmSome perspectives, none good: If you can find some pro-gay statements from Muslims, I’d be delighted to run them. Your Thoughts?
True Religion?
August 17, 2010 – 8:46 pmMany a religious person defending her own religious beliefs will argue that a given politically, morally, or intellectually unflattering interpretation of her faith is simply not a true representation of her faith. While the question of who has the right or the adequate means to decisively determine with any rational clarity which competing interpretation of any [...]
“Everybody Draw Muhammad Day” Advocates Under Threat
July 13, 2010 – 12:41 pmThe New York Daily News reports: A CHARISMATIC terror leader linked to the botched Times Square car bomb has placed the Seattle cartoonist who launched “Everybody Draw Muhammed Day” on an execution hit list. Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki – the radical who has also been cited as inspiring the Fort Hood, Tex., massacre and the [...]
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