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Angry Atheist Debate About A Mosque Near Ground Zerosts

June 7, 2010 – 1:30 pm

Saturday I put together a large post highlighting a spectrum of thoughtful and/or provocative opinions on the recently approved plan to build a mosque a couple of blocks away from the former site of the World Trade Center in New York.  That day, for the sake of balance, I wanted to find someone who could [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Atheist Videos, Atheistic Ethics, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Islam, Law, Law & Politics, New Atheism, News Discussion, Politics, Religion, Religious Extremism, Religious Moderates, Religious Rights, Right Wing Politics, Videos, World Affairs | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

Pat Condell's Case Against The Catholic Church

March 27, 2010 – 2:59 pm

After a tasteless joke early on, he’s justly scathing and deserves to be heard: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKg4HLsu5gE&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Christians are too blithe when they distinguish the evils perpetuated by Christian institutions from those same institutions’ claims to moral and spiritual authority as founded by God or, at least, to their being the church of God at all. How [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Atheist Videos, Christianity, Cultural Secularism, Jesus, Judaism, New Atheism, Roman Catholic Church, Videos, Why I Am Not A Christian | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Pat Condell Vs. Clergy

October 3, 2009 – 6:41 pm

Your Thoughts?

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My Thoughts On Blasphemy Day

September 30, 2009 – 9:15 am

(I’m moving this post written for “Blasphemy Day” to the front page today as its basic themes relate to “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” which occurs today.) So today is “Blasphemy Day.”  Here’s what it’s about: Blasphemy Day International is an international campaign seeking to establish September 30th as a national day to promote free speech [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Applied Ethics, Atheism, Civil Liberties, Cultural Secularism, Featured, Free Speech, Friendly Atheist, Law, Nietzsche, Political Secularism, Politics, Secularism, Separation of Church and State | Tagged , | Comments (3)

Top 10 Favorite Atheist/Rationalist YouTube Channels

September 12, 2009 – 10:21 am

This last three months I’ve spent blogging, I’ve learned my away around the atheist internet and been delighted by how many wonderful resources there are, between websites, blogs, videos, discussion forums, etc.  And not only the videos but some of the video channels run by extraordinarily creative or at least patiently argumentative creators of original [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Atheistic Ethics, Comedy, Creationism, Cultural Secularism, Education, Hilarious, Mr. Deity, News Discussion, Parody, Political Secularism, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Satire, Secularism, Videos | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (18)

Classic Pat Condell Video On The Benefits Of Atheism

August 25, 2009 – 11:19 pm

Rarely does someone say so much so right so well in just over 4 minutes: Your Thoughts?

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Atheistic Ethics, Cultural Secularism, Political Secularism, Religion, Religious Secularism, Secularism, Separation of Church and State, Videos | Comments (0)

Pat Condell Excoriates The Left For Not Standing Up To Islamism

July 24, 2009 – 5:35 am

There is a lot to chew on in this latest rant from Pat Condell on the need for the tolerant to be more intolerant of intolerant religions than they are intolerant of denouncers of intolerant religions.  While Condell’s  attack on multiculturalism is too broad and at times his rhetoric is cringe-inducingly counter-productive, I do share [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Applied Ethics, Christopher Hitchens, Ethics, News Discussion, Politics, Rape, Religious Rights, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Free Speech is Sacred

June 30, 2009 – 9:11 pm

Old news from when I was not blogging that I want to make sure I have a post which is a resource on this topic. Lou Dobbs and Christopher Hitchens with invaluable report on UN Resolution And for more about the issue of the Orwellian UN resolution against “defamation of religion,” these two articles by [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Faith, Free Speech, News, News Discussion, Religion, World Affairs | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

To Ban Or Not To Ban

June 29, 2009 – 5:55 am

A youtube point-counterpoint on this topic (on which I am still interested in your thoughts).  Click here for Njustus’s stab at the topic and my attempt to play devil’s advocate against him. Pro-ban: Anti-ban: Your Thoughts?

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