COLUMN: 'Good without God' seems to turn nothing into a bit of something to brag about Oct 26, 2009
" shumphreys wrote on Oct 25, 2009 2:55 PM:" Heinickenman next time someone gives you a funny look act as though you are going to touch them, then say don't worry atheism is spread by contact but it isn't fatal. " shumphreys wrote on Oct 25, 2009 2:58 PM:" Cman we hope that you come to your senses before it is too late. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Left-Wing Radicalism in the Church: CCHD and ACORN Oct 26, 2009
But despite his atheism, Alinsky found common cause with religious leaders on political matters. Alinsky concentrated his efforts on unions, while Meegan focused on churches and community groups. (Human Events Online)
In the Muslim world, creationism is on the rise Oct 25, 2009
I personally and many other religious people were influenced by this black and white dichotomy, that Darwinism equals atheism, says Akyol. For many Muslims, the fact that the theory of evolution was worked out in the West makes it even more suspect: Islamic creationists will often describe evolution as something foreign and invasive, even as a legacy of colonialism. (Boston Globe)
In praise of scepticism Oct 24, 2009
He thought astrology had something to it, and his position on the religious quarrels of his own time was that all this Lutheranism could undermine the church and lead to atheism, substance abuse and the contemporary equivalent of reality television. From our viewpoint, he often doesn't seem very sceptical at all. (BBC News -- UK)
Book of the Week: "The Case for God" Oct 24, 2009
Looks moderately interesting and I'm certainly glad it was useful to/enjoyable for you - having found my way to atheism after a Catholic upbringing and 12 years of Catholic school, I'm extremely curious about people who were raised by atheists, especially since I plan to raise my (eventual) child(ren) to be skeptical of all supernatural belief. I hope you write more about your experiences growing up. (Slate)
DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't Oct 22, 2009
(Von Trier has described the film as a testament of atheism. Both He and She become convinced that the natural world around them isn't just unconscious and uncaring but actively malevolent: Acorns hammer on the roof by the dozen; Dafoe sleeps with his hand out the window and brings it in crawling with snails. (Salon)
Does God Exist...Prove it! Oct 22, 2009
Curiousity wrote on Oct 20, 2009 11:16 AM:" Atheism is the non belief in a diety.So you do not believe and have no proof that God does not exist. I can use your logic and prove to you He does! ". Outraged wrote on Oct 20, 2009 10:19 AM:" To Acadiana Athiest:I once heard a joke about a scientist that thought he was as brilliant as God! The scientist had made magnificent accomplishments,he had created life!!!The scientist raised his fist towards heaven and challenged God!!! He called out to God... (New Iberia, LA)
Ms. Sand never does anything out of her subjective feelings, only out of reason Oct 22, 2009
The discussion was rather underwhelming if basically correct, but one point was made which grabbed my attention and merited further discussion: that Randian atheism is far less problematic to the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck today than it was to the leading thinkers of Reagan-era conservatism ... Rand s atheism is subversive, period ... Pope John Paul II was supportive of capitalism, because (presumably) he recognized its superiority to the moral bankruptcy and atheism of the... (The American Conservative)
Hank Hanegraaff Oct 21, 2009
More dangerous than evolution and atheism he says. Hank believes that faith stuff is totally acceptable if God does it, but super poisonous cyanide if a Christian does it. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
LETTER: Looking out for othersis part of reform effort Oct 21, 2009
Heres another side bar for you Harry: Richard Dawkins is now probably the most famous atheist ever since Anthony Flew eraaaaaaaaaaaa flew away from atheism towards theism, he said, he had to follow the evidence. Hey Harry why was it not hate when you and the question repeatedly called former president Bush an ape and said all those derogatory things about him. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Atheism 3.0 finds a little more room for religion Oct 20, 2009
Now, the new "New Atheists" call it Atheism 3 ... "Atheism at its best grabs us by the collar and throws us to the ground, demanding to see lives well lived, forcing us to dig deeper and live up to the best of our own religions," he writes. (USA Today -- News)
Boris Johnson: Divorce is good for London Oct 20, 2009
If anyone's going to make money out of misery, it may as well be us - Telegraph. Tuesday 20 October 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Karen Armstrong on the Case for God Oct 20, 2009
" This is extremely distressing in my opinion, and a danger to our democracy, which she insists is compatible with religion. How can one have freedom if some insist on laws based on their particular religious views that apply to all? Maybe God is here to stay, but that is not necessarily the best thing for the world's security, freedom and contentment. ERIC 5:43 PM ET October 19, 2009 Believing in God, immortality, transcendent meaning would be wonderful, if only there were a particle of... (Slate)
Heart full of pride at sight of veil Oct 19, 2009
Of course I have views about atheism, feminism and social cohesion which could be mustered to promote a critique of the veil. But all these are subservient to my untrammelled wish to live in a tolerant community dappled by difference be it divergence in dress, custom, belief and whatever. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
13 October 2009 Transcript of Elder Dallin H. Oaks speech given at BYU-Idaho on 13 October 2009. (9) Oct 18, 2009
Atheism has always been hostile to religion, such as in its arguments that freedom of or for religion should include freedom from religion. Atheism's threat rises as its proponents grow in numbers and aggressiveness ... "By some counts," a recent article in The Economist declares, "there are at least 500 [million] declared non-believers in the world -- enough to make atheism the fourth-biggest religion."[viii] And atheism's spokesmen are aggressive, as recent publications show. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Maiman: Suit fights prayers that invoke a curse Oct 15, 2009
Leaving aside the concepts of agnosticism and atheism, and the fact the Psalms were written by David, the Jewish king of the Old Testament, wherein an eye for an eye was the order of the day, this issue is about three things. Accountability among those of power and influence. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Bill vs. atheist Richard Dawkins Oct 13, 2009
O'REILLY: Now, when we last left you, Mr. Dawkins, you were selling your book "The God Delusion," big best-seller, based on atheism is good and those of us who believe are kind of sappy. Now, I want to show the audience the key part of that interview, and then we'll get to your new book. (Fox News)
Religion in public schools can be a hot issue Oct 10, 2009
Wrong Wrong and forced down others throats wrote on Oct 9, 2009 9:02 AM:" Have you ever heard of division of the two. DO not waste my tax dollars bringing religion in the school unless you spend equal amounts teaching atheism as well, if you do you have violated the non believer right to equality, it is not all about you and your religion, it is about equal rights or is that still around like slavery? "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches. " says Ben Franklin and all our founders were so... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Pastafarianism: A religious parody: USC group welcomes atheist icon; local member discusses being an 'agnostic deist' Oct 9, 2009
have a vested interest in a more hard-line stance against religious fundamentalism and the defense of atheism. "It makes sense to collaborate for our different reasons because the interests of both groups can, and often do, intersect.". (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Xlibris Author Revives Christian Faith -- Raymond Rosebrough Evaluates Factors Affecting Religious Belief in Today's World Oct 9, 2009
Rosebrough also steers the discussion onto the truths and fallacies of atheism and humanism, two prominent philosophies considered contradictory to Christian doctrine. He also outlines how lusts of the flesh develop from unchecked habits. (Primezone Releases)
Sanctimonious unbelievers need to be more tolerant Oct 4, 2009
Yet much of the talk tapped into a fervent fundamentalism of a different kind - absolute atheism - whose adherents not only do not believe, they can't stand it that some do ... Militant atheism's end game is a world without believers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Review: 'The Invention of Lying' Oct 3, 2009
Gervais, who has talked about his atheism in his other work as a comedian, sees religion as a kind of ultimate lie, one that has been used for good and ill. This is an enormous subject, one obviously close to Gervais' heart, but one that proves a little unwieldy. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cure for a truth-ache Oct 2, 2009
Star, co-writer and co-director Ricky Gervais seems to have come across one of those high-concept Hollywood comedy scripts -- a bit "Liar, Liar," a bit "Groundhog Day" -- and decided it would be the perfect vehicle to load up with his outspoken atheism, and then dump it all over an unsuspecting ... Star, co-writer and co-director Ricky Gervais seems to have come across one of those high-concept Hollywood comedy scripts -- a bit "Liar, Liar," a bit "Groundhog Day" -- and decided it would be the... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Polanski And The Crux Of Art and Excess Oct 1, 2009
This does not mean crime or vice; but rather the kind of evil French critic Georges Bataille was alluding to when he wrote, "literature must plead guilty." Great work, he claimed, requires a kind of excess - excess of passion, excess of rationality, excess of religiosity, excess of atheism, excess of morality, excess of immorality - which inevitably transgresses the golden mean that is the most basic ordering factor of society. Bataille was thinking of writers like Blake and Sade; but he could... (CBS News)
Church Ordains Sex Offender as Minister Oct 1, 2009
It was probably about corrupting children with atheism and destroying their natural wonderment ... Corrupting children with atheism ... It was probably about corrupting children with atheism and destroying their natural wonderment. (CBS News -- US)
Darwin was right - up to a point Sep 30, 2009
Please join me beside the coffin marked Atheism. I fear, however, there will be very few mourners. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Calm down, do some reading Sep 30, 2009
Today there are groups that think like Mr. Smith: the American Civil Liberties Union and activist judges who are purposely misinterpreting the Constitution in order to make the religion of atheism the state religion. They are trying to force the state and our public schools not to admit the existence of God. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Uncensored prayer is legally sound and right for Lodi Sep 30, 2009
yabajobu wrote on Sep 22, 2009 9:23 AM:" stella,Restricting prayer is necessarily anti-religious and violative of the first amendment. The purpose is not to promote a market of religion (the intent of the free exercise clause), but to silence religion. Secularism or atheism, then, becomes the state-sponsored religion, which violates the first amendment. The opposite of your conception of the restriction on prayer also works: having prayer at a meeting does not force anyone to pray with them.... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Public classrooms are no place for religion Sep 30, 2009
Religion is defined in the Webster Dictionary as "A system of faith in and worship of a deity. A doctrine or custom accepted on faith." Perhaps I am reading this incorrectly, but isn't atheism a complete lack of all those things. According to the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution, there can be no established religion on behalf of the United States government. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
* Pope to visit Czech Republic, but not borderland region known for atheism Sep 25, 2009
Pope to visit Czech Republic, but not borderland region known for atheism. AFP , ZLOVEDICE, CZECH REPUBLIC Friday, Sep 25, 2009, Page 6. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Kirk Cameron defends anti-Darwin stance Sep 25, 2009
Atheism has been on the rise for years now, and the Bible of the atheists is The Origin of Species, Cameron tells PEOPLE. We have a situation in our country where young people are entering college with a belief in God and exiting with that faith being stripped and shredded. What we want to do is have student make an informed, educated decision before they chuck their faith. (MSNBC -- News)
Nation was built on Christian principles Sep 23, 2009
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 MOVILLE, Iowa -- In response to a Sept. 18 Letter to the Editor headlined "Public schools, prayer don't mix," the writer's religion, atheism, is a religion. His religion comes before all others in his mind. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Footy and religion Sep 23, 2009
Having started that belief I will respect it because notwithstanding my atheism, I am an utterly observant atheist. Go figure. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
TV Host Ray Comfort and Actor Kirk Cameron Announce 'Big Give' of 100,000 Copies of Darwin's Origin of Species, as Nothing Created Everything Releases Sept. 22 Sep 23, 2009
Comfort cites a recent Walls Street Journal article, titled "Man vs. God" that pits atheism against God, and wrongly depicts Darwin as going head-to-head with God. Comfort says about the gaffe, "The newspaper is free to publish anything they wish, but they are revealing either ignorance or a strong bias. Darwin wasn't anti-God at all. In his famous book Origin of Species, Darwin refers to creation as the 'works of God,' and calls Him the 'Creator' an amazing seven times!". (PR Newswire)
Romance writer who irks Singapore's leadership Sep 20, 2009
She talked of politics and science and mah-jong and her adventures with men, of her atheism and her ruminations on death, which she said would bring perfect happiness through equilibrium and oblivion. She talked of her childhood in Malaysia in a superstitious Hokkien Chinese family - the source of the ghost stories she has turned into literature - and her anglicisation by nuns in a Catholic school who taught her to love the English language as well as the strawberries and daffodils she had never... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Public schools, prayer don't mix Sep 19, 2009
(And sure, Atheism isnt only for the left if that pleases you) ... " To Ted from Dana wrote on Sep 18, 2009 3:05 PM:" Why are you implying that Atheism is only a left wing thing ... But if you are truly about freedom, perhaps I can come to your kids class and talk to them about atheism. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Books: A history of Christianity Sep 18, 2009
Despite the title, her latest book is not so much a case for God as a case against atheism ... But she argues that modern atheism is as one-dimensional and transient a phenomenon as the modern varieties of theism (including fundamentalism) to which it responds. (The Economist)
Saint-Exupery's Humane Imagination Sep 16, 2009
He would also be deeply saddened at the advance of militant atheism, the world s newest religion. For Saint-Ex believed that without God, human brotherhood the ultimate aim was impossible. (The American Conservative)
Cuba OKs Organized Religious Services In Prisons Sep 16, 2009
Tensions eased in the early 1990s when the government removed references to atheism in the constitution. They warmed more with a historic visit to the island by Pope John Paul II.. (CBS News -- World)
Movie capsule reviews Sep 12, 2009
on Morin, Priest Jean-Pierre Melville directed this 1961 film, set during Germany s occupation of France, about a communist widow (Emmanuelle Riva) who becomes infatuated with the handsome young priest (Jean-Paul Belmondo) trying to upend her atheism. Watching the movie all these years later is something of an astonishment. (Boston Globe)
Why I do not believe in God Sep 12, 2009
If atheism is known for its doctrinaire ideologues such as Richard Dawkins, I represent the wishy washy strain ... So my atheism will be a lifelong conundrum. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Politics, seduction in 'Leon Morin, Priest' Sep 11, 2009
Morin wants to help Barny overcome her atheism. Their conversations in his office quarters are laconic and protracted theological therapy sessions, full of surprising detours into direct conversations about sexual desire. (Boston Globe)
In Google we trust: our new faith Sep 7, 2009
Beyond this elegant spoof, and the serious philosophical argument it makes in favour of atheism, the entire Google phenomenon takes us down the slippery path of artificial intelligence, a direction computer science appears to be heading. Every day, the vast Google machine of 500,000 computer servers processes about 500 million queries. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Friends, fiends, refuseniks: it's just a website Sep 1, 2009
I discovered hundreds of groups devoted to atheism, many of which I joined. This fuelled my interest in humanism, secularism and scepticism, so I joined those groups, too. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Lost generation Aug 26, 2009
"The priests collaborated completely with the Falangists who had overthrown the government. They were paedophiles and they converted me to atheism - they were bad and I refused to believe a word they said.". Nonsense' claims. (BBC News -- Europe)
James Wood: A don defends the Supreme Being from the new atheists. Aug 24, 2009
ABSTRACT: BOOKS review of Terry Eagleton s Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate (Yale; 25) and other recent books about belief and atheism. Nothing more clearly shows that atheism belongs to religious belief, as the candlesnuffer does to the candle, than the rise of the so-called new atheism ... In recent years, a resurgent evangelical Christianity has been contested by a resurgent atheism. (New Yorker)
State unemployment rate rises to record height Aug 22, 2009
So, in simply comparing California to France, i would say we are fairly equal in most ways; economics, atheism, values, work ethic, etc. I am really happy my family emigrated from there to here and was able to benefit from the tremendous opportunities we had here in the USA. I hope our kids will be able to have the same growth and sense of opportunity we did, and if we can throw these guys out and get in folks who understand what motivates creative new businesses, maybe we can. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Religion and science not mutually exclusive Aug 20, 2009
This is nothing new in the history of atheism, Gray explained to us ... Unfortunately, militant atheism in power has repeated all the crimes of religious regimes and, absent ethical restraints, made them vastly worse ... Though their ideologies despised Christianity, both the communists and the Nazis justified their own monstrosities as "scientific." While religion's atrocities cannot be denied, today's atheist campaigners blindly refuse to accept that atheism's savage legacy is no accident. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Some residents object after Falmouth allows churches’ booth on public land Aug 20, 2009
There have been threats to sue and applications for permits for other booths beside the beach, to spread word about atheism, euthanasia, and legalization of marijuana, among other things. There has to be a clear separation between church and state, said Peter Waasdorp, a West Falmouth carpenter who was one of 16 residents who sent selectmen a letter to complain about the prayer booth and to ask the town counsel to render an opinion on its legality. (Boston Globe)
Lunatics no longer on the fringe Aug 20, 2009
Writing about Ann Coulter s Slander, I once noted that the liberal sins (she) caricatures -- atheism, cosmopolitanism, sexual license, moral relativism, communism, disloyalty and treason -- are basically identical to the crimes of the Jews as Hitler saw them. Which brings us back to Palin, Empress of the Arctic. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Is Obama Wasting Time Courting The Saudis? Aug 20, 2009
Islam commands & demands the complete yielding, surrender, & submission of anything not Islamic to include atheism but especially Judeo-Christianity. Recalling the Pilgrims escape of religious persecution from the Old World, The Founding Fathers relied more heavily on The Holy Bible like the following KeyWords & KeyPhrases are taken from the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776: "CREATOR, LAWS OF NATURE and of NATURE?S GOD, Divine Providence, Supreme Judge of the World". (CBS News -- Politics)
Author argues for the morality of nonbelief and temperance toward belief Aug 19, 2009
Arguing the powers of atheism and religion ... Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, a professor of philosophy at Dartmouth, quotes the above exchange in Morality Without God to argue that religion can be a force for good, even for flawed believers, and to make the same case about the positive power of atheism ... Atheism is the opiate of the morally corrupt, conservative thinker Dinesh D Souza wrote in a line Sinnott-Armstrong quotes. (Boston Globe)
Opinion00004000 Aug 16, 2009
This spring, evolutionary biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins - most recently famous for his public exhortation to atheism, The God Delusion - returns to writing about science. PETER HARTCHER. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Obama's health care plan: Can we really afford to extend coverage to those here illegally? Aug 16, 2009
Brian wrote on Aug 8, 2009 1:14 PM:" Next thing voter is going to tell us it is because of Atheism that Humanitarianism exists. ". Brian wrote on Aug 8, 2009 1:11 PM:" Voter wrote:Only in America do "good Christians" want care denied to the sick. ". (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Atheism's Holy War Aug 13, 2009
This fall, evolutionary biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins -- most recently famous for his public exhortation to atheism, "The God Delusion" -- returns to writing about science. Dawkins' new book, "The Greatest Show on Earth," will inform and regale us with the stunning "evidence for evolution," as the subtitle says. (The American Conservative)
Advertising push reaches out to atheists Aug 9, 2009
Best-selling books like Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion" and Christopher Hitchens' "God is Not Great" have popularized the idea of atheism as a cause rather than simply a stance. And polls show that fewer Americans are embracing religion. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Young Muslims use tech to fight stereotypes Aug 8, 2009
Al Shafei said the Web site's discussion subjects range from the political to the taboo, including homosexuality, premarital sex and atheism. The anonymity provided by the Web helps foster such discussion, she said. (CNN -- Tech)
Atheist signs removed from Des Moines-area buses Aug 7, 2009
groupie wrote on Aug 6, 2009 10:59 AM:" You people are what is wrong with America today. The moment you took God out of the school and the country thats when it hit the fan. Besides isn't the transit system a Public program, so they should not be taking a side either way. If its not okay to have a nativity scene in the public rightaway why is okay for them to promote atheism? " ... " Yeah, sure, it's just us guys and our lack of wanting your religion forced on everyone in school. Honestly,... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Is Britain Failing Its Children? Aug 6, 2009
That s why two other respected educators have added to the chorus of confusion by proposing that atheism, which they prefer to call Humanism, should now be taught in schools. The stated goal is to give children the freedom to make decisions about God without undue parental influence. (Human Events Online)
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON/Deafening beliefs Aug 6, 2009
David Robertson, a Reformed minister in Scotland, once wrote an article on atheism and atheists ... You might see this functional atheism in someone who professes faith in Jesus - the same precious faith that you also possess (v. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Prayer showdown (1803) Aug 6, 2009
Not buying your BS. Mao's atheism hadnothing to do with his actions is about as logical as saying (radical theism had nothing to do with the crusades), a charge atheists are quick to not let society forget ... Brian, atheism means a non-theist ... Why would my position on atheism preclude me from disapproving Mao's actions. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Bagging religion is hardly dangerous Aug 5, 2009
But Hitchens spruiking for atheism is somewhat predictable. These days, evoking God creates controversy in the West, not proclaiming secularism. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Believers in Anything Aug 4, 2009
G.K. Chesterton that the problem with atheism is not that it leads men to believe in nothing but that it leads them to believe in anything. That s just as well, because the truth in that cliche is broader than the words themselves (in any permutation) denote. (The American Conservative)
door-to-door athiests Aug 4, 2009
Door To Door Atheists Bother Mormons Video. Check out the new Browse Videos page. (Harper's Magazine)
New Irish Law Bans BlasphemyNew law in Ireland fines those who publish blasphemy 25,000 euros. Aug 2, 2009
Or, if atheism is considered a religion (which it is not), atheists also could claim to be outraged by the expressions of their religious countrymen, each of whom could then be required to cough up 25,000 euro. 1. (ABC News)
