Like Sam Harris, I believe one reason religious extremists exist is because of faith — the belief in something without evidence. And the more extreme a sect is, the more faith they usually have.
So I was a bit taken aback when I saw that Stephen Venner, some bishop across the pond, said the Taliban can be admired for their faith [...]
by VorJack
A new Pew Research Poll has found that significant minorities of American religious believers mix their primary religion with elements of other faiths. For example:
24% of respondents say that they occasionally attend services in a faith different from their own.
22% of Christians indicated that they believe in reincarnation
23% of total respondents believed that [...]
It’s a miracle!
Wow, you mean given enough time and eggs, you end up getting a soft one with an impression of a chicken foot? Hallelujah! Irrefutable proof of the existence of the Invisible Pink Unicorn!
Then again, maybe it’s Jesus’ way of commanding us to say, “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays.”
by Jesse Galef
My friend Hemant Mehta (FriendlyAtheist) had a great interview with blogger Nancy Duke on the Chicago Coalition of Reason billboard, atheism, and religion. The questions gave away her semi-hostile position, but I feel like Hemant did a great job answering in a positive way:
ND: What is ChriFSMas?
HM: Christmas for the Flying Spaghetti Monster [...]
Here’s an interesting video about how faith is by nature unconvincing to reasonable people and has no place demanding agreement or punishing disagreement.
In March 2008, Leilani Neumann’s daughter was sick. She and her family prayed and prayed for the girl to get better, but she didn’t.
They thought their God was testing their faith. They didn’t want to show their lack of faith by going to a doctor. So the child died of untreated diabetes.
When she was on [...]
A Guide for Doubting Theists
Shortly after I became a Christian, I saw a book about Jesus at the library. I couldn’t get enough of Jesus, so I brought it home and began reading. Excitement turned to horror as I realized it was arguing there was hardly any evidence that Jesus even lived, much less was [...]
Here is a good rebuttal to the idea that scientists have “faith” in evolution and don’t want to rock the boat, lest they risk their careers:
Science has always reserved its greatest accolades for those who prove what came before to be wrong, and every scientist in the world knows the best way to become famous [...]
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