Christopher Hitchens says that religion “should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt.” Hitchens is quick to point out of course that Christians themselves should not be treated this way; it’s Christianity he hates. (which is akin to “supporting the troops” — but not the war.) Hitchens leaves no room for doubt as to his […]
Read MoreAt first it was argued that God put the fossil bones in the earth so people’s faith could be tested. Nice try; didn’t last long. Then the various attempts that go on to still try and ban the good news of evolution.
Read More[these] should be called “Supernaturalists”, and it can be left to them to attempt to refute the findings of physics, chemistry, and the biological sciences…
Read Moreeverything the test tells you about yourself is couched in very positive terms. “You are great at this, and great at that…”
Read MoreI think kids can handle the truth.
Read MoreHere is an example from Fox News, of how they don’t get it.
Read MoreIt will not do to say, in reply to this, that the lord moves in mysterious ways. Those who dare to claim to be his understudies and votaries and interpreters must either accept the cruelty and the chaos or disown it: they cannot pick and choose between the warmly benign and the frigidly indifferent.
Read More“comment: I don’t know anyone who deserves hell at all. He doesn’t answer prayers, he doesn’t protect his believers, he made them with sin and then sent his son to pay for that which he imbued his ‘children’ with. And why didn’t he just create us with the ability to have a relationship with each […]
Read MoreSam Harris: “mormonism… objectively, is just a little more idiotic than christianity. …It’s christianity, plus some very stupid ideas. “
Read MoreOur country is programmed not to notice these uncannily strange and empty utterances about God and his wishes
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