One of the reasons why I fight so hard against the ideas of religion is because I see religion as detrimental to human progress. Religious thinking divides people, focuses people on ancient mythologies, and gets in the way of our global vision.
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A lot of times when atheists argue with or debate with religious believers, we actually take their beliefs seriously and try to refute their claims with logic and reason. This is great and we should definitely keep doing that, but… The hard truth about religion is that almost all of them are flat out ridiculous and we can’t lose sight of that either.
Whenever the debate arises between science and religion, there are generally liberal theistic believers who come forward to express their support for science while touting their religious identity. These liberal theistic believers then declare that there is no debate between science and religion. They are wrong!
There is a really popular Christian on YouTube that just gets under my skin. I can tell that he is…
While I have no problem letting religious believers know that their beliefs are silly, dangerous, and flat-out wrong, I know…
There is a meme floating around the internets lately that I take issue with. Huffington Post Religion reposted it on…
Huffington Post’s religion section just posted a question on their Facebook wall that I think is worth sharing and commenting…