Over the weekend, I had an experience that I just can’t explain rationally. A few weeks ago, I went on Ray Comfort’s Facebook page and he challenged atheists to read his book. I told him that I was game and sure enough, he sent me a copy. I was in the middle of debunking the crap out of it when I decided to take a break. My financial situation hasn’t been great lately and I have been thinking a great deal about that. Before I started reading Ray Comfort’s book again, I decided to pray to God for money. I mean, if God can help basketball teams, he should be able to help out too, right? Here is what happened; I picked up Comfort’s book and a ten dollar bill fell out of it. God has answered my prayers!
Tag Religion and Spirituality
I used to tell some of my Christian friends that I don’t have faith in deities, but that I do have faith in people. This was and still is often my opening line in many conversations with religious believers.
When I started Dangerous Talk, I wanted it to be a community of people who could explore politically incorrect topics. I wanted it to be a community of geeks who weren’t afraid to dare to be different. I wanted it to be a community of Dangerous Talkers. Over the years, I have gotten away from that and I want to move it back in that direction.
I love it when Christians claim that atheists believe that we are the result of random chance. It is at best an oversimplification of evolution via natural selection. But let’s turn it around a little. While Christians are unlikely to admit it, it makes just as much sense to point out that they believe that people are saved by chance alone.
Often times when I discuss the problems with biblical morality, more progressive religious believers attempt to ignore everything the Bible says on morality except for a handful of verses. I am told that the main moral tenant of Christianity, for example, is the Golden Rule.
Apparently there was some big sporting event on Sunday and a lot of people watched it. Also apparently during that…
While I have no problem letting religious believers know that their beliefs are silly, dangerous, and flat-out wrong, I know…
Last night, I got to hear author Katherine Stewart talk about her book, “The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children.” Before the talk, I was vaguely aware that there were fundy Christian groups pushing afterschool Bible Studies, but I had no idea just how extreme these groups actually are.
There is a meme floating around the internets lately that I take issue with. Huffington Post Religion reposted it on…
This morning VJack over at Atheist Revolution had another great post about whether or not we should come out to…