Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’

Christian Side Hug!

By Skelliot

19
Nov. 09

I will let this ridiculous hypocrisy speak for itself. Gun shots… sirens…CHRIST!
No… I will not give you a “side hug”.

Australian readers may have noted the media blitz by the Christians for their new campaign, Jesus: All About Life.
This has provoked a few responses

The world needs the wisdom of Billy now more than ever, and here are some classics.
NSFW, by the way  —  language content
Connolly on Religion

My canon is bigger than yours

By Frozen Summers **NEW!**

18
Jul. 09

can⋅on/ˈkænən/ [kan-​​​​uhn]
6. the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired.
Now, if I was to ask any Christian on the street “what is the canon?” I’d probably get a blank stare, or them asking if I meant the printer/​​camera company. If I was lucky and happened to […]

Ray Comfort loses $50

By Alastair Tait, host of The Pseudo Scientists podcast

26
May. 09

Well that’s $50 worth of books and postage the banana king, Ray Comfort, won’t be getting back.
A few weeks ago Ray Comfort announced on his blog: that he was giving away signed copies of his new book, “You Can Lead An Atheist To Evidence But You Can’t Make Him Think” and “The Atheists Bible” for free.

How Fundamentalists ‘think’

By Reuben van Bemmel

13
Apr. 09

By Reuben from Non-​​​​Linear Thinking and Reubenville
Across the Internet, there is much discussion and discourse on how exactly the Bible, Koran etc pines against homosexuality, abortion etc. As discussed here, some have a more liberal interpretation of such texts. But what makes a fundamentalist determine what’s heretical/​​bad/​​liberal/​​logical from what’s conservative/​​backwards/​​myopic/​​traditional? How do they ‘think’ (and […]

Recently, while on my way home from University, I was stopped by a young Christian gentleman who forcefully explained that he had a great gift to give to me. Dubious (and suspecting the gift would prove to be ‘Jesus!’), I listened for a few moments before apologizing and explaining that I was an Atheist and […]

By Daniel Carabellese
The confirmed death toll of the Australian Bushfires is, as I write this, climbing well beyond two-​​​​hundred. Some poor, deluded individuals might claim that these bushfires are caused by arsonists and lightning strikes, exacerbated by drought conditions and extreme heat. However, I know better: the bushfires are caused exclusively by the decline of […]

Recent conversations with fundamentalist Christians bring to light how little regard some have for evidence, unless of course the evidence can be interpreted in their favor. So in a historical sense, what is evidence?

The guy in this video is about as bad as O’Reilly. Take a look at this video about prayer in schools. Check out the straw-​​​​man he creates of Atheists. Apparently we worship a broom (?) and get violent randomly. Who ever said they were traumatized by prayer? Atheists certainly do not.
“Awwww we get pushed around by […]