Atheism, a challenge to the faithful

I pesonally believe in one god...i do believe that god is watching us...He rule this EARTH... He gave us a chance to make the Earth a better place to live rather than to live in Mars... He gave us food, oxygen, etc... I respect to those who don't believe to a God, is...

It's Christian Bashing Week!

How's that headline? Do I have everybody's attention now? Good. Because a headline like that should get your attention. Would anybody tolerate "Gay Bashing Week" or "Woman Bashing Week?" The very idea is ludicrous. Yet, Dinesh D'Souza can print an article entitled "Atheist...

War on Reason Quote of the Day

"First in a Series of Quotable Attacks on Upcoming Ben Stein MovieToday’s quote comes from a blogger responding to a suggested link to Ben Stein’s EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed."Ben Stein lost any...

Did Jesus Really Exist?

The Jesus Mythicist Position By Rook Hawkins     (1) A Brief Introduction to the Revised Article   About a year and a half ago, I started a campaign to educate people about Jesus mythicism.  When I had first started working on the campaign I was...

Pot…Meet Kettle

Response to Bruce Walker's "The Godless Delusion"Kelly O'Connor Bruce Walker's anti-atheist diatribe, printed in a magazine that touts itself as The American Thinker, is the ultimate in irony. This story is the clear byproduct of one who appears to be incapable of...

Which Jesus? A Legend with a Multiple Personality Disorder

Which Jesus?: A Legend with a Multiple Personality Disorder By Rook Hawkins Recently I wrote an article on the genre of the Gospels, and determined that the biographical genre of the Gospels is in serious doubt.  The Gospels can not longer be considered a history of...

Tomorrow Shall You and Your Sons be With Me: A Look at Ancient Ghost Stories ...

Tomorrow Shall You and Your Sons be With Me: A Look at Ancient Ghost Stories and Hauntings By Rook Hawkins Ghost stories hold a special place in human culture.  It has been given as evidence throughout the generations of man as evidence...

No Faith in Science

I have faith (pun intended) that at some point in his studies, Paul Davies has held a dictionary in his hands, and possibly even opened it. These days, it’s even less cumbersome with the advent of online dictionaries and the added benefit of providing multiple sources...

The Triumph of Reason

 Response to Katha Pollitt's "The Atheist's Dilemma" From The Nation, Dec 3, 2007 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071203/pollitt In this issue of The Nation, Katha Pollitt posits that what people like to refer to as the "New Atheism" is destined for failure. She...

Josephus on Jesus: What's the Deal?

Far too often apologists and evangelicals bring up Josephus as a source for a historical Jesus. This is a continuing error among scholars, and it is fueled by secular scholars who are either persuaded by pseudo-scientific evaluations of the texts, or for reasons dealing...

Does it Matter if Jesus Existed?

By Rook Hawkins     While thumbing through the May/June issue of American Atheist (2007), I was compelled to read an article written by Rick Hillegas entitled, It Doesn’t Matter If Jesus Existed. An erudite and cultivating piece, the article presents a case...

WARNING! Religion may cause…

Kelly O'Connor Jan 30, 2008  ...hypocrisy; cognitive dissonance; higher rates of STD infection, teen pregnancy, abortion, and poverty; mass societal dysfunction; early mortality; homicide; and, in rare cases, delusions and psychosis. Is Living Under the Influence...

How to Respond to a Supercilious Christian

Kelly O'Connor Feb. 7, 2008 Not all Christians are supercilious, of course. Many are content to live and let live, and some even grant that science (despite its lack of supernatural entities) does some good. But Christianity as an organized, evangelizing movement has...

Catholic school board bans Godless book

Banning so-called atheistic books is a dumb move in my opinion.  For someone to develop a solid world view it needs to be challenged.  What are they so afraid of?  (Answer: eternal damnation)."The...

Green Bay City Hall: Nativity Scene Ground Zero

CHURCH AND STATE...GONE WILD " A Wiccan wreath next to a nativity display was torn down by a vandal Monday. The request to have a Festivus pole (see Seinfeld) has already been denied. A Unitarian’s peace symbol...

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