Are there any arguments against same sex marriage? Let's explore

 These are 12 reasons to oppose same sex marriage. They are of course, a parody, but I cannot tell the difference, in terms of intellectual merit, between them and actual "arguments" against marriage equality. It is after all, kind of hard to do a satire of drivel,...

Faith and Analysis

A major claim within Christianity is that Jesus was the only begotten son of God. My response to that is simple. An omnipotent entity can beget any number of sons, and any number of daughters. To claim that Jesus was the only son of God is to fail to recognize what God is....

Why is it offensive to question a historical Jesus?

I was listening to conservative talk radio and the host, not a Christian conservative but a Jewish conservative, asked his guest a question on the topic of Jesus. The question drew the response that Jesus never existed. At all. The guest was David Silverman, president of...

An atheist banner is promotion of religion but a nativity scene i

Ellwood City (PA) Mayor Anthony Court has stated that a Christian Nativity (or creche) isn't really what it is. It's not religious, but basically a bunch of random statues. That's is what he called that, statues. Nothing religious, I guess. Why did he say that? Because he ...

GOP: Jesus Statue Not a Religious Statement - VIDEO

"A statue of Jesus on U.S. Forest Service land in the mountains of Montana may be moved after an atheist organization argued that its placement on public land violates the separation of church and state. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R) recently came to the statue’s defense and ...

Is David Tyree Right About Same-Sex Marriage As Anarchy?

Including homosexuals in the institution of marriage, expands the categories to include the coupling of a man and a man, a woman and a woman, as well as changed sex individuals, with the gender of their choice, and perhaps other categories that don't yet come to mind. ...

the journey within - part 2

the gift of forgettingYou know, i really don't care anymore some of you label me 'crazy'; i've been fighting this war against Satanic forces for generations of past lives. In this life, around 45 years - ever since my grandma whispered in my ear (at 3 years old) the 'secret...

Materialism Versus Spiritualism

We all have a choice - whether or not we want to acknowledge that choice: choose to believe or not to believe.. By not believing we automatically subscribe to the modern and most predominant religion on our world: Materialism. And yes, unfortunately it's the most populous...

Boddhisattva Issa: Jesus in India

"The Russian scholar, Nicolai Notovich, was the first to suggest that Christ may have gone to India. In 1887, Notovich, a Russian scholar and Orientalist, arrived in Kashmir during one of several journeys to the Orient. At the Zoji-la pass Notovich was a guest in a Buddhist...

Is it not a good servant a good master?

Many leaders think they are a good master by exercising their power above their authority. Sometimes, especially in Africa, they interfere in every government organ like in the prosecution and legislative bodies manoeuvring them. But is it not good servants working within the...