What Choice Is a Free Choice? And Why Religion Destroys the Freedom of Choice.
When we talk about freedom of choice we usually mean that in a legal sense, but we can argue that there are many layers and aspects to what makes a choice truly free, when we think about this concept...
View ArticleIranian Sentenced to Death for Insulting Prophet Mohammad
Via the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: A blogger found guilty of insulting the Prophet Mohammad in his postings on Facebook has been sentenced to death. An informed source told the...
View ArticleLink Round-Up 9/19/2014
Story of the Week: Ayan Hirsi Ali was again the target of ex-Muslim silencing and censorship. Sadly, this time even the Yale Atheists joined the repressive forces. Yale University proved to be brave...
View ArticleIranian Executed for “Insulting the Prophet Jonah”
Only a few days ago an Iranian was sentenced to death for insulting the prophet Mohammad. That person is still alive, and hopefully will be saved, but an execution was carried out today for “crime” of...
View ArticleCheck Out My Guest Blog for “Camels with Hammers”: “What Kind of Minority is...
As you already know my blog will be moving to Patheos Atheist soon. Meanwhile my friend Dan is helping me ease my transition into Patheos. So I’m guest blogging for him. This is my first guest post,...
View ArticleGuest Posts at Camels with Hammers
My dear friend Dan Fincke allowed me to blog for him in the week my blog was transferring from FTB to here, here are my guest posts at his blog these past days: Iran: The Uncertain Nation In this...
View ArticleBill Maher is No Bigot
Many people accuse Bill Maher of Islamophobia, but his criticisms of the religion and the Muslim majority countries are not racist, and there are no examples of real bigotry and prejudice towards the...
View Article4 Fictional Arguments that the Liberal Defenders of Islam Have Thoroughly...
There are many liberals on the web (it's not you, I swear, it's someone else), who courageously joined the online collective to protect the religion of Islam from its many powerful foes (such as...
View ArticleA Rebuttal to NonProphet Status’s “Atheist communities need religious...
Wendy Webber argues that we need to have religious messengers of peace and acceptance to come over to atheist communities. But this proposal argues the real need for purely secular spaces and more...
View ArticleForeign Policy Fails at Journalism Regarding Khomeini and Nuclear WMDs
Foreign Policy publishes a piece about Ayatollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa against WMDs. But the source is a known liar and the story contradicts known facts.
View ArticleLink Round-Up 10/26/2014
From IS to Truman Copote, from Hirohito to Malala Yusafzai, this is the most recent round of link-round-ups.
View ArticleWhy I Will Teach My Children that Religion is Nonsense
I've seen many atheists talking about teaching religion to their children, and it usually involves not teaching them about religion, or some kind of complex way of teaching children about religion...
View ArticleTeaching Critical Thinking to Children Doesn’t Mean Treating Religion as Valid
The debate on the question of teaching children about religion continues, with me answering some points about critical thinking and tolerance and clarifying some.
View ArticleThe Debate about Teaching Religion to Children Is Actually a Debate about...
If you don’t already know, we have begun a debate about teaching religion to children. Wendy Thomas Russell talked about using a neutral language to talk to children about religion, and then I write a...
View ArticleThen Who Is It About, Exactly?
My dear friend and Patheos co-blogger Neil Carter wrote a blog posts called Why I Broke Up with Jesus. The basic premise is comparing the relationship with Jesus to a romantic relationship and as...
View ArticleMy Tolerant Moderate Student Is the Reason I’m an Antitheist, Not...
So yesterday in the class I asked my students what they thought of death, if they were afraid of it or not, and they all gave various replies. I didn’t bring up this morbid topic. One of them did....
View ArticleCheck Out Heina Dadabhoy’s Speech on Islam and Taboos
Heina Dadabhoy's talk at Skepticon7 covers Islam and taboos and it's awesome.
View Article6 Reasons To Be a Firebrand Atheist Even If It Doesn’t Help Convince...
Many people argue against firebrand atheism, stating that it's misguided and doesn't deconvert religious people. Maybe. Maybe not. I don't really care either way. I'm going to remain a firebrand...
View ArticleSexual Liberation: Work in Progress
The effects of living in a theocracy are much stronger and more lasting than you wish them to be. Simply because you stop ascribing to the hegemonic religion of your culture, it doesn't mean you are...
View ArticleOK, I’m an Atheist Fundamentalist. Now What?
Sounds like, if I were a Muslim rather than a fundamentalist atheist, I would be considered a moderate. That is why ultimately "fundamentalist" is such an empty and meaningless buzzword and insult...
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