I ran across a tweet from Neil deGrasse Tyson a while back and was going to write on it at the time, but of course didn’t. I saved it anyway thinking that at some point I would comment about the tweet.
Atheism
Are You a “Militant” Atheist?
People will ask me, when they discover that I’m an atheist – because I’ve said I am – if I’m a militant atheist. It seems to be the go-to adjective used by those that complain about how atheists are destroying our way of life.
Profound Insights From Christians
Sometimes I read something online from an obvious Christian that makes me scratch my head. I sometimes have to read it 2 or 3 times because what I think I initially read is so glaringly stupid, it defies the imagination. Clearly, the person writing believes what they are telling everyone is profound in some way, but to we heathens, at least me, makes absolutely no sense.
BREAKING: Atheists Are Humans
Here’s some news: Atheists are actually human. I’ll bet no one knew that. In fact, there are some that seem to believe that we atheists are completely rational all the time, like Mr. Spock, in Star Trek. In fact, as I’ve written time and again, we are no different than anyone else with the that single exception: we don’t believe in gods.
Are You Anti-Theist?
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about the difference between being just an atheist, and being anti-theist. I’ve been wondering if I would include myself as one of the later and not just the former. I haven’t given it a lot of thought until recently, when I’ve seen story after story concerning atheists being anti-Christian. To me that’s not necessarily anti-theist.
The Atheist Chasm
I’ve been thinking more about the post I wrote recently about being a conservative and an atheist and how many atheists just don’t believe we can exist, or if we do, we need to be educated on the finer points of culture, politics, and society to become an effective atheist.
Conservatives are Voices of Reason Too
I’m rarely ever curious as to what people think of me as an atheist or a conservative or how a conservative can actually be an atheist. I mean, all we’re talking about is a disbelief in god(s) and I’ve never understood how any other ideology had anything to do with that. But for some, it seems to be a worthy of discussion.
Removing the Stigma of Atheism
Why be an atheist? Is there some social or political reason to reject a belief in God? Of course there isn’t and those of us who have rejected belief over reason are often regarded as immoral, unethical people. We are perceived as those that want to destroy society as we know it in favor of some godless society in which any and everything is permissible.
The Catholic Church: Removing Rapists From Society
I’ve written a couple of essays here on the abuse of children from the Catholic Church. I promised my readers I would continue to do so because I think that abuse of another person, especially a child, by someone in power, someone that is trusted, should be decried for what they are: A rapist.
Believing in Ideology Over Reason
As everyone knows that bothers to stop by here, I’m a conservative. If you didn’t realize that, just take a look at what this blog is called. I’m unashamed and because I am an atheist as well, nothing that I believed before I was an atheist has changed, with of course the obvious.
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