“Being an atheist is like being gay. You don’t choose it, it tends to make you unpopular, nobody knows unless you tell them—and it’s not something to be ashamed of!”
Isn’t that a great analogy? Andy Butler, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, wrote that. He goes on to discuss briefly the Richard Dawkins Foundation’s OUT [...]
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Decided to answer my own question about the religions of the ‘08 presidential candidates and found the following compilation from the Associated Press on the Nashua (NH) Telegraph’s website:
DEMOCRATS
Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden: Roman Catholic
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Methodist
Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd: Catholic
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: Methodist
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Catholic
Illinois Sen. Barack [...]
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Posted in philosophy, religion, tagged atheist, Christian, Shore on September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
John Shore, over on “Suddenly Christian,” has done it again. He started another discussion today between Christians and atheists that has exploded with comments from both sides. If you are at all interested in topics like this, you should check it out. The first was “An Honest Question: Atheists, How Do You Process Your Guilt?” The follow-up [...]
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I’ve always had the feeling that scorn is one thing assured to secularists, humanists, agnostics, atheists, etc., in our society. It’s a predominantly Christian society that seems to have a decidedly un-Christian attitude toward non-Christians and especially toward non-believers. I’ve even seen statements that atheists are “the most despised minority in America.”
I grew up in a rather strict Presbyterian [...]
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