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“Community Tree” has Christians fuming in Louisville, KY
Apparently, the supposed “War on Christmas” has already come to my home city, even before Thanksgiving. A press release went out calling Louisville’s big Light Up Louisville spruce a “Community Tree.”...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Once again it is the special day of the year (at least in the USA) to acknowledge and accept the good things in our lives. Especially those good things which we did not earn: care given to us when we...
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Don’t Question Me!
“Stop questioning me!” “What do you mean by ‘questioning’?” “STOP IT!” I don’t know how my times I was warned against questioning growing up. The first time I heard the word, I didn’t even know what...
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Mississippi
Reblogged from Everysaturdaymorning's Blog: In September 2011, Operation Save America* started their States of Refuge* campaign. The stated goal was “…to establish the first abortion free states since...
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To XMAS and Beyond
For your education and viewing pleasure, here is the latest video from The Thinking Atheist about the origins of Christmas traditions and why Christmas does not belong solely to the Christians.
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No Solemnity Without Religion; or, Why Can’t Atheists Perform Weddings?
By limiting authority to state actors and clergy, the state forces an irreligious couple to make a choice: conform to the hegemonic idea of marriage as a sacred institution; or implicitly acknowledge...
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We’re halfway out of the Dark
Congratulations, we are halfway out of the dark. For those who don’t get the reference, I watched the Doctor Who “A Christmas Carol” special again last night. The Doctor refers to Christmas or the...
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What I Want for Christmas
This speech by Robert G. Ingersoll was printed in 1897, and is as fresh today as ever. Unfortunately Ingersoll has not yet gotten his Christmas wish, but perhaps this next year we can get a bit closer...
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Finally, Snow!
We finally got some snow worth mentioning, so I got a few pics for you all to enjoy. Click to view slideshow.
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2012 Reflections
I have a short memory. I usually roll along in the moment, taking in questions, problems, and ideas as they come to me. More than once in the past few weeks I have had a conversation with a friend or...
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Living the Life of Reason
To live more rationally. It’s not really a New Year’s Resolution, but something that has been on my mind a lot lately. What does it mean to live the life of Reason? Yea, I capitalized it, though that...
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Afterlife Video by The Thinking Atheist
Apologies for the lack of new content as of late. For the past couple of months I’ve put most of my website and blogging energies into the sites for Louisville Atheists and Freethinkers and the...
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Out at the Y
I had a conversation with my personal trainer that touched on religion. It wasn’t intentional on my part, though I figure it probably had something to do with the fact that I was wearing my Kentucky...
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American Atheist Convention 2013 Writeup #aacon13
This year’s American Atheist convention marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of American Atheists in the city where the party was started, Austin, Texas. It is also where I spent this past...
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Diversity in Atheism #aacon2013
Here is what I learned at the American Atheists 2013 Conference about what we can do to increase the diversity of the movement. David Tamayo: President and founder of Hispanic American Freethinkers, a...
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Atheism and Science Communication #aacon13
Cara Santa Maria is the senior science correspondent for The Huffington Post, where she hosts and co-produces a weekly video series called “Talk Nerdy To Me.” She’s also a co-host on the new Weather...
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From The Thinking Atheist: The Phone Call
This conversation, in who knows how may houses across America? How many grown sons and daughters get guilt and shame from their parents just for coming to their own conclusions about religion? How many...
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Religion and Violence
Dr. Avalos is a professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University and the author of several books about religion. He is a former Pentecostal preacher and child evangelist. He has a Doctor of...
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a response to lukewilson27
Recently in response to my post Religion and Violence, I got a very lengthy comment from lukewilson27. As I do not approve of my blog being hijacked by massive essays from anyone out there on the...
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I am going to church tomorrow and here’s why.
Over the past few weeks, the Secular Student Alliance at the University of Louisville held a fundraiser called “Send an Atheist to Church.” Here is the basic idea. There is a fundraising jar for four...
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