Anti-Abortion Atheists: When The Baby Killing Gets Real

"There are over six million pro-life adults in the United States who, as non-religious individuals, do not fit the stereotype."

There Is No God (But, If There Is, He's Down With Me)

I've been called John The Baptist several times, online, by deeply religious people who know I'm an atheist. But, while I've always found that flattering and heartwarming, it's also kinda weird to think about, and navigate emotionally. For instance, I haven't had a major problem with the theology of any Pope since John Paul:

"In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblica newspaper, Eugenio Scalfari, stating that non-believers would be forgiven by God if they followed their consciences."

Do you see what I mean?

Either I've got this shit figured out already, or Catholics and I now have a minor disagreement,...

 

I Pray For Everyone I Meet Before I Damn Them To Hell

Super-Earth GJ 1214b, 40 light years away, 'is rich in water with a thick, steamy atmosphere'

Gravity-defying hairstyles from Sixties Nigeria by photographer J.D. Ojeikere

GhettoTracker.com Allows Users to Track Ghettos, Rate Them as Good or Bad

Atheist murdered after heated religious debate with God-fearing friend

Holding their tongues: Pentecostals in the US are giving up on their incomprehensible babbling

If You Don't Pass These To Friends You Don't Have Any

Study: 

States That Give Most to Charity Are Religious, Republican, Not Wealthy

Artists Might Not Make Much, But They’re Happier With Their Jobs Than You

UK Atheists Realize Islam is the Only Religion They Can’t Criticize

Horrifying fate of Assad's soldiers executed on camera by Syrian rebels

Things That Don’t Matter When Deciding on Syria

Pews Lose, Somebody Needs Reasons, John Travolta's Answers, NY's Most Boring Cult, And We Love Assholes

'EVERYTHING BUT THE PEWS' 

STOLEN FROM MASS. CHURCH

10 Reasons for Man to Leave Religion Behind

John Travolta: 

‘Scientology has the answers to drugs 

& detoxifying the body’

I Joined NYC's Most Boring Cult

5 Beloved Celebrities 

Who Were Nothing Like You Think

Hare Krishna Threats, A Non-Emergency, Scary Eastern Lightning, Forget About "Soulmates" & Building Loners

Horrifying Threats Against Congresswoman 

Tied To Obscure Hare Krishna Sect

World Federation of Scientists 

changes its policy: 

“Climate change in itself is not a planetary emergency.”

China's Scary And Fast-Growing Cult 

Eastern Lightning

Do’s and Don’ts 

When Your Partner isn’t Spiritual

Cult-itecture: 

The Compounds Of Reclusive Communities

From Hate To Happiness (With Good Stuff In-Between)

"Haters really are going to hate. A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology corroborates the hip-hop and Internet truism that you just can’t win with some people. (No word yet on whether playas gonna play or ballers gonna ball, but we’ll probably find out soon. Researchers gonna research.)"

8 Black Celebrities Who Don't Believe In Jesus

Understanding ‘Twerk’: 

A lesson from Queen of Bounce Big Freedia

Remember - This Rapper is the "Law Of Attraction" guy:

Things Big Sean Has Ruined

The Place Where Hitler Killed Himself Is Now a Playground

You've Got Experience - Mine's Black - And That's Weird

Months After an Assassination Attempt, a Bangladeshi Atheist Blogger is Still Speaking Out

The Dark Side of "I Have a Dream": The FBI's War on Martin Luther King

"I came up with Ruckus before the Tea Party, and before Herman Cain. But in the post-Obama era, half the country became Uncle Ruckus. The world is more polarized and extreme. Ruckus embodies that. I remember watching CNN when Herman Cain was the frontrunner for the Republican party, and they did a segment on whether Herman Cain was Uncle Ruckus. [Ed. note: This segment is no longer available online.] They brought in an expert and had pictures of them side by side... I couldn’t believe what I was watching. When Ruckus was first introduced, he felt like a funny, fringe character. He was bizarre and really extreme. Now, he feels like he represents a lot of right wing ideology. It’s crazy, but the times caught up to him."

Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity

"Police said Vincent Bright is religious and took the body in hopes his father would be resurrected."

I Yam What I Yam & What I Yam Is A Yam (Yes, I Yam)

If they'd include the "spiritual but not religious" in the next study of this kind, it'd be very helpful:

Atheists tend to be more intelligent than religious people, according to a US study. 

Researchers found that those with high IQs had greater self-control and were able to do more for themselves - so did not need the benefits that religion provides. 

They also have better self esteem and built more supportive relationships, the study authors said. 

The conclusions were the result of a review of 63 scientific studies about religion and intelligence dating between 1928 and last year. 

In 53 of these there was a ‘reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity’. 

In just 10 was that relationship positive. 

Even among children, the more intelligent a child was the more probable it was that they would shun the church. 

In old age the same trend persisted as well, the research showed. 

The University of Rochester psychologists behind the study defined religion as involvement in some or all parts of a belief. 

They defined intelligence as the ‘ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience’. 

In their conclusions, they said: ‘Most extant explanations (of a negative relation) share one central theme - the premise that religious beliefs are irrational, not anchored in science, not testable and, therefore, unappealing to intelligent people who ‘know better’.

Like, to "know better" ever impressed a believer,...

 

One Reason Nothing Works: Arguing About This Shit

I Am The No-Jehovah's Witness (And I've Seen It All)

Here's a great headline by someone who didn't get the memo:

“Not in our name: Dawkins dresses up bigotry as non-belief - he cannot be left to represent atheists”

Um, guys, Richard Dawkins doesn't "represent atheists" because - this is going to shock the cultish thinkers - we're not a group. Atheism isn't a rallying cry, but a fact Dawkins (and others) speak about. 

Something I can't do at the moment because, I've been laying on my side so long, my throat is starting to close. 

 And BTW - Dawkins isn't wrong - you're just too PC to live,...

 

Want Sexual Freedom? (Give Up That Trap You're In)

Except for a happy delusion, I certainly can't find anything to recommend it:

What happens when 10,000 non-religious people take a survey about their sex lives — including people who were raised in one religion but later left it? Well, you get a treasure trove of data that’s never been analyzed before. 

Dr. Darrel W. Ray and student Amanda Brown sifted through tons of data and put together a report,... 

...This is what Ray and Brown say they found: 

Sex improves dramatically after leaving religion.

It's even better if you never had that Middle East nonsense interfering in the first place,...