Tag Archives: morality

Billy Graham’s Wrong Idea: Atheists are Immoral

Posted on August 12, 2010 by ylooshi

Clearly Billy Graham‘s “letters” in his column with the The Oklahoman are shills; made up personae who “write letters” that are convenient devices for Graham to build an opinion on. I could be wrong. Perhaps “S.K.” is a real person who genuinely … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Idea: Atheistic Fundamentalism

Posted on May 4, 2010 by ylooshi

I needed a gimmick to get me writing again, so for the next week or so, I’m going to respond to religio-superstitious writings on the Internet that have the wrong idea about atheists. They’ll probably be short and sweet, but … Continue reading →

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The psychology of atheism?

Posted on January 14, 2010 by ylooshi

Image by BinJabreel (Is on Hiatus) via Flickr So I’m playing around with DirecTV’s search for a program feature and wonder what might come up if I typed in “atheist.” Sure enough, a single program populated in the list: “The … Continue reading →

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Creation on the Web and Morality

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Ylooshi

Codswallop on the Web has an article titled, “Can we be good without god?” To the atheist, this question need not even be answered since we have no gods yet we’re “good.” Sure, there are “bad” atheists. Arguably fewer than … Continue reading →

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Morality: Big “M” and little “m”

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Ylooshi

I had the pleasure of discussing morality and atheism with a commenter who I would assume is a Christian although his/her actual beliefs haven’t been specifically discussed. In responding to the second of two posts the commenter left, I realized … Continue reading →

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The Christian Hang-up On Sex – is it really just a Freudian Slip?

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Ylooshi

Christian organizations are always going on about how they want to limit sexual freedom and exposure to sex to the public. There’s never a shortage of nuts willing to proclaim that the prevalence of sex in public media like television, … Continue reading →

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Myths of Atheism: Hitler/Stalin/Pot Were Evil Because of Atheism

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Ylooshi

In his encyclical released on Friday, Pope Benedict states atheism is responsible for some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” in history [1]. Did Pope Ratzinger skip the new-pope class that explains the Spanish Inquisition and … Continue reading →

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Morality and the Humanist-Atheist

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Ylooshi

It is a common question of the religious, particularly the Christian, to ask when confronted with the atheist, “what keeps you from killing, raping, and doing whatever you want?” I’ve encountered this response enough that I think that the religious … Continue reading →

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Christians Tired of Turning the Other Cheek to the New Atheists

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Ylooshi

In a recent article on the Christian Post website, Christians are being urged to “not turn the other cheek” with regard to atheists who are entering the public square with books like The God Delusion. The author reviews What’s So … Continue reading →

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