Tag Archives: religion

Are all Believers Bigots?

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Ylooshi

This was the question that was posed to me by James Ross, a visitor to my Employee of 1800Flowers.com thread, when I accused him of bigotry. It’s a fair question. I thought I’d repost my answer to the atheosphere, which … Continue reading →

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Religion Doesn’t Get a Free Ride

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Ylooshi

Sorry, but it just doesn’t. There are more comments in the 1800Flowers.com post than any other on Breaking Spells (and I’m not ashamed to admit the Pharyngula Effect is fun while it lasts) and some of them revolve around the … Continue reading →

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Templeton Founder Dead

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Ylooshi

The Templeton Prize is worth $2 million, intentionally more than the Nobel (about $1.5 million). The thought was that it would send the message that “spiritual” matters are worth more than “scientific.” The result, intentional or not, is an attempt … Continue reading →

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Failure of Religion: Pastor Barron

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Ylooshi

Plano, TX minister jailed in child sex sting. Pastor Joe Barron of the Prestonwood Baptist Church, 52, was arrested after he drove to Bryan to hook up with a 13 year old girl. Except the “girl” wasn’t thirteen. And “she” … Continue reading →

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Point of Inquiry and the Chris Hedges Interview

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Ylooshi

I just finished listening to the recent interview D.J. Grothe did with Chris Hedges on Point of Inquiry: I don’t believe in atheists (5/2/08). Grothe is an excellent interviewer and I’m always impressed with his ability to engage a guest … Continue reading →

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Young Muslims – A Growing Danger to Western Society?

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Ylooshi

In recent comments to two articles I wrote previously on Breaking Spells, the28 wrote that Islam-Watch.org is a site that cannot be used as a reference since the authors at that site (there are many) do not “really know Islam … Continue reading →

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Witchcraft: Taken Very Seriously in Africa

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Ylooshi

There are some things that even the most devout religious adherents in the United States would scoff at that are held to be very serious beliefs of the supernatural elsewhere in the world. So much so, that lives are affected … Continue reading →

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The Recent Harris Poll on Belief

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Ylooshi

Harris Poll Interactive conducted a recent poll in November in which they sampled 2,455 American adults and asked a variety of questions regarding the their beliefs, mostly religious, though they did poll with questions about UFOs, ghosts, reincarnation, and the … 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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Is Religion Just a Social Program?

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Ylooshi

In Breaking the Spell, Daniel Dennett ends the book with a chapter titled, “Now What Do We Do?”, in which he poses the title question with regard to breaking the spell of religious belief. His answers focus on the continued … Continue reading →

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