Category Archives: Atheism

Heina Interview - Atheism as a Religion
Clip from my interview with Heina. Full Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEONtDYHRUA.

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Jaclyn Glenn Whitney Mixter | Sexism to Atheism | Rubin Report
Jaclyn Glenn and Whitney Mixter join Dave Rubin to discuss the week #39;s biggest news.***Subscribe to Report Report for more: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RubinReport ...

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Minute in Atheism: Sodomite Suppression Act
It #39;s really fucking disturbing how many people actually want to just start capping motherfuckers just because they are attracted to the same gender. Story --- http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/ca...

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Does it satisfy? Which experience of life is more satisfying? Atheism or Christianity?
Lunchtime conversation between Matt Dillahunty (atheist experience) and Shane Rogerson (anglican pastor) recorded at Coopers Inn (Melbourne) on Friday 20th March 2015. The host and moderator.

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A Minute in Atheism: A Faith Healer goes to the doctor
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THIS paper refutes claims made in the article Atheism no smarter than Christianity by Learnmore Zuze (hereinafter referred to as the author). Using logical arguments, research findings and facts; it shows that the article is demonstrably fallacious and highlights the dearth of knowledge concerning secularism and objective morality. For those who have not read the article by Learnmore Zuze, it is available here: http://www.newzimbabwe.com/columns-21370-Atheism+no+smarter+than+Christianity/columns.aspx

1) WITHOUT a Supreme Being (God) to account to, and in the absence of an ultimate authority in the universe, it logically follows that human beings are their own masters and a law unto themselves. In fact, more graphically, it translates to this: the wicked massacres of defence-less citizens by the wicked regimes of this world; the wanton rape; the abuse of the innocent; the senseless genocides and the numerous injustices witnessed over the centuries will be perfectly in place as there is no answerability and, consequently, no judgment.

This is a claim against objective morality, apropos, without a deity we would all be murderers and/rapists. However, religion is not a moral system or even a system based on justice. It is a system of authority. Whatever the god-figure decrees is correct, the moral repercussions notwithstanding. In no other sphere would an edict to stone a person to death or sacrifice ones own child in a sanguinary ritual be tolerated.

Religion justifies macabre acts using arguments from authority. We do not get our morality from religion; religion gets its morality from us. Nobody needs the Ten Commandments to know that killing is wrong. We have an innate sense of what is wrong and what is right which predates any born again experience. We know better than to stone people for working on the Sabbath or committing adultery even though religious texts demand it.

The absence of a divine supervisor does not preclude human compassion and empathy. In fact, the entire human understanding of law, justice and accountability is grounded in secular thinking. Objective morality is based on human desire for the highest attainable states of good. We make our own laws, draw up our own constitutions and enforce our own edicts; the era of the superstitious being the regulator of human conduct is far behind us.

However, as the author himself alludes to, the Old Testament of the Christian Bible is an orgy of macabre acts done because of and not in spite of religion. Religion does not prevent the morally repugnant. In fact, it often requires and justifies it; prompting talk-show host Bill Mahers dicta that the period in which religious thinking formulated public morality is still rightly referred to as the Dark Ages.

2) Atheism, by rejecting the existence of God, is nothing but a secreted way of propping up lawlessness, anarchy and transgression in the universe.

The author acknowledges that atheism is the rejection of the notion that a god exists then goes on to counter that claim by stating that it is a way of propping up lawlessness and anarchy. Atheism is just the rejection of one notion: theism. It says nothing about whether one is a pacifist, anarchist, environmentalist or any other such taxonomy.

However, as a response to that mistaken yet commonly held view, reference must be made to those countries where secularism has taken root and atheists are the vast majority of the population. The Scandinavian countries, Japan and Iceland are notable examples of countries in which secularism has taken root and religious people are in the minority. These countries are not synonymous with lawlessness and transgression as the author would seem to imply. In fact, they consistently rank amongst the top performers on scores of life expectancy, adult literacy, per capita income, educational attainment, gender equality, homicide rate, and infant mortality.

On the other hand, the bottom 50 countries on the Unites Nations Human Development Index are consistently and unwaveringly religious. This does not mean secularism leads to greater prosperity or even more sustainable development and this may well be correlation without causation. However, it does refute the outrageous claim that atheism is an appeal to lawlessness and transgression; a claim further compounded by data recently revealed by Google showing that the majority of countries in the top ten of porn-searching countries are religious states.

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Eye wide shut: A response to Atheism no smarter than Christianity

March 25, 2015|11:46 am

"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson at the "I Stand Sunday" event in Houston, Texas, Sunday, November 2, 2014.

"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson gave an impassioned speech at the Vero Beach Prayer Breakfast on Friday equating non-salvation and disbelief with violence.

"Two guys break into an atheist's home. He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters," Robertson said. "Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him. And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot 'em and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off in front of him. And then they look at him and say, 'Isn't it great that I don't have to worry about being judged? Isn't it great that there's nothing wrong with this? There's no right or wrong, now is it dude!"

Robertson wanted to drive home the point that disbelief can lead to unspeakable violence because there's no fear of judgment in the afterlife.

He continued: "Then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, 'Wouldn't it be something if there was something wrong with this? But you're the one who says there is no God, there's no right, there's no wrong, so we're just having fun. 'We're sick in the head; have a nice day.'"

"If it happened to them, they would probably say, 'Something about this just ain't right.'"

Robertson is known for speaking his mind when it comes to religious views and his Christian testimony. Doing so nearly cost him the reality show he and his family star on; Robertson previously made comments about homosexuality that resulted in a great deal of backlash and executives at A&E temporarily suspended Robertson from the series but after fans spoke out in support of Robertson, they changed their minds and brought him back. "Duck Dynasty" has been on the air for seven seasons.

The Vero Beach Prayer Breakfast brought together a group of believers who wanted to gather and seek God's guidance in their own lives and those of fellow Americans.

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'Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson Relates Atheism to Extreme Violence

Duck Dynastys Phil Robertson really hates atheists. And to illustrate this point, during a prayer breakfast speech a few days ago, Robertson envisioned an incredibly dark and screwed-up scenario to take on atheistic morality.

He told people to imagine two crooks breaking into the home of an atheist family. The father is tied to a chair and gagged, and the criminals take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot them and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off in front of him.

Like I said, very dark.

And it only gets darker from there:

Then they can look at him and say, Isnt it great that I dont have to worry about being judged? Isnt it great that theres nothing wrong with this? Theres no right or wrong, now is it dude? And then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, Wouldnt it be something if this was something wrong with this? But youre the one who says there is no God, theres no right, theres no wrong, so were just having fun. Were sick in the head, have a nice day.

Robertson concluded, If it happened to them, they probably would say, Something about this just aint right.

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Atheism: Irrational and Absurd (Part 2) | Brian Schwertley
Brian Schwertley gives a Biblical refutation of atheism, while debunking the New Atheists like Dan Barker, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris. This video is part of the #39;Atheism:...

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Atheism #39;s Attack on America - Brad Harrub, PhD
Dr. Brad Harrub talks about Atheism #39;s Attack on America during our Youth Family Weekend 2015. Bawcomville Church of Christ, West Monroe, LA. This was lesson 4 in the series.

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