Technically this is for my own documentation, but many of my LJ-friends (particularly Sarah =P) may be interested as well, and I'm always interested in hearing/reading other people's thoughts on such matters. These are the quotes (Dawkins's and others') that I found notable enough to write down from the book The God Delusion. I just finished ( Read more... )

Courtesy of Pam's House BlendNow don't get me wrong. I have plenty of christian friends. I love them, and totally respect their faith. It's just that I have a deeply held conviction that their belief system is unnatural and results from a form of insanity. So when I try to commit them to the mental health ward or support legislation ( Read more... )

2009 and still burning books - article here

"A Baptist Church near Asheville, N.C., is hosting a 'Halloween book burning' to purge the area of 'Satan's' works, which include all non-King James versions of the Bible, popular books by many religious authors and even country music.The website for the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C., says ( Read more... )

Originally posted by bill_sheehan in atheist.I am holding a jar of pennies in my hand. I haven’t counted them. Do you know how many pennies there are in this jar? Go ahead, make a guess. Four hundred and thirty five? Nope. I believe there are 327,004,003. I haven’t counted them, but you said you don’t know, therefore my guess is just as valid as yours ( Read more... )