
Onyango Makagutu replied to Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco's discussion How Would I Have Learned About Hell When I Could Not Conceive Heaven?
Marianne posted a status
Onyango Makagutu replied to Dallas the Phallus's discussion Meet the World’s Largest Lethal Bird Trap in the group Animal | Vegetable | MineralWe are a worldwide social network of freethinkers, atheists, agnostics and secular humanists.
War Veteran and Atheist Tosses Hat into Mayoral Race
War veteran and Atheist tosses hat into Mayoral race in LaGrange, Georgia
Candidate actually believes that the citizens in his city should have a politician working for them.
LaGrange native, Mike Smith, a self-proclaimed Atheist has announced his…
ContinueAdded by National Atheist Party on May 21, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments
Turning Point: Embracing Skepticism
by Jessica Mokrzycki, guest contributor
One needs only to scroll down the titles and peruse the content of my recent posts to know that I have been really struggling to make sense of things lately. Battling between mind and heart and trying to find clarity amidst two different paths that seem to call me both to them with nearly equal strength.
The following I wrote a few days ago in my online journal. I believe I have been really battling with my skepticism for some time…
ContinueAdded by National Atheist Party on May 18, 2013 at 12:14am — 2 Comments

Is believing in god wrong?
Most theists and their apologists most often write that without the belief in god, life is meaningless and they go ahead and ask people to surrender everything to their supposed gods.
You are likely to find a theist write
ContinueWhen we surrender our lives to God and decide to follow Jesus we give up our rights to live our lives the way we want to. We give up the right to be in control. For most the idea of giving up control of your life is a real sticking point. But…
Added by Onyango Makagutu on May 15, 2013 at 2:25am — 10 Comments
Weekly Overdose
Wait – What just happened? A roundup of the week in news, May 12, 2013
ContinueAdded by National Atheist Party on May 13, 2013 at 12:00am — 3 Comments
I Call Bollocks: "Contraception: A Psychological Prostitution"
Oh, Catholics... Some of you never fail to entertain disgust me.
Made aware of its existence by bigots on Twitter, I recently came across an article at 'catholicstand.com' entitled 'Contraception: A Psychological Prostitution'. So here's that...
It began with a quote:…
ContinueAdded by Carnun on May 12, 2013 at 8:00am — 3 Comments
National Day of What? Part II
An internet conversation about “reason” (is that already an oxymoron?)
by Ron Millam, Guest Contributor
In my last post, I discussed a thread from on my congressional representative’s Facebook page where she asked her constituents to “pray for our great nation” on the national “Day of Prayer” to which I responded in a secular manner, considering that it…
ContinueAdded by National Atheist Party on May 11, 2013 at 11:48am — No Comments
National Day of What?
by Ron Millam, Guest Contributor
Posted yesterday on her Facebook page by the congressional representative from my district in Missouri, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler:
“Today is the National Day of Prayer. Join me in praying for our great nation.”
And a comment posted by someone very near and dear to my heart (okay, it was me…)
“Today is the National Day of Reason. Join me in hoping for (and working toward) the day that our great nation…
ContinueAdded by National Atheist Party on May 11, 2013 at 11:44am — No Comments
Pro-Life? Not Really.
“Pro-Life.” What a wonderful term, and at the same time a fascinating misnomer. On the surface it sounds like a romantic idea in which people enjoy and love life…
ContinueAdded by National Atheist Party on May 9, 2013 at 11:47am — 3 Comments
'Atheism is for white people'

"My friends joke that I am a coconut: brown on the outside, but white on the inside." - Alom Shaha, The Young Atheist's Handbook.
I wrote a post fairly recently for the Rationalist Association's blog (soon set to be in New Humanist…
ContinueAdded by Carnun on May 8, 2013 at 3:12pm — 9 Comments
Effective Altruism
Last Tuesday was a good day. Peter Singer gave a lecture.
I'd been looking forward to it for some time, early on securing a place on the Facebook first-come-first-served waiting list just to be sure of a seat. Of Singer, I knew fairly little. His name was familiar (as it turns out I have one of his books in my room), but I had no idea of his philosophy,…
ContinueAdded by Carnun on May 4, 2013 at 10:00am — 2 Comments
The Atheist and the Scientist
While I think any opposition towards religion is great, it can be like "shoving" non-belief or anti-belief down someones throat just as good as the religious ones are doing it.
Any non-believers may post anything from contradictions in books to scientific quotations but there is in fact a difference between the regular non-believer and the scientist.
While there are people who say (from both sides), that "let people do what they want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone" or…
ContinueAdded by Quilla Mamay on May 4, 2013 at 8:39am — 1 Comment
The Scriptural Illiteracy of Believers

"I find it astonishing and depressing that many people who lead their lives according to the ideas and rules laid down in these books have not read them" - Alom Shaha, The Young Atheist's Handbook.
You may have guessed it, but faith often has a lot to do with religious belief. Strip even the most 'educated' theological argument down to its core, and what you're often left with is 'we just don't know - therefore God'.
The 'we…
Continue
Don't Reply to Well-followed Christians: A Twitter Lesson
It was a simple question…
But then this happened:
(At least chickens have an excuse, eh?)
I learnt a lesson that day:…
ContinueAdded by Carnun on April 26, 2013 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments
"I once met a Texan who..."

"I once met a Texan who bragged that he had only ever read one book from cover to cover: the Bible" - Alom Shaha, The Young Atheist's Handbook.
I've read the Bible; and if I'm honest, the prospect of having it come along with me, by default, to a celebrity/music-filled island is, to say the least, a little disappointing.
Don't get the reference? I'll explain... Desert Island…
ContinueAdded by Carnun on April 23, 2013 at 3:35pm — 4 Comments
Was There a Story in the Bible That Prompted You to Leave Christianity
There were a lot to choose from:
1. God, the genocidal maniac, real estate developer who parceled out land to " Chosen Ones" and authorized the slaughter of the then present occupants of the land.
2. Rising from the dead and flying into the sky was right up there.
3. An Ark of insufficient capacity to hold 1/10th of the creatures known now to have been on earth (and, all of its other impossibilities).
But hands down for me, as a Catholic, and a teenager…
ContinueAdded by Robert Joseph Jagiello on April 22, 2013 at 6:02am — 1 Comment
What's Tom Cruise up to these days....
I might be a little paranoid but the Oblivion story sure did sound like something I've heard before.....with the same main character in it too.
Tet....how original....
Added by Quilla Mamay on April 21, 2013 at 7:12pm — 9 Comments
Being a Good Person

"Despite not believing in God, and not believing in an afterlife where I might be rewarded or punished for my behaviour, I try to be a good person. That's the most any of us can do." - Alom Shaha, The Young Atheist's Handbook.
It's a favourite argument of the Theists: 'How can you be good without God?'
Even supposedly 'enlightened' Theologians (mean?) like William Lane…
ContinueAdded by Carnun on April 16, 2013 at 3:32pm — No Comments
Are Atheists 'Obsessed' With Religion?
For all practical purposes, I am an Atheist. I lack belief in a God (or gods).
It is that, and only that, with which I can confidently say that I share with other Atheists. We're a diverse group.
While there certainly are trends, we're all…
ContinueAdded by Carnun on April 12, 2013 at 3:30pm — 8 Comments
Remembering Margaret Thatcher: A Tale of Two Friendly Enemies
During the “Cold War” between The United States and the Soviet Union, which went on roughly for 45 years (from 1945 to 1989), they were not technically enemies. Not in the military sense. Not in a formal political way. There had been no declaration of war.
Indeed, the United States had never been at war with the Soviet Union. On the contrary, for four longs years they had been allies in a desperate struggle against a common foe. And they had cooperated, extensively.
The US had…
ContinueAdded by Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco on April 12, 2013 at 10:30am — 3 Comments
Dealing With Death

Continue"Nothing that has happened in my life since [I learned of my mother's death], nothing I believe and nothing I know, can provide consolation. This is why I suspect that I am in some way predisposed not to believe in God, because God is the only thing that could have provided solace... If I had felt that there was an afterlife, believe me, I would have killed myself then and there to join her." - Alom Shaha, The Young Atheist's…
Added by Carnun on April 9, 2013 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
© 2013 Created by Atheist Universe.
Powered by
Badges | Report an Issue | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service
