Atheists, Agnostics know more about religion than the religious
But it’s also a lack of belief, in this case. It’s impossible to explain, which is why I default to humanism when talking about this, because it’s so much nicer to explain that with a hug.
Debunkers sift the net – The power of myths; the credulousness of humanity
Belief is a powerful force… it makes people argue the illogical aspect of Santa while believing in an afterlife, or scoffing at fairies and leprechauns while believing in magical, floating space pixies (more…)
XKCD makes people happy.
I will tell you..I’m about to. So I was wearing that “Science: it works bitches!” Tshirt tonight at the gym”. It’s funny, but true. The back is a graph of the results from the COBE mission. From (more…)
Atheism as faith is to Baffled as Perculosis
I really get bugged when people start talking about atheism as a belief system or faith. It’s like people don’t want to think deeply about a concept at all. Not all concepts… just this one. They are (more…)
SCIENCE IS BACK BITCHES!!!!!!! Obama’s Humanist Agenda!!!!! (Plus Pelosi’s SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE!!!!)
Mark my words – today was one of the most important days in the history of science, humanism, and non belief in regards to politics and science’s “rightful place” in our society. It was truly momentous. ——– Reprint (more…)
Global Warming – a skeptic’s question in place of a liberal’s question.
I don’t want to sound cynical in an attempt to be skeptical; but I have a problem with our current panicked mindset about global warming. Everyone is stating that it is happening. Not that I don’t (more…)
Agnosticism
Atheism is such an absolute lack of faith. I never had religion to lose, nor can I shake my lack of faith. But agnosticism, as a wise man recently told me (while musing that we are leaves of some (more…)
Santa killed God, Agnostic Atheism, and bittersweet mortality
I think I am agnostic as of late. “Agnostic Atheist†to be precise…. But it still means I am moving on that grand scale of belief systems. At the age of 6 or 7 when I figured out Santa, I simply (more…)
Centering the irrational, emotionally outraged skeptic. Shh… walk the centered path young one.
I want to start a group Markus. I am a nice guy, but I find myself VEHEMENTLY and DESTRUCTIVELY angry about people’s mindless belief systems that require little to no philisophical regard or verification. (more…)