I’ve written much at Chaos Section about my personal evolution from a formerly socially conservative licensed fundamentalist minister who took up with the religious right, to my current viewpoint as a libertarian and agnostic atheist. I’ve shared with any readers who care to read about how I feel well-positioned as a critic of religious encroachments…
Phil Robertson of the “reality” television show Duck Dynasty once more has his foot firmly planted between his teeth. In a recent interview he offered a thought experiment (of a sort) to display his understanding of atheists and morality: “Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him.…
I want to discuss today something that has been building in my mind for years, bothering me and gnawing at my sanity. And I want to frame this issue as an open letter to anyone who calls themselves a Christian. Dear Christians, Stop calling people “lost.” I seem to hear this every time I walk…
There has been a hue and cry of late by many ostensibly aggrieved parties that they have been offended by others’ speech. From the lowly lowlifes who committed murder in Paris to the gilded throne of His Holiness the Pope, it seems that many tender ears feel affronted by the WORDS that others speak. I…
Over the past year, I’ve given a speech around the country called, “The Ultimate Question.” At the close of that speech, I read a letter to the audience…a letter of encouragement. So many people have responded to it that I’ve posted it below. Enjoy it. Forward it. Change or customize it for those in your…
If you have bought into your bullshit religion to the extent that you are willing to take another life simply because you’re upset that others won’t follow your god’s “rules,” then, I’m sorry, but we just don’t have any place for you in society…
“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.” ~ Blaise Pascal Some day in the distant future, kids will learn in history class how man once believed in the supernatural. These children will be our descendants and they will possess knowledge of our world and universe in…
“Masturbation, a rather common indiscretion, is not approved of the Lord nor of his church. Sometimes masturbation is the introduction to the more serious sins of exhibitionism and the gross sin of homosexuality.” – Spencer Kimball, Former President of The Mormon Church It’s hard to believe – yet important to stress – that this is NOT…
“The Bible is only as good and decent as the person reading it.” – Dan Savage Just in time for the holidays, a Baptist Preacher has finally “discovered the cure for AIDS.” According to Pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe, AZ, all we have to do to finally be rid of this horrible immunodeficiency disorder that…
A philosophical essay by our friend Adam Hinds regarding the nature of religion.
Good news! Just in time for Halloween, Pat Robertson has announced that he has the power to raise the dead… and so do you! All you have to do is read your bible and believe. Also, I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to make a sizable donation to the 700 club. It’s good to know that charlatanism…
By Adam Hinds Our country is not a “Christian nation” but rather, as the Baptist theologian Albert Mohler duly notes, “a nation of Christians.” America, he argues, “is not Christian by constitutional provision or creedal affirmation—but its people are overwhelmingly Christian by self-affirmation.” But whatever one believes about America being a “Christian nation” that concept…
Each year on September 11th – or the anniversary of any other tragic event – my Facebook feed becomes decidedly more religious as family members and friends send prayers and make pleas to an omnipotent being in the sky. God bless America. Pray for the victims and their families. I’m not attempting to make light of a…
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