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California city sued for removing billboard about atheism | ScrippsNews
A Wisconsin group recently sued the city of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. for its alleged role in the removal of a billboard promoting atheism.
Apparently, the city government got many complaints and passed them on to
If so many people were so upset about the billboard company.
It seems to [...]
Some things make me sad
“I could see the longing my little girl has to have a right relationship with God. She knows something is wrong, she is broken because of sin, and she is desperate for the love and comfort of Jesus.”
it seems more likely she wants the love of a mother who doesn’t [...]
There are ways to win arguments and ways to turn arguments into fights.
One way to switch from debate to fisticuffs is to just start insulting
your opponent. Which is why THIS is a bad idea.
The sign, a new addition [to the holiday display]this
year, is sponsored by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The sign
reads, “Religion is [...]
thanks to Pharyngula and Evolved RationalistI got to read The Woman Of Virtue which made the deliciously bold claim that slavery is just plain old fine in the Bible.
While Evolved Rationalist is right in many of his points, I actually think he’s missing the point. Or, at least, not getting to [...]
These guys have actually caught my eye more than once on a number of topics (like how the people in New Orleans should be grateful that they got any help at all, regardless of how toxic the trailers are), but this one is particularly sad, and seen too often:
Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy
FFRF is wrong [...]
The whiny Democratic atheist brigade – Crunchy Con
In the Democratic Party, every day is secularist day! Cut Obama and the DNC some slack — they’re right to do this kind of outreach.
Now, Mr. Dreber does have a point. Historically, the Dems are more secular. However, there’s a couple other, more subtle things at [...]
So, one of the things that comes up again and again is whether or not atheists can be moral. Some theists say no, others say yes. But given the polling data, I think we have to say that even the ‘yes’ people aren’t completely truthful.
I’ve always wondered about that. I can understand how, maybe, some [...]
Ignoring the title of the article, the argument here makes no sense. Or, more specifically, doesn’t prove its point.Soviets flock to religion, therefor god must exist (the implied premise).The fact is that people have this tendency to head towards religion in hard times (like those experienced by former eastern block nations). Thats why [...]
Basically, Dawkins says he believes in determinism from an intellectual perspective, but from a personal one, can’t act upon it. This does seem inconsistent, but Dawkins makes a point of saying:
What I do know is that what it feels like to me, and I think to all of us, we don’t feel determined.
We [...]