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The Satanic Temple’s hilarious response to a pro-religion court ruling - Salon.com

Fri, 19 Sep 2014 04:33:26 +0000

Last month a judge ruled that religious pamphlets could be distributed in a school district in Orange County, Florida, according to Raw Story. In the wake of this ruling, the Satanic Temple is handing out its own religious literature to Orange County schools: “The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities.”

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The Satanic Temple’s hilarious response to a pro-religion court ruling - Salon.com

Fri, 19 Sep 2014 04:33:26 +0000

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Why Fundamentalist Christians Fear Intellectualism - The God Article

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:38:18 +0000

Intellectualism invites the constant assessment of the “correctness” of a person's belief system. That's dangerous ground for a fundamentalist Christian. When you confront them on a particular belief you are not only confronting them on an idea that they have held to more rigidly for a longer time than most other folks but you are confronting the very core of who they understand themselves to be. For them, it is on those core beliefs upon which their salvation hangs in the balance, at least in part. Questioning it doesn't just question the thought but, for them, it puts into question a lifetime of holding on tightly to that thought.

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slacktivist » The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:32:00 +0000

In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal. Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.

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slacktivist » The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:32:00 +0000

In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal. Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.

Tags: #abortion #christianity #politics #religion #reproduction #to:fb

Daily Kos: Rick Santorum calls for low-income children to suffer

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:19:38 +0000

That is not a healthy thing for children, it's not a healthy thing for society ... Suffering, if you're a Christian, suffering is a part of life. And it's not a bad thing, it is an essential thing in life ... There are all different ways to suffer. One way to suffer is through lack of food and shelter and there's another way to suffer which is lack of dignity and hope and there's all sorts of ways that people suffer and it's not just tangible, it's also intangible and we have to consider both.

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Charles Darwin to receive apology from the Church of England for rejecting evolution - Telegraph

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:12:34 +0000

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Pharyngula: The Great Desecration

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:53:58 +0000

"By the way, I didn't want to single out just the cracker, so I nailed it to a few ripped-out pages from the Qur'an and The God Delusion. They are just paper. Nothing must be held sacred. Question everything. God is not great, Jesus is not your lord, you are not disciples of any charismatic prophet. You are all human beings who must make your way through your life by thinking and learning, and you have the job of advancing humanity's knowledge by winnowing out the errors of past generations and finding deeper understanding of reality. You will not find wisdom in rituals and sacraments and dogma, which build only self-satisfied ignorance, but you can find truth by looking at your world with fresh eyes and a questioning mind."

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Moving On Up!

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:08:44 +0000

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Jesus loves 'His Dark Materials' / Shrill Bible-thumpers boycott 'The Golden Compass'; world's children grin devilishly

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:03:05 +0000

"Shrill Bible-thumpers boycott 'The Golden Compass'; world's children grin devilishly"

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Greta Christina's Blog: Atheists and Anger

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:17:49 +0000

"This has been a hard piece to write, and it may be a hard one to read. I'm not going to be as polite and good-tempered as I usually am in this blog; this piece is about anger, and for once I'm going to fucking well let myself be angry."

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A Nation of Christians Is Not a Christian Nation - New York Times

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:47:59 +0000

"The founders were not anti-religion. ... But they wanted faith to be one thread in the country’s tapestry, not the whole tapestry."

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Religion beat became a test of faith - Los Angeles Times

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:09:00 +0000

"Clearly, I saw now that belief in God, no matter how grounded, requires at some point a leap of faith. Either you have the gift of faith or you don't." I guess 'gift' is one way to describe it.

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Crooks and Liars » Hitchens slams Falwell’s life

Thu, 17 May 2007 14:34:56 +0000

"The empty life of this ugly little charlatan proves only one thing: that you can get away with the most extraordinary offenses to morality and to truth in this country if you will just get yourself called Reverend."

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Boing Boing: People committing eternal sin on YouTube

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:23:08 +0000

"If you’re going to blaspheme, do it properly! This “I deny the Holy Spirit” stuff is for pansies."

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