Recent Posts Tagged With 'words of wisdom'

• Words of Wisdom: Robert G. Ingersoll

  Posted on Friday December 25th, 2009 at 05:56 in words of wisdom

  The good part of Christmas is not always Christian, it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human and natural. Christianity did not come with tidings of great joy, but with a message of eternal grief. It came with the threat of everlasting torture on ...

• Religion Should Be Like Your Genitals

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 11:20 in words of wisdom

  I am fortunate (but not blessed) to receive many excellent comments on this blog. One of my all-time favorites, left by Personal Failure quite awhile ago on a post about Christians "witnessing" to atheists, needs to be shared.The post had elicited a ...

• Words of Wisdom: Austin Cline

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 11:06 in words of wisdom

  Again and again, I have heard Christians scoff at anti-atheist bigotry, claiming that it is exaggerated or even imagined. They claim that we are being overly sensitive, and yet they are quick to scream bloody murder when their privileged status is th...

• Words of Wisdom: Polish Atheists

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 11:28 in words of wisdom

  On the subject of atheists "coming out"...In a situation when a minority is not visible, it is easy to discriminate against it, to exclude its interests and rights, especially in the crucial area of legislation. - MAiA Website, PolandH/T to Friendly ...

• Words of Wisdom: Victor Stenger

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 10:25 in words of wisdom

  Okay, so I'm a day late with this one. Just consider it to be directed to Glenn Beck's lunatic faction celebrating 9/12 today.Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. - Victor Stenger Subscribe to Atheist RevolutionTags: Vict...

• Words of Wisdom: Ed Brayton

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 10:33 in words of wisdom

  Yes, even we lowly bloggers can be worth quoting from time to time. In discussing Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's recent smackdown of a birther during one of his town hall meetings, Ed Brayton of Dispatches From the Culture Wars writes:Ridicule may...

• Words of Wisdom: Emma Goldman

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 13:47 in words of wisdom

  God today, no longer represents the same forces as in the beginning of His existence; neither does He direct human destiny with the same iron hand as of yore. Rather does the God idea express a sort of spiritualistic stimulus to satisfy the fads and ...