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12 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - Assertive Atheism in t... · 0 replies · +3 points

Penn definitely did a good job in that part of the interview. I wish I could find the rest of that interview to see if he kept that up. Still, there is something to be said about remaining calm while the religious counterpoint loses their shit. Have you seen Amanda Knief's appearance on CNN over the weekend? By the end of it, the religious pastor had marbles in his mouth.
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12 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - What Atheism Could Ha... · 0 replies · +8 points

I would like to see a group like Atheists For Social Justice who organize food banks, blood drives, charity walks, etc. Awhile ago, I started a group called, "Atheists For Autism Research." A bunch of us went to an Autism Walk and we got a lot of positive comments. I'm sure there were many Christians who we unhappy with our presence, but they didn't say anything. I was surprised that there were quite a few atheists working the event who did come over and asked where they could get a shirt like ours. Things like this would be a great activity for an atheist social justice group. I don't think Atheism + did any of that though.
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13 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - Atheism Before the Int... · 0 replies · +5 points

I became an atheist at 13 and someone told me that I was one. I didn't really get interested in religion/atheism until college though. By then, the internet was just getting started and I found a great website called, "Why Christians Suck." It isn't around any more, but it was one of the first atheist websites on the internets. It really helped me find some answers to questions I was getting from fundamentalists... although, I still had to do a lot of re-inventing the wheel on my own.
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13 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - Secular Woman and the ... · 2 replies · +4 points

Equality should be a given, however I don't approve of the view that women can do no wrong and that anyone who disagrees with a woman must be a sexist/anti-feminist. That isn't equality. That is part of the problem we are having within our community right now.

There are those who actually don't agree that equality is a given and those people tend to be religious. For them, we do need to make the case for equality and I think that is a case that is easily made so there is really no problem there. We should point out that the Bible makes the opposite case and use the fact that equality is so obvious to undermine religious based morality.
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13 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - Secular Leaders Addres... · 4 replies · +4 points

I'm a little concerned about the moderation part, but I mostly agree with it and dully support it.
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13 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - An Atheist in Awe · 0 replies · +4 points

Thanks for the shout-out. :-)
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13 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - Yes, We Do Make the Ch... · 1 reply · +3 points

When I was targeted by those o the FtB side of the divide, I had a really hard time dealing with the negativity. I don't have a problem with Christian hate, but when it was coming from people I had previously respected, I couldn't sleep and had a hard time functioning. I stopped reading those blogs pretty quickly. My wife read some of them for me and my brother commented on a few, but I just couldn't take the stress. I am glad that I disengaged from that vitriol. It was however temping to read more, but I couldn't keep up with the comments or the blog posts. Stopping was the best thing for me. Even now, I try to stay away from most blog posts about the continual atheist infighting.
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13 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - Taking a Short Break F... · 0 replies · +3 points

I heard to are taking a break because you found God and need time to pray about how you are going to break the news to us. ;-)
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13 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - Seeking Input of Athei... · 0 replies · +4 points

I'm an atheist parent, but my children are really young. The oldest will be 4 on Sunday. He doesn't really know anything about God or religion yet. My plan was to take him to various religious services (Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, etc.) when he gets old enough (I don't know when that would be), but my wife disagrees. She doesn't want them exposed to ridiculous religious beliefs at all. I do want my kids to be knowledgeable about what other people believe to protect them from being conned by religion. I just haven't figured out how that is going to happen yet.

I do this this parent should tell her kids that she thinks that she was wrong about the whole God thing and that she no longer believes any deities exist. This would teach her kids to be skeptical of all authorities, even her. Just my opinion.
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13 years ago @ Atheist Revolution - When Your Doctor Wants... · 0 replies · +2 points

Have you tried just letting him know that you don't believe in any gods?
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