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Current Heresies:
Dear Believer
Video: Christians are delusional
10 Questions for Christians
Analysis: Religiosity as Neurosis
Story: The Dragon In My Garage
Article: * Why Atheism? *
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Wed 5/14 7:30, Social Meeting, in MV
Fri 5/16 6:00, A Skeptical Look at Fiction Science, in SF
Sun 5/18 11:00, Can Religion and Science Be Joined?, in PA
Sun 5/25 11:00, Why We Need to Go from Protest to Resistance, PA
Wed 5/28 7:30, video: Ayaan Hirsi Ali at AAI convention, in MV
Sat 5/31 6:00, Authors of the Bible, in SF
Thu-Sun 6/19-22, The Amaz!ng Meeting 6, in Las Vegas
Sat 6/21 11-3, Bay Area Atheists Solstice Picnic, in SF
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“I think there’s nothing wrong with teaching different schools of thought.”
- Sen. John McCain, 8/28/05, on teaching
evolution and intelligent design
“... the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation.”
- Sen. John McCain, 9/29/07,
who also
wants to Limit the Presidency to Christians... and maybe Jews
“I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God,
and that’s what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change
God’s standards.”
– Gov. Mike Huckabee, 1/14/08, who also shills for
the "Expelled..." movie
“On the issue of evolution, the verdict is still out on how God created the Earth.”
- Pres. George W. Bush
“With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation's historical
practices that the Establishment Clause permits this disregard of polytheists and believers in unconcerned
deities, just as it permits the disregard of devout atheists.”
- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 2005
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than
religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason.
I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot
simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some
principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all.”
- Sen. Barack Obama, 6/28/06
“Whatever we once were, we're no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation,
a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of non-believers.”
- Sen. Barack Obama, 7/29/07
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you
symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil
force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat
from a magical tree. — unknown
"Imagine a world in which generations of human beings come to believe that certain films were made by
God or that specific software was coded by him. Imagine a future in which millions of our descendants
murder each other over rival interpretations of Star Wars or Windows 98. Could anything -- anything --
be more ridiculous? And yet, this would be no more ridiculous than the world we are living in."
— Sam Harris, The End of Faith
"Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process
did not take place it would put them in self-danger of coming to mental harm, being unable to cope
with the idea of a godless, purposeless life."
— Sigmund Freud
Pope Benedict XVI recently stated the Church had not imposed itself on the indigenous peoples of the
Americas. He said that the natives had welcomed the arrival of European priests at the time
of the conquest as they were "silently longing" for Christianity. [Right, and rape
victims "silently long" for rape.]
* Read Rational Atheism by Michael Shermer
* Read An Atheist in the Pulpit
* Listen Bart
Ehrman on NPR, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer
* Read The
Sacrifice of Reason by Sam Harris
* Read Ditching
God
* Video Why we need the
Military Religious Freedom Foundation
* Read Death to Americans United
for Separation of Church and State! - Rev.Wiley Drake (an American Taliban?)
* Listen freethoughtradio.com
* Video Homer Simpson Converts to Catholicism
* Video Robin Williams on Biblical Miracles
* Read Atheists come out of the closet
(in the S.J. Mercury News)
* Video Sam Harris
- Believing the Unbelievable: The Clash Between Faith and Reason in the Modern World
* Watch Beyond Belief conference,
with Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and many more
» » Links for Richard Dawkins « «
» » Links for Sam Harris « «
* Read The Dawkins Delusion Is Dawkins insecure about Atheism?
* Read Pope: Other denominations not true churches
* Read Atheist blog from a woman in India
* Watch Debate: Darwin and Humanity: Should we rid the mind of God?
* Book: Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical,
Caring Kids Without Religion
* Watch Chris & David sing the Atheist Anthem
* Read FFRF goes to the Supreme Court
* Watch FFRF and Atheists on ABC news
* Read Religious Intolerance on Paula Zahn's Show, 01/31/07
* Join The Church of Reality
* Join The First Amendmist Church of True Science
* Read Chimps: Almost Human, and Sometimes Smarter
* Read Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior
* Read Study Finds Brain Injury Changes Moral Judgment
* Read East Bay
Rep. Pete Stark says that he's a nontheist
* Watch Dave Kong (CA State Director for American
Atheists) on TV
* Read Christianists on the March
* Cartoon Virgin Mary With Child!
* Watch The Blasphemy Challenge, make a short video,
and get a free DVD of "The God Who Wasn't There"
* Watch Brian Flemming on Fox News
* Watch Jon Stewart on God, plus Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland
trys to remember the 10 Commandments
* Hear Mark on unchainedradio.com 12/06/06. » »
Listen here « «
* Read Debunking the Historical Jesus By Dan Barker
* Art! Atheist art from Luxembourg
* Read Atheists:
The New Gays (on the Dilbert Blog)
* Read The Crusade Against Religion
* Read Why Does God Hate Amputees?
* Headline: Rev. Louis Sheldon, head of the Traditional Values Coalition, warned Sen. McCain that
opposing torture may mean forfeiting the support of evangelical leaders in 2008. (Don't you just love
Christian values?)
* Read What makes us human? You don't have to be a biologist to see how
closely the great apes resemble us
* Read 3.3 Million Years Later, Skeleton of Girl Found
* Video The New American Theocracy
* Read The Psychology Behind Suicide Bombings
* Read Hitler
and Stalin were possessed by the Devil, says Vatican exorcist
* Video George Carlin on Religion
* Read The Necessity of Atheism
- Why not to believe
* Read Furious
evolution debate hits Kenyan museum
* Read god is imaginary.com (with videos)
* Read The Republican War on Science, Chapter 11:
“Creation Science” 2.0
* Humor War-Torn Middle East Seeks Solace In Religion
* Video "The Naked Truth"
* Read Alien Life Might Arise Quickly,
Study Suggests
* Read Religion-related
fraud getting worse
* Read Disowning Conservative Politics Is Costly for Pastor
* Video Atheism
* See Posing for pictures in a Muslim country
* Read Is America a Christian Nation?
* Video The War On Christianity
* Read Pope Benedict XVI Christianizes the Holocaust
* Read Which Way
To The Apocalypse?
* Listen Area Man Will Remember Unanswered Prayer Next Time
God Needs His Help
* Read Mega-church minister linked
to paramilitary video game
* Read Science and the
First Amendment
* Read Richard Dawkins on Atheism
* Video George Carlin on the business of religion
* Read Report Says Religion Course Promotes Religious Freedom
* Read Human Ancestors May Have Interbred With Chimpanzees
* Read The First Few Microseconds of the Universe
* Read The
War on Contraception, by the Religious Right
* Videos Is Prayer Just Comforting, Superstitious Behavior?
with Jon Stewart, & James Randi on Faith Healers
* Video Touched by an Atheist
by George Carlin
* Read Time to change
nation's mindset that Atheists shouldn't be elected
* Read Anti-abortion
crowd sets its sights on birth control
* Quote: "Let’s, first of all, pray there’s no hurricanes.
That would be, like, step one." - President G.W. Bush
* Read Trying to Understand Angry Atheists
by Rabbi Marc Gellman
* Read Mark Thomas responds to Rabbi Gellman
* Listen Mark Thomas on Christian radio 4/26/06
* Video Intelligent Design vs Science: Starring Penn & Teller,
Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins, Duane Gish, and more
* Read Evidence of Common Descent between Man and Chimp
* Read Atheists Work Toward Better Understanding
- About SF Atheists
* Read Is the President's religion a cause of his untrustworthiness?
* Humor Critics Blast Bush For Not Praying Hard Enough
* Listen Debate between Dan Barker, of FFRF.org,
and Todd Friel, Christian
* Read The Flagellum Unspun:
The Collapse of "Irreducible Complexity"
* Read Fossil connects human evolution dots
* Read
Fossil Called Missing Link From Sea to Land Animals
* Read War on Christians
* Cartoon Another New Religion
* Read Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer
(DUH!)
* Read What the latest prayer study tells us about God
* Video Bill Maher on Evil, New Orleans, & The Boogeyman and MORE
* Video George Bush on the Apocalypse
* Video Jon Stewart interviews Bart Ehrman,
author of Misquoting Jesus
* Video South Park
Scientology episode
* Read Atheists identified as America’s most distrusted minority
* Read Atheists Put Their Faith
in Ethical Behavior
* Cartoon Opus on when the Universe will end
* Humor Poverty-Stricken Africans Receive Desperately Needed Bibles
* Read Still Evolving, Human Genes Tell New Story
* Read
Agnostic Author Bart Ehrman Picks Apart the Gospels That Made a Disbeliever Out of Him
Islam is a Peaceful Religion
* Video Fitna the Movie: Geert Wilders' film about the Quran
* Read Afghan Reporter
To Die For Insulting Islam
* Video Deadly Memes
* Pics "Religion of Peace" demonstration in London
* Read Fundamentalists in Gaza threaten
to behead 'immodest' women broadcasters
* Video Laughing 9/11
hijackers in Afghan hideout
* Read Islam's Wretched Record
on Slavery
* Read Afghan Women's Activist Assassinated by Muslim Gunmen
* Read Italian nun killed by Muslims
* Read Top Muslim clerics: Convert must die
* Read Hundreds
push for death of Christian convert
* Read Ayatollah Khomeini on Islamic Holy War
* Read Egyptian Imam Calls for Worldwide Religious Tyranny
* Read Muslim Cleric: $1 million to kill cartoonist
* Read Radical Danish imams added 3 false,
extremely offensive Muhammad cartoons
* Video About the Mohammed cartoons
* See Embassies burned as Muslims attempt
to convince the world that Islam is for peace
* See some of the famous cartoons of Muhammed here,
here and here
* Poster "Islam is peaceful? My ass."
* Video Suicide
bomber caught at Israeli checkpoint
* Video Taliban
blowing up 2000 year-old gigantic statues of Buddha
* Cartoon And they said Danish cartoons
are blasphemous
* Humor 'Iraqi Gandhi' Preaches Slightly Less Violence
"Rejecting Islam is insulting God. We will not allow God to be humiliated. This man must die."
- “moderate” Afghan imam Abdul Raoulf, about a man who converted from Islam to Christianity
* Read Godless in Society:
How Can a Godless Person Make a Difference? by Austin Cline
* Read Missouri Legislators Proclaim ‘Christian’
Nation
* Read Atheist Foundations of Ethics by John B. Hodges
* Read SF Chronicle article on
the San Francisco Atheists and
Lori Lipman Brown,
our lobbyist in D.C.
* Read Scientists enlist clergy in evolution battle
* Read Interview
with the producer of the movie "The God Who Wasn't There"
* Visit The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Read about it
* Read The Republican Party of Texas
affirms the United States of America is a Christian Nation
* Read Wayward Christian Soldiers about how Christians backed the Iraq war
* Video Terrorist Training Camp
* Video Jesus Sings and Dances!
* Listen NPR interview with author of
Misquoting Jesus
* Humor Christ Converts To Islam
* Read The Failure of Prayer, and the Perfect Scam about the mine disaster
* Book The Fable of Christ by Luigi Cascioli
* Video Penn & Teller's BullShit! as it dissects the buybull
* Video Penn & Teller's BullShit! about miracles
* Video South Park on the Virgin Mary
* News Threw
the Book at 'Em (on the ID ruling)
* Humor Voice Of God Revealed To Be Cheney On Intercom
* Humor Bush To Increase Funding For Hope-Based Initiatives
* Read What the 'Left Behind'
Series Really Means
* New National Blog Site Takes On The Religious Right
* Read The Other I.D.
* Read "Why I'm an Atheist" (part 1)
* Read "Why I'm an Atheist" (part 2)
* Cartoon Non Sequitur on Alien Science and Theology
* Quotes from The American Taliban
* Read about our San Francisco "All Atheist Weekend" in the AP and
in the SF Chron
* Read about the movie "The God Who Wasn't There"
and the upcoming movie "The Beast"
* See the new Atheist Advice Column
by Molleen Matsumura, a.k.a. “Sweet Reason”
* Read the NoGodBlog,
by the Communications Director for American Atheists
Email Pope Benedict XVI!
(former head of the Congregation on the Doctrine of the Faith, which gave us the Inquistion)
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In a 1999 poll, 48% of Americans said they would not consider voting for an Atheist. Some dictionaries offer
an alternate definition of Atheist as “wicked.” The Boy Scouts membership form says, “no member can grow into
the best kind of citizen without recognizing his obligation to God.”
How are people supposed to know that Atheists in fact do grow up to be the best kinds of American citizens every day
— if we aren't visible? Atheists of Silicon Valley is reclaiming the A-word in our community by encouraging local
Atheists to come out of the closet and be open with friends, co-workers, neighbors and family. We're standing up and
speaking out. 14% of Americans and
19% of Californians identify themselves as some kind of non-believer. We
may be a minority, but we're sizable and growing. According to the American Religious Identification Survey,
Americans who answered "none" when asked to identify their religion numbered 29.4 million in 2001, more than double
the 14.3 million in 1990.
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religious jokes — then join us and experience how much you have in common with other Atheists. We need your help.
For the latest news, see our Events page.
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free mind.
Philosophy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat.
Metaphysics is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that isn't there.
Theology is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that isn't there and shouting “I found it!”
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Above: Virgin Mary seen in Chicago underpass
A recent Newsweek poll found that 26% of registered voters think that Atheists are inherently immoral,
only 29% would vote for an Atheist, and only 3% called themselves Atheists.
A recent Pew Forum poll found that 67% of Americans believe the false idea that America
was founded as a Christian nation.
Five evangelical Christian leaders signed the "Land Letter" to President Bush in 2002 affirming a
Christian theological basis to invade Iraq.
87% of all white evangelical Christians in the U.S. supported President Bush's decision
to go to war. Recent polls indicate that 68% of white evangelicals continue to support the war.
80% of white evangelical Christian voters voted for President Bush in 2004.
A recent Gallup poll shows that 68% of Republicans still don't believe in the biological fact of evolution.
A Washington Post poll found that 80% of Katrina’s survivors said that the event strengthened their faith in
God. (With a god like that, who needs Satan?)
In the recent
Gallup Millennium Survey of religious attitudes, 49% of Danes, 52% of Norwegians, and 55% of Swedes said God
did not matter to them. 64% of Czechs regarded God as not mattering at all. While 82% of Americans say God
is very important to them, less than 20% of Europeans make such statements. Source:
Utne Reader, Sept-Oct 2004
Religion
in Spain is mostly becoming tradition.
A 2004 ICM poll found that 98% of Nigerians claimed always to have
believed in God, while 90% of Indonesians said they would die for their God or religious beliefs.
A govt. study in Ireland found that 87% of the population believe in God. 19% said tragedies such as
the Asian tsunami, which killed 300,000 people, bolstered their belief.
In Kuwait, doubting the existence of God or Islam is punishable by law.
Americans believe 58% to 40% that it is necessary to believe in God to be moral.
By contrast, only 13% of Europeans agree.
A recent world-wide
study shows that religion fosters bad behavior.
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