141. George Carlin On Religion George Carlin on religion. When it comes to bullshit, bigtime, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion http://www.objectivethought.com/atheism/carlin.html

George Carlin on religion When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit! But I want you to know something, this is sincere, I want you to know, when it comes to believing in God, I really tried. I really, really tried. I tried to believe that there is a God, who created each of us in His own image and likeness, loves us very much, and keeps a close eye on things. I really tried to believe that, but I gotta tell you, the longer you live, the more you look around, the more you realize, something is fucked up.

142. The Closet Atheist Opinion pieces, statistics, reader letters and essays about atheism. http://www.geocities.com/closetatheist

143. Atheism Deism and atheism. By Peter Murphy. I d like to thank Peter Murphy for this outstanding article. You can visit his Deist group at http http://www.deism.com/atheism.htm

Deism and Atheism By Peter Murphy I'd like to thank Peter Murphy for this outstanding article. You can visit his Deist group at: http://groups.msn.com/DEISMbeliefinGodwithoutthebaggage The question that arises about nature is: is it a creation, eternal to nature, or an accident within nature. The Deist will maintain that it is a creation, but Deists will differ as to degree of involvement on the part of the Creator in the process. The atheist will counter that it is either eternal, or accidental. The final resolution of this problem will eventually be up to science to settle. To begin, let us look at nature as an ever changing and shifting painting. Science attempts to understand what the paint and canvass is composed of, the relationship of the individual paints, and the brushstrokes that are involved in the final product. But, what about the painter? If one admits that nature is similar to a painting, than it is not too far a leap to conclude that a painter exists, or at least existed at one time. The atheist continually resorts to the logical fallacy known as argumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to modesty) when dealing with Deists or even theists. The appeal here is to science as an authority which cannot be challenged. Unfortunately, this appeal is plagued by its own problems.

144. Was Hegel Christian Or Atheist? Explores Hegel's relation to Christianity, atheism and paganism in the light of the struggle between the Left and Right Hegelians. Presents a view of Hegelianism as a freedomloving philosophy. http://eserver.org/philosophy/hegel-christianity.html

Up to the English Server! Was Hegel Christian or Atheist? Paul E. Trejo After Hegel's death there was a great clash of intellectuals which the Hegelian theologian David Strauss called the clash between "the Left Hegelians and the Right Hegelians." The Left Hegelians were atheists, led by the ex-minister Bruno Bauer and his famous follower, Karl Marx, and by the radical editor Arnold Ruge and the radical egoist whose real name was not Max Stirner. The Right Hegelians were Christian fundamentalists. They found Christian inspiration in Hegel's philosophy, and they condemned David Strauss' progressive New Testament critique, The Life of Jesus . Strauss also took his inspiration from Hegel. He showed how the earliest Christian communities altered the Gospels with their local traditions. Albert Schweitzer praised his book as epoch-making, and by today's standards the book is tame. But it was the 19th century death-knell for Hegelian scholarship. Strauss defended himself by accusing Hegel himself of ambiguity on the subject. Bruno Bauer was living evidence of this. Bauer was first the leader of the Right Hegelians, and led the damnation of David Strauss' theology of demythologization. After more years of reflection, however, Bauer turned coat and became the leader of the Left Hegelians. (In either role, Albert Schweitzer praised Bauer's scholarship as world class.) Scholars for generations have reviewed the arguments of the Left and Right Hegelians, and are still divided on the question: Was Hegel a Christian or an atheist?

145. FREETHOUGHT thinkers. What is atheism, Agnosticism, and Theism? Omnibelievers, Christians, and others some thoughts from alt.atheism.moderated. This http://www.2think.org/hii/freedom.shtml

Freethought Statement of Purpose Frequently added to quotes featuring Emerson Darwin , and many more thinkers. What is Atheism, Agnosticism, and Theism? The Man Who Bought A House (parable for those interested in reality The very unofficial Atheist Manifesto Acts of God and other Disasters is an essay on God's personality. Helping Your Child Learn Science (Ideas, experiments, resources, and morecontributions welcome) Science vs. The Cosmological and Teleological Arguments Do atheists or theists bear the burden of proof? Tons of information on the Noah's Ark Myth Excerpts from John D. MacDonald's essay entitled, "Reading for Survival" Did you hear what the Pope recently said regarding evolution In God We Trust? (some items dealing with coins, currency, prayer, and our founding fathers) Some humor: Is God missing? Math and religion don't mix Priest on the subway , and A Thinking Man Find out where many of the Christian holidays came from. And here are some thoughts on Santa Mary wasn't a virgin? Check out a translation error that poses big problems for Bible literalists.

146. Religion Is Dumb Compilation of questions and answers, as well as arguments for agnosticism and atheism. http://www.religionisdumb.com/

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147. Atheism And The Scientific Community Gallup polls (19821999) addressing views of Americans on creation, evolution, theism, and atheism. Available Answers / Choices. Creationists on atheism. http://www.nwcreation.net/atheism.html

Gallup Polls on Creation, Evolution More Poll Data Creationists on Atheism ... Is Evolution a Religion? The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. The scientific community, above any other subgroup of the population, has become overwhelmingly atheistic. According to a 1998 report in Nature , a recent survey finds that, " among the top natural scientists, disbelief is greater than ever; almost total ". Interestingly, the biologists in the National Academy of Science possess the lowest rate of belief of all the science disciplines, with only 5.5% believing in God. This decline in belief in biologists strongly indicates the nature of the cause, and the ability of the teaching of evolutionary biology to turn people away from a belief in God. Nature, Vol. 394, No. 6691, p. 313 (1998) Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The views of the general population over the last couple of decades remain largely unchanged with regard to creation vs. evolution, however according to the American Religious Identification Survey taken in 2001 , the number of adults in the U.S. identifying with "no religion" has doubled since 1990; from 14.3 million (8%) in 1990 to the current 29.4 million (14.1%). Also in a

148. DRINK ME - Change Your Perspective A journal, poetry, creative writing, personal stories on epilepsy and Hodgkin's disease, and essays on atheism, abortion, drug laws and other topics. http://www.drinkme.net

archives mar - apr 2004 jan - feb 2004 december 2003 november 2003 ... about me artistic eyes random yin-yang art useless art ... collaborative books writing drink me front page drink me issue #1 drink me ... subway home (flash) scans of covers medical epilepsy hodgkin's disease hodgkin's, part II hodgkin's, part III ... corneas opinion atheism bible study old notes abortion ... freaks people I know liberty politics darling effect jon van gieson tom hop ... daddy places I go metafilter sci-tech daily slate blort ... mcsweeney's constructed by mdn (unless otherwise noted) write to me view my amazon wish list June 2, 2004 - It's amazing what seems reasonable in one age versus another. Looking at the response to the moon hoax of 1835, the skeptics were focused on the fact that if such a telescope really had been built, everyone would surely have been aware of it, not on the fact that unicorns and bat-men living on the moon were absurd. I suppose we simply have a different brand of mythical outer-space creatures - in another few generations, the light-bulb headed, hairless, pale / green-skinned, big eyed "alien" prototype will look amusingly prosaic and old-fashioned. May 29, 2004

149. Atheism - How To Live Without God, Religion And Beliefs The atheism is a way of humility. Presentation The pages are gathered in five parts atheism A general presentation of atheism; http://atheisme.free.fr/Atheism.htm

"The atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human." (André Comte-Sponville / Presentation of the philosophy) This site is a humble stroke with a pickax in the most important swindle of the history of humanity : gods, God, beliefs and religions. Warning !! This site is reserved for : the atheists, the unbelievers, the irreligious persons, the rationalists, the lay persons, the materialists, the free thinkers, the skeptics, the anticlerical persons, the apostates, the excommunicated, the infidels, the renegade priests, the iconoclasts, the heretics, the damned souls, the unfrocked priests, the impious persons, the blasphemers... people who have not reply to everything; the lost travelers and lost sheep on the Web; ... and the curious persons. God : Father Christmas of the adults, but infinitely less efficient. Up date : 2004, May the 30th To be informed of the new publications : To be on the e-mailing list No more to be on the e-mail ling list Presentation The pages are gathered in five parts : Atheism : A general presentation of atheism The arguments of the atheists A profession of non-faith False atheism or the new-sacred ideologies A more concise and less prosaic text : The eighth day Favorite links Religion and beliefs : Scale of beliefs Dustbin for beliefs To weep with pictures : In the name of God Humor : Pictorial God A diagram summarizing the evolution of the man is the number of the devil. Do you know what is the

150. 20th WCP: Nonbelief As Support For Atheism Philosophy of Religion. Nonbelief as Support for atheism. atheism of a certain sort can be supported by appeal to the existence of widespread nonbelief in God. http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Reli/ReliDran.htm

Philosophy of Religion Nonbelief as Support for Atheism Theodore M. Drange West Virginia University tdrange@wvu.edu ABSTRACT: Atheism of a certain sort can be supported by appeal to the existence of widespread nonbelief in God. This is shown by a Canadian philosopher, J. L. Schellenberg, in his book Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason. His argument is as follows: (1) If there is a God, he is perfectly loving. (2) If a perfectly loving God exists, reasonable nonbelief does not occur. (3) [But] reasonable nonbelief occurs. In this paper I shall first raise some objections to the argument and then try to show how it might be improved. Objections (A) Irrelevance of the term "reasonable" (B) Premise (1) Premise (1) should be rejected because there are theists who do not view God as perfectly loving. Even some Christians think of him as an angry deity bent on punishing people for their sins. Consider for example the biblical god who ordered the total annihilation of the Amalekites (including all their children and animals), or one who would predestine some of his creatures to eternal torment in hell (as commonly believed). Such a deity is not perfectly loving. The property of being perfectly loving is too specific, which is why lexicographers usually omit it in their definitions of "God." To get around this, Schellenberg should put his argument forward only in relation to theists who already think of God as perfectly loving and so would accept his first premise.

151. El Ateísmo En La Red: Bienvenido Un recurso para ateos, agn³sticos y librepensadores en la red. Traducci³n de la atheism Web (infidels.org). http://www.angelfire.com/az/ateismo/

Un recurso para ateos agnósticos y librepensadores en la Internet. Traducido de The Atheism Web , alojado en The Internet Infidels , editor responsable de The Secular Web Original English version / Versión original en inglés NOVEDADES Original en inglés ... Todos los derechos reservados Última modificación: Lunes 30 de junio de 1997 Traducido al castellano por Sergio Roberto Aguirre Maturana y Ramón Aguirre Maturana Traducción revisada en octubre de 1999 Ortografía y gramática revisada en junio de 2000 Visitante número: desde abril de 1999 FastCounter de LinkExchange

152. Writings By Joyce Arthur, Activist, Skeptic, Freelance Writer Essays, bible verses, and book recommendations. Topics include Mensa, abortion, and evolution. http://mypage.direct.ca/w/writer/writing.html

Publications and Manuscripts Religion / Atheism (all writings by Joyce Arthur unless otherwise noted) New! What God Wants: Theological Atheism - introducing a simple, new religious belief that relies on logic and evidence to answer the key question of what God really wants from us. New! Opinion piece: Why Religious People—Especially "Scientific Creationists"—Should Adopt Theological Atheism Religion and Abortion - the anti-abortion viewpoint is rooted in sectarian religion, and abortion rights should be protected under our constitutional right to freedom of religion. Anti-Abortionists Don't Have a Biblical Leg to Stand On Yes, the Bible is Pro-Choice! Why the Christian Right Wages War Against Abortion Believe It or Not - Mensa's Religious Quotient Sample chapter of a book-length debate between a Christian and an Atheist. This excerpt is on Biblical prophecy. It is a zipped file (63k) that you can download. An Atheist's Favourite Bible Verses My Letters to the Editor - mostly about atheism/religion The Happy Atheist - by Chapman Cohen Invasion of the Mind Snatchers - by Dennis McKinsey The Jesus Puzzle: Was There No Historical Jesus?

153. Jhuger - Welcome!! Mystic atheism My answer to the question How can you be so sure there is no God. This is not a parable. It s the really true http://www.jhuger.com/

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154. Strengthening Your Atheism - The Psychological Explanation For Religion An examination of the psychological processes that cause mankind to develop religious beliefs. http://cornelismondt.tripod.com/atheism/

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Check out the NEW Hotbot Tell me when this page is updated Strengthening Your Atheism - The Psychological Explanation for Religion Introduction The Embryonic and Parental Shell Theory Father and Mother Figures in Religions The Fittest Religion Survives ... Links Welcome to our web site! Who is this website meant for? First and mainly - for all of you whose minds tell you religion doesn't make sense and who would like to consider themselves atheists, but whose hearts have these moments of doubt. Those of you who are skeptic of religious beliefs, but in times of stress find themselves calling for God's help. Those of you who can outwardly present clear-cut and well-presented atheist ideas, but have this yanking "but yet...." in the back of their heads. This site is intended to show you that these doubts and inner feelings are not a sign of divine presence lingering about, but rather the opposite: they are proof of the human origin of religion. Once you've learned and taken in the essence of the "Embryonic and Parental Shell Theory" that is presented on the next pages, you will better understand why it is so difficult to shake off religious inclinations against all better knowledge. Understanding the psychological origin of religion will help you to strengthen your atheism and aid others who attempt to shed the irrational religious misconceptions. Let's move on to the Introduction!

155. Wunderkinder: May 2004 Archives May 22, 2004. Political liberty and atheism. Hobbes was one of the first to recognize that political liberty and atheism are fundamentally incapatible. http://www.wunderkinder.org/archives/2004_05.html

Wunderkinder Monthly Archives Main May 27, 2004 Kerry's Speech Today The Kerry campaign's foreign policy pronouncements continue to astound me with their utter vacuousness. Today's speech is a prime example: Kerry pronounced four imperatives, each one either obvious, impossible, or a meaningless bromide. The first was that America should build more foreign alliances. Yet he refused to assert which countries America should reach out to in order to form these Kerry alliances. Must we only launch military operations that involve France or Germany? How much should we compromise our interests in order to construct these alliances? What is more important: the mission, or maintaining friendships that are devoid of meaning? But even beyond these pressing questions, this first "alliance" plank of Kerry's speech stupidly ignores American history. Throughout our history, Americans have consistently shown that we value American primacy, sovereignty, and choice over maintaining foreign friendships. This was true when Alexander Hamilton wrote in Publius 11 that our Constitution would give us sufficient power so that we wouldn't have to deal with Europe because, "The natural strength and resources of [the United States] . . . would baffle all the combinations of European jealousy to restrain our growth"; this was true when George Washington advised his country in his Farewell Address to avoid entangling foreign alliances; this was true when the Monroe Doctrine was pronounced; this was true when

156. Church Of Virus It might infect your mind. General 'beliefs' are a mixture of Humanism, atheism, and Darwinism, set upon a understanding of memetics. http://virus.lucifer.com/

157. Amadán's Atheism Page Amadán s atheism Page. Last updated January 3, 2004. However, any future essays I write on the subject of atheism will be found in my blog. http://www.amadan.org/atheism.html

What is an Atheist? Why I am an Atheist Damnation an EVIL Belief If I'm Not Saved, You're Not My Friend ... Letters! People are sending me mail! Last updated January 3, 2004 This Page Will No Longer Be Updated. Instead, read my blog . Yes, I finally jumped on the bandwagon and started a blog. I will leave this page here as the "entry point" to my website and my blog for people arriving here looking for atheist writings. My old essays will remain where they are as well (see the list 'o links to the left). However, any future essays I write on the subject of atheism will be found in my blog. If you want to respond to my essays, please do it by leaving comments in my blog as well, rather than by sending me e-mail. visitors so far. Welcome to ! Here I will share my thoughts about science and religion, skepticism, and whatever else seems relevant. (I also write essays about other subjects; see my page for more.) I am an Atheist, a Skeptic, and a Rationalist I'd like to state at the outset that I consider myself a "moderate atheist," which is to say, I am not "anti-religious." I do not hold all religious believers in contempt, I do not believe that having faith means you are necessarily ignorant or stupid, and I do not campaign against religion. Nor do I rant about the "evils" of religion, bringing up the same tired old examples of the Crusades, the Inquisition, etc. I do have major problems with certain religious beliefs, and the behavior of certain religious believers, and I have no problem expressing my views in a provocative manner (see my essays). I also strongly believe in the separation of church and state. And ultimately, I believe that religion is an irrational (in the literal, not pejorative, sense of the word) belief system on the same level as any other superstition. Religion is not

158. Nathan's Atheism Page Personal atheism site, with writings on problems with religion, society, and the Bible. http://www.geocities.com/estle46224/

Nathan's Atheism Page Mocking the very concept of damnation since September of the year 2000. Site Contents: Introduction: Am I Justified in My Beliefs? The Grammar and Punctuation on this Site: God/god, Bible/biblical.... What's this all about? Site Caveat: Examination of My Own Biased Worldview Christian Theology Free Will and Omniscience: The Basic Argument Christians Never Seem to Understand. Evil and Original Sin: Did God Create Evil? Careful Now... Creation "Science" and Evolution: Just Stop It. You're Making Monkeys out of Yourselves! Pascal's Wager: Is That the Best You Got? The Fallacy of Prayer: Changing the Divine Plan just by Asking... Unquestioned Belief: The Prerequisite for Debate. Whuh? Beetlemania: A Flood Question for Young-Earth Creationists. Superficial Sacrifice: A Question for Moderate (Mainstream) Christians. Oh My Heavens! An Epiphany of Disbelief. Politics and Society Credophilia: Society's Great Passion for Silly Beliefs and Superstitions. Pipe Down Ye Men o' God: Shut Up Already about School Prayer! Ten Commandments: Trim Them Down to the Three That Are Illegal, then You Can Post 'Em.

159. Plasticbag.org | Weblog | On The Existence Of God... I read it to see if I could find a new way to translate the obviousness of atheism to the people I routinely found myself in argument with. http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2003/08/on_the_existence_of_god.shtml

Archives - Front page By Month - June, 04 - May, 04 - April, 04 - March, 04 - February, 04 - January, 04 - December, 03 - November, 03 - October, 03 - September, 03 - August, 03 - July, 03 - June, 03 - May, 03 - April, 03 - March, 03 - February, 03 - January, 03 - December, 02 - November, 02 - October, 02 - September, 02 - August, 02 - July, 02 - June, 02 - May, 02 - April, 02 - March, 02 - February, 02 - January, 02 - December, 01 - November, 01 - October, 01 - September, 01 - August, 01 - July, 01 - June, 01 - May, 01 - April, 01 - March, 01 - February, 01 - January, 01 - December, 00 - November, 00 - October, 00 - September, 00 - August, 00 - July, 00 - June, 00 - May, 00 - April, 00 - March, 00 - February, 00 - January, 00 - December, 99 - November, 99 - November, 98 On the existence of God... (August 03, 2003) I'm an atheist. I have been for nearly twenty years, and before that I wasn't really anything - I didn't really have a position on God vs. No God. I suppose I just hadn't thought about it properly. I can't really understand how anyone can be anything other than an atheist, but - despite my incredulity - people do still seem to conjure for themselves other non-atheistic options from the spiritual ether. Perhaps it's because I don't understand how people can even vaguely justify theism (or even agnosticism) that I find myself continually in debates about the issue. I find myself explaining my stance on religion at least once a month. At one stage - while I was at University - I went through a bit of a phase of reading other people's books on why they didn't believe in 'god' either. These books were routinely extremely boring, because fundamentally the intellectual labour involved in making a highly convincing 'anti-god' case is so trivial that it feels out of place in the mouths or books of scholars. Bertrand Russell's

160. BORG Examines the theories of Jesus scholar Marcus Borg, who calls himself a Christian despite being an atheist. The web author uses the descriptive term atheianity, or atheism dressed and packaged in Christian clothing. http://www.tektonics.org/borg01.html

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