How many Christians take comfort in the belief their opposition is going to hell.  For example, I've seen so many Christians giddy with joy that Jessica Alquist is going to end up in hell someday for suing to remove the prayer banner.  Have they really thought about what that means?  They're in love with the idea that someone would burn eternally in part because they took down the Christian "team flag".  More love and compassion from the followers of the supposed religion of peace that surpasses all understanding.

Just Found This Gem Because of Glenn Beck

I was listening to the Glenn Beck show yesterday on my way home.  They were talking about a shocking expose on Planned Parenthood's subversion of children.  I found the video this morning.  I'm not sure if they're serious or it's a Poe but it's sad for the fundamentalists that I can't tell the difference.

God's a Moral Monster

I'm trying something of an experiment now.  If Christians claim they're going to heaven, I'd like to challenge them how much they really love their God.  It seems a basic tenet of Christianity is that to enter heaven, you must love God above all else.  My question to Christians is simply how they can love God when he condemns tens of billions of good people to burn eternally in hell simply because they sinned once (this not counting the entirety of a lifetime of supposed sins).  If they try to worm their way out of it, I'm going to hold them to it.  I can't believe many people could possibly love something who would burn almost all their relatives, ancestors, and children for all eternity.  If anything, I hope some level of intellectual or emotional discomfort will creep in and unsettle their faith a bit.

Right to Believe and Feeling Attacked

Why is it that so many people, when confronted with a contrary opinion, feel it necessary to think their rights are under attack?  George Takei wrote a fantastic post on his Facebook fan page  that science is not a liberal conspiracy.  Reading through the comments, I saw someone replied, "So you're welcome to a belief but I'm not?"  It got me to wondering why so many people feel as though their right to believe something is being encroached upon when someone asserts a contrary belief.

 I've noticed this typically happens when someone's belief can be easily demonstrated to be false or whenever people hold their beliefs to define their existence.  Unfortunately for these people, they don't realize that accusing someone of abrogating their rights is not making a meaningful argument or refutation of the assertion.  Using this defensive tactic, they'll never know whether or not their beliefs actually line up with reality.

Judgment Day: Intelligent Design On Trial

Exodus 21:20-21

"Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property."

Another Reason I Don't Want Anything to do with Religion

I've read this kind of story so many times:  "Devil Child:  Teenage Atheist Shares Her Story"