By: LesterBallard
I think I am as strident and militant an atheist as you will find. Fuck all religion, fuck all ideas of deity. Not all, but most of the United States believes in “god”. I’m just not going to worry...
View ArticleBy: coyotenose
I don’t have a problem with finding comfort in tragedy this way. I do have a problem in that it nearly always becomes a way to avoid taking real action. Religion does that for many.My worry is that by...
View ArticleBy: GodVlogger (on YouTube)
The problem is that the default position is to “assume christianity”.I have seen no analysis saying that ALL of the families of the deceased believe in monotheism (a singular, not plural, god, rather...
View ArticleBy: Chris Wallace
I’m grateful to see an article of this nature be featured on a major news network’s website. We need more exposure like this. The article was very well-written and thoughtful, without reeking of...
View ArticleBy: Mike Laing
What if one of the victims was atheist? A family member died recently, and I told all my Christian friends not to pray for him, or say anything about heaven or being in a better place. They were all...
View ArticleBy: Mommiest
I don’t have a problem with the President expressing his grief this way. I think it’s genuine. Sometimes we get personal comments from elected officials. That’s the way it is. Given the changes that...
View ArticleBy: abb3w
“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.”We can’t change what happened in the past. We can change what...
View ArticleBy: abb3w
From what I can make out of the demographics of the community, it would be unsurprising there’d be an atheist family among the 20 or so directly bereaved, but not expected — under 50% chance.My...
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