Showing posts with label atheism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label atheism. Show all posts
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Existentialism is a philosophy for secular humanists like me, who seek freedom from government-imposed religious practices.

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Have you noticed that quite many of the anti-maskers arguing in favor of "freedom" to disregard public health measures from ...
Friday, May 22, 2020

ON THE AVENUES: Godlessness in defense of heathens, infidels, idolaters, atheists, non-theists, irreligious people, agnostics, skeptics, heretics and apostates.

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Until someone proves me wrong, I’m operating under the assumption that I am New Albany’s most famous atheist. Thank you; thank you very...
Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Two years ago: What does my being an atheist have to do with anything at all?

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Facebook reminded me of this post from January 8, 2018 . It generated 130 comments, which I'm not going to repeat here.  The content...
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Monday, December 16, 2019

Subtle bigotry against atheists is still discrimination.

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I've never been shy about being an atheist. I try to be who I am all of the time, publicly and privately. In part, this is to offer ...
Thursday, August 29, 2019

ON THE AVENUES: Welcome to "Pagan Life," a weekly column devoted to heathens, infidels, idolaters, atheists, non-theists, irreligious people, agnostics, skeptics, heretics and apostates.

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Long ago I humbly accepted the existence of a redemptive force in my daily life. It’s called the “music gene,” and I seem to possess it...
Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Charles Baudelaire.

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The 19th-century French poet Charles Baudelaire, quoted twice in one morning by the Freedom from Religion Foundation (Twitter) and The Econo...
Sunday, September 09, 2018

ON THE AVENUES: May, Kennedy, wigs and prayers, but where's the delightful infidel gardening column?

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ON THE AVENUES: May, Kennedy, wigs and prayers, but where's the delightful infidel gardening column? A weekly column by Roger A. Baylo...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

FFRF: "Now it's time for atheists and agnostics to come out of our closet."

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I chose "secularist" because the mood struck; "infidel" was close, but as you can see, there's a non-delusional s...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

My letter to the chain newspaper about atheism.

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A nice, tight, 250-word summary of what occurred to me when I was told that Christian advocacy in a newspaper makes sense because Chris...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Freedom from religion: "Hurricanes Harvey and Irma expose the futility of prayer."

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As the local chain newspaper steadily  ups its quotient of religious advocacy , I'm left with little choice except to escalate my own...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

ON THE AVENUES: On a wig and a prayer, or where's the infidel gardening column?

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ON THE AVENUES: On a wig and a prayer, or where's the infidel gardening column? A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. Lately I’ve been...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

"The study concludes that roughly one-quarter (26 percent) of Americans likely do not believe in God."

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It's like I've been saying. Why go out and annoy folks by proselytizing when Big Mo's on your side, anyway? Of course, the ...
Sunday, May 07, 2017

"Why Millennial Women Are Embracing Atheism" -- because there's no better day than Sunday to be a gadfly.

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I wrote the following in 2006 . --- A few weeks back, as Tribune syndicated religion columnist David Yount wrote carefully erected a...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Goshen man finally gets his "ATHE1ST" license plate after the ACLU intervenes.

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Right here in Indiana. Goshen man receives "ATHE1ST" license plate after appealing BMV's denial , by Ben Quiggle ( Elkha...
Saturday, July 09, 2016

Debunking Pascal's Wager, which Christopher Hitchens aptly described as "hucksterism."

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A variant of Pascal's Wager has been circulating (again) on social media. You don't believe in God? Fine. Why is it so importa...
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Sunday, June 05, 2016

"When they recite falsehoods over the corpses of Paine, Darwin and now Hitchens they move from the extremely seedy to the outright creepy: from vultures to vampires."

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I've never been one to refrain from piling on when it's for a noble cause. "To claim (Christopher) Hitchens posthumously ...
Monday, May 30, 2016

"To claim (Christopher) Hitchens posthumously for evangelical Christianity is to defame a man who was a champion of the Enlightenment."

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One is tempted to read no further than "Alabamian evangelist." Christopher Hitchens and the Christian conversion that wasn’t ,...
Friday, April 01, 2016

Distrust of atheists: "Deeply and culturally ingrained."

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According to the studies, atheists like me distrust each other, too. If true, I'm not sure this isn't a clear-headed place to be ...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Coffey ain't gonna like "Atheists in Foxholes."

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Photo credit: Freedom from Religion Foundation . It takes all kinds of people to fill a foxhole. The question we might occasionally ask...