Atheism

Atheism is a broad term, atheists having the only thing in common: their lack of belief in a personal, supernatural deity. The etymology of the word itself is "a" – without, "theism" – belief in a god. It is not a religion or life philosophy, and therefore asserts no specific ideas or beliefs. Consequently, it is best to defer to those who consider themselves atheists when defining the term. Some are more active in their denial than others, but all are without belief.

There is a burgeoning atheist rights movement. Members of which have been dubbed with the controversial term, the "new atheists." Books such as Richard Dawkins'; The God Delusion and Sam Harris' The End of Faith are best sellers. Many of the "new atheists" are thriving in the blogosphere. In this vast atheist blogosphere, the most popular blogs include biologist P.Z. Myers' Pharyngula, Hemant Mehta's Friendly Atheist, and Rebecca Watson's Skepchick.

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• Where are all these militant atheists ruining Britain?

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  In a desperate attempt to secure its electoral base, the government is shamefully wooing religious extremists As every middlebrow with a newspaper column or Radio 4 slot to fill agrees, a vulgar "new atheism" is sweeping Britain. The readers of Richard Dawkins, Philip Pullman and Christopher Hitchens are, they tell ...
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• Fostering the Spiritual Reformation Movement for the Emergent Subversive Church

  
  World and Church Trends and Bible Prophecy — Authority: 117
  Top Christian subversive, Richard Foster, leads the Spiritual Reformation Movement and of course Richard Foster is also held in high esteem in the emergent subversive church movement. So whats the big deal about the Spiritual Reformation Movement and the Emergent Church? Only that spiritual reformation concepts and ...
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• Penn Jillette: "I dont respect people who dont proselytize"

  
  Reformed Chicks Blabbing — Authority: 503
  Great quote from Jillette (who is an atheist, though evidently, not a New Atheist :-): Hes right, if we really believed our message, we would certainly be warning those we loved that they are headed for destruction if they do not turn to God and follow Jesus Christ: John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, ...
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• Debating God

  
  Kevin Stilley Dot Com — Authority: 145
  Recently my colleagues and I attended a debate on the topic “Does God Exist?”.  The primary audience for the debate was private high school and middle school students. In our post-debate debrief one of my friends stated, “If you are going to put on a debate like this for a group of kids, you’d better be sure ...
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• Introducing My Thoughts

  
  Deep Thoughts — Authority: 508
  Alessa, the writer behind My Thoughts , provides members of the Atheist blogroll an introduction to her blog. Enjoy.  Im an aspiring writer with a secular worldview; an advocate of rational thought. I have created this blog with the determination to promote critical thinking to the public. Although I feel ...
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• Introducing Moral Bytes

  
  Deep Thoughts — Authority: 508
  Asha, the writer behind Moral Bytes , provides members of the Atheist Blogroll an introduction to his blog. Enjoy. We are biological creatures. If you believe this, then you also believe that our behaviors have evolutionary roots. This includes moral behavior. I am interested in finding the evolutionary ...
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• Introducing Escape From Dogma

  
  Deep Thoughts — Authority: 508
  Shamar, the writer behind Escape From Dogma , provides members of the Atheist Blogroll an introduction to his blog. Enjoy. Hello, my name is Shamar, and I publish a blog looking at Science, logic, skepticism, atheism, freethinking, and other ways of looking at the world outside the blinding veil of ...
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• Lord Reith 1, Atheists 0…

  
  this fragile tent — Authority: 127
  Each weekday millions of people in Britain reach for their radio and tune to BBC radio 4’s Today programme. It has been my primary window on world news and events for 40 years. In a world of sound bites and looped infotainment it’s continued popularity is remarkable. Thoughtful extended reflections on real issues? ...
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• Passive Atheism Won’t Bring About Change

  
  Godless Blogger — Authority: 131
  People seem to throw around the term “angry atheism” a lot like it is a bad thing. Yet, sitting around doing nothing will not make a change in the world. Religious groups always get attention because they actively seek it. I am not saying we should do the same type of crazy shit they do, but we need to do ...
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• It’s Blasphemy, is What it Is.

  
  Tangled Up in Blue Guy — Authority: 129
  Image via Wikipedia There Are No Sins Against Gods Unless your concept of your God is that of a small-hearted insecure twat, there is no way that a human can insult a god.  Sins are actions or words against believers and/or beliefs, and not actual black marks on our souls that need to be scrubbed by ...
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• Theists completely miss the point of BHAs new campaign

  
  Blag Hag — Authority: 599
  You may have heard of the new billboard campaign by the British Humanist Association against state funded faith schools. It takes a page from Richard Dawkins argument that small children are not yet intellectually or emotionally mature enough to make their own decisions about religion, and should not be labeled with ...
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• Stay away from my kids, Richard Dawkins

  
  Earthman, Come Home — Authority: 433
  Stay away from my kids, Richard Dawkins : Stay away from my kids, Richard Dawkins. And if atheists want more children who aren’t “labelled” maybe they should try to come up with an alternative to religion which matches the social capital of church-going and the moral structure of Christianity, rather than ...
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• The Enduring Sacrificial Impulse….

  
  AnAtheist.Net — Authority: 130
  Dozens Of Girls Found Sacrificed (National Geographic News; July 14) Research into 33 mummies discovered in Peru has revealed most of the bodies were girls, most likely sacrificed in the belief their deaths would bring fertility to the peoples farmlands. Utah Valley University professor Haagen Klaus is ...
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• Introduction To Christianity – Comedian Dave Allen On Religion

  
  Better World Movement — Authority: 145
  Irish Comedian Dave Allen (1936-2005) remembers his introduction to religion – his first day of school. Subscribe to Science & Reason: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com David Tynan O’Mahoney (Dave Allen) was popular in the United Kingdom, ...
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• Worried pimp called off Rabbi Baruch Chalomishs three-day drug-fuelled orgy

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 138
  An eminent rabbi was so exhausted after three days of constant cocaine-fuelled partying with escorts that his pimp grew worried and cancelled that day’s supply of girls, a jury was told. WRH permalink
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• Summers were the worst, says woman in Missouri sex abuse case

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 138
  Burrell Mohler Sr., David Mohler and Jared Mohler are lay ministers in the Community of Christ, the Independence, Missouri-based organization said in a statement. WRH permalink
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• With God All Things Are Possible

  
  Science and the Sacred — Authority: 565
  Every Monday, "Science and the Sacred" features an essay fromone of The BioLogos Foundations co-presidents: Karl Giberson andDarrel Falk. Todays entry was written by Karl Giberson. "Christianity," wrote someone who likes to comment under the cover of an alias on the Science and the Sacred blogs, "is extremely ...
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• Children in ‘don’t label me’ humanist ads are labelled ‘Christians’ by The Times

  
  The Freethinker — Authority: 503
  THE happy expressions on the faces of the two children chosen to front the British Humanist Association’s latest poster campaign were put there by Jesus. Apparently. Writing in The Times yesterday, religious correspondent Ruth Gledhill fancied she dropped a bombshell when she revealed that : Charlotte, 8, ...
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• Go, God, Go.

  
  Liberal Rapture — Authority: 432
  This post is from my "other" blog . that I dont quite know what to do with. I want it here too. Atheism fascinates me. I both admire and pity atheists. Admire, because I think it takes a huge reservoir of faith to nullify a first cause. Pity because among atheists there often seems an overriding desire - an ...
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