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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Atheism”

• The atheist fad catches the conversion syndrome

  
  Darwiniana — Authority: 158
  Atheism and Diversity: Is It Wrong For Atheists To Convert Believers?By Greta Christina, AlterNet. Posted November 26, 2009.Atheism isn’t an attack on diversity, it’s a defense of reality. Atheism is an ancient perspective, clear from the Jain and Buddhist traditions. But they never hastled anyone over this.The ...
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• The Turkey Cookie – Explained!

  
  madmonq's joint — Authority: 93
  Please enjoy your turkey flavored cookie with a scene from the original Thanksgiving.  This sugar etching features the traditional however unnatural Thanksgiving pairing of the pilgrim and the turkey, waiting to be married by the town’s parson.  The male townfolk had burned all the woman as witches and ...
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• The Raelian face of atheism

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 149
  EGLISE RAELIENNE CANADIENNE – November 26, 2009 Raelian leader arrested in Turkey after escaping death in Iran Raelians mount international rescue effort MONTREAL – The leader of the Raelian Movement in Iran, Negar Azizmoradi, was arrested in Turkey a few days ago after escaping from Iran, where she faced ...
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• Things to be Thankful For

  
  Bitch Spot — Authority: 132
  Today is Thanksgiving and I suppose there are a few things for which I ought to be thankful as well as some things for which I am certainly not.  Because I’ll be busy for most of the day, I’d like to make a short list to differentiate between the two: Thankful : I have a wonderful family upon whom I can rely. ...
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• Stupid athiest tricks

  
  vere loqui — Authority: 477
  According to the London Times , the children featured in an atheist advertisement calling on families to bring up their children without religion were children brought up with religion. Not only that, but the children in the atheist ad were, in fact, from an evangelical Christian family. The ad features the ...
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• Atheists are Crazy

  
  Windy Sydney — Authority: 430
  Yeah... Atheists are crazy...
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• Cocaine-snorting rabbi Baruch Chalomish cleared of drug dealing

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 641
  A rabbi who enjoyed cocaine-fuelled parties with escort girls has been cleared of drug dealing. Rabbi Baruch Chalomish, 55, who has a £7 million fortune, held his head in his hands and wiped away tears as the verdict was announced at Manchester Crown Court. WRH permalink
  10 hours ago

• Thanksgiving without a Giver

  
  Joho the Blog — Authority: 603
  I very much liked James Carroll’s reflections on how the sense of gratitude occurs in those who do not believe there is a Giver of the gifts we have received. When it comes to atheism, I am agnostic: I’m not sure if I believe that there isn’t a Giver. But that’s about as close as I come to believing there ...
  11 hours ago

• Thanksgiving, Celebration of an Invasion

  
  Proud Atheists — Authority: 423
  They came to American soil to escape persecution in Europe… The natives of America helped and taught the Pilgrims agricultural and survival skills. . Then later, more new settlers came and they became the persecutors… Then much later on after several broken peace treaties and more invasions, they ...
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• Hitchens & Fry Debate Catholicism

  
  Unreasonable Faith — Authority: 585
  Christopher Hitches & Stephen Fry decimate their opponents (Archbishop John Onaiyeka & Ann Widdecombe MP) in this debate about Catholicism. Hitchens & Fry did a wonderful job showing the moral bankruptcy of Catholicism and that it is not a force for good in the world. The rest of the videos are ...
  11 hours ago

• Video: Words of belief - Doubt

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Mark Vernon explains why doubt is closer to faith than we might think Mark Vernon is a journalist, philosopher and author of Platos Podcasts Religion Philosophy Atheism guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | ...
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• Even Atheists Understand

  
  Adiaphora - a prologue to things indifferent. — Authority: 133
  A lot of people are talking trash about the New Atheism (and in some cases, rightly so) . But I want to address the oldest atheism. The oldest atheism is the atheism that Gods chosen people (under the old covenant, mostly national Israel; under the new covenant, the baptized) exercise when they disbelieve the ...
  13 hours ago

• You know that new atheist ad?

  
  Gordon Cheng's blog — Authority: 128
  The one with the cute, gloriously happy and smiling kids, showing how you dont need to be religious to be happy? Turns out theyre from an evangelical Christian family . Thanks Nathan .
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• The childs right to choose its faith | Khaled Diab

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  As we look forward to our babys arrival, we know one thing for sure: were going to let him decide for himself what to believe Our unborn child is so hip that he is fashionably late for his own birthday reception. Though he is already something of a globetrotter, he seems unwilling to wean himself off the five-star ...
  16 hours ago

• Ninety percent of the world is “deeply religious”, says Australian Baptist

  
  The Freethinker — Authority: 522
  SPEAKING in defence of a foolish but costly religious shindig due to take place in Melbourne in December, Baptist minister Tim Costello – a patron of the Parliament of the World’s Religions – said it was important to support the event as: Baptist Minister Tim Costello was recently awarded a doctorate by the ...
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• Faking News interview with a dead terrorist of the Mumbai terror attacks

  
  Faking News — Authority: 428
  Mumbai. Exactly a year back, ten terrorists came to Mumbai to kill people and subsequently to get killed in the process, so that they were rewarded virgins in the heaven after they died. Nine of them (assuming the official count to be true) were killed while one, called Ajmal Amir Kasab, was captured alive. While we ...
  17 hours ago

• A Humanist Thanksgiving Proclamation

  
  Unreasonable Faith — Authority: 585
  by  Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) When I became convinced that the universe is natural — that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood, the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell, the dungeon was ...
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• Wait -- was this really my fortune in Corvallis, no wonder its hard to read -- dont tell anyone...

  
  NOBODY PASSES, darling — Authority: 131
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• Welcome”Rationalist Blog” to the ANZAB crew

  
  Sean the Blogonaut — Authority: 422
  Rationalist Blog has  joined ANZAB (Australian and New Zealand Atheist Blogroll) recently, and below is his intro:   Rationalist Blog provides religious commentary from CJ Werleman, the author of God Hates You, Hate Him Back: Making Sense of The Bible Are you Interested in joining the ANZAB? Click ...
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• Brannon Howse Warns That Emergents Are Actually Communistic Atheists

  
  The Online Discernmentalist Mafia — Authority: 130
  Brannon Howse using GOIP Tech and STRETCH Technology ’s Hellescope discernmentalizes that Emergents are actually Atheistic Communists: Emerging Trouble  The pastors and authors of one of America’s fastest growing spiritual movements, the Emergent Church, sing the praises of socialism. As I’ll ...
  21 hours ago

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