atheist

An atheist is a person who does not believe in any god. In contrast, theists believe in a god and agnostics say that whether a deity exists is unknown or unknowable. Although atheism itself is centuries old, the development of so-called "new atheism" has made atheist a popular tag.

The new atheism movement is attributed in part to a variety of 21st-century books more outspoken and critical of religion than earlier atheist works. The authors included Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens.

While there are large numbers of atheist blogs, numerous blogs also critique and analyze atheism. The internet also hosts at least one campaign to organize atheists and encourage them to speak out.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “atheist”

• The Great Skeptical Blindspot

  
  Skepfeeds-The Best Skeptical blogs of the day — Authority: 126
  The Atheism issue revisited My entry on skepticism and atheism from a while ago, has been getting quite a bit of attention lately with comments being posted on the comments section of the entry itself and on Twitter. The issue of atheism has become quite sticky, I think, in the skeptical circles. My diagnosis is ...
  8 hours ago

• Dutch tulip named in honor of Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  
  Life Without Faith — Authority: 131
  On November 4th a ceremony was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art honoring the beautiful Ayaan Hirsi Ali. During the event, a tulip was named “Ayaan” in recognition of her human rights stance for Muslim women. From Flora Culture International : Ms. Hirsi Ali, a feminist, author, activist and former member ...
  10 hours ago

• Atheista Vicanus Fredericopolitanus!

  
  Diaphanitas — Authority: 140
  "Atheista Vicanus Fredericopolitanus!" "The Village Atheist of Fredericton!" PZ Myers once called himself the Village Atheist of the area around University of Minnesota Morris. I am the one who had the idea to start a freethought group here in Fredericton. I seem to be the most vocal freethinker of the city. I am ...
  16 hours ago

• Ethics and War in a Secular Age

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 142
  Decoupling religion from war is not an easy thing. The poet Stephen Spender, in reflecting upon World War II, wrote these lines (in his poem, “Rejoice in the Abyss”): Against an acrid cloud of dust, I saw The houses kneel, revealed each in its abject Prayer, my prayer as well: ‘Oh, God, Spare me the lot ...
  18 hours ago

• The Athiest and the Believer

  
  The Nervous Breakdown — Authority: 542
  LA RIOJA, SPAINThe atheist and the believer walked together on the path that followed the highway, looking for light.Everything visible was dampened gray, as if some colossal waterlogged blanket was thrown on top of their sky and hung there, dripping. Incessant raindrops had been pricking their faces for over two ...
  21 hours ago

• My Atheist Tattoo.

  
  Proud Atheists — Authority: 126
  FINALLY!!! After a couple years of procrastination, decision-making and hesitation, I received my first tattoo! I am 48 years old and I’ve never been inked before. This was a great first for me. I decided on the Out Campaign’s “ A ” symbol. Tagged: atheism, atheist, atheist symbol, atheist tattoo, ...
  23 hours ago

• Michael Ruse, an Atheist, on Why He Hasn’t Signed Up with the New Atheists (or Confidence Atheists)

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 142
  Daniel Dennett. PZ Myers. Richard Dawkins. Jerry Coyne. Philosopher Michael Ruse is an atheist too. But don’t sign him up with the above confidence atheists. Why? Here’s one reason that he gave in a recent essay in the UK’s Guardian: [H]ow dare we be so condescending? I don’t have faith. I really ...
  1 day ago

• New Atheist Blogroll Members

  
  Deep Thoughts — Authority: 505
  We are now up to 1072 members. These are the latest to join. Recovering Cultist Scatterbrain My Views on the World dAdTHEIST My Thoughts Rabid Atheist Young Freethought Socialist International Australia The Whore of All the Earth A bit of news about ...
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• George Carlin: Religion is Bullshit

  
  Better World Movement — Authority: 136
  “Religion is Bullshit” – a funny bit about religion by the late George Carlin. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com — George Carlin (1937-2008) was a champion of free speech. Some thought he ...
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• Downloading Music using Google

  
  Jayce Nugent DotCom — Authority: 123
  Tired of using Limewire or Kazaa or Torrents to search for music only to find crap. Google makes it easy to download songs. Whether you are looking for Britney Spears, the Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Sean Kingston, Shinedown, or Beyonce, you can find it on Google. No need to download extra software. [...]
  1 day ago

• JUST KEEP TELLING THE TRUTH, NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, ABOUT THE EVIL THAT IS THE ZIONIST PROJECT

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 129
  Just keep telling the truth. Ive never seen Norman Finkelstein more animated and relaxed. Norman really show some flashes of (mundane) genius here. This is not a blanket endorsement of Norman, however. He and I split company at the spirit. Norman is an atheist; whereas, Im looking forward to being completely in sync ...
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• Badger’s Bible Project – Joshua 7:1 – 24:33

  
  Blogging with Badger — Authority: 132
  After a bit of a delay, here’s the newest part of my Bible Project; the remainder of Joshua! Ah, Joshua. Josh. Joshie. Yeshua. His friends called him… I don’t know, really. I’m tempted to say he probably didn’t have any friends, but then again he likely did. You know who else had friends? That’s right. ...
  2 days ago

• Thank you, President Obama!

  
  Life Without Faith — Authority: 131
  In today’s radio address, President Obama spoke of the Ft. Hood tragedy. While doing so, he spoke to the great diversity of the American military by saying … “They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers.” I join with my friend Ed Buckner , President of  American Atheists , ...
  2 days ago

• My Short Personal Journey to Atheism

  
  Proud Atheists — Authority: 126
  My name is Mark and I am an atheist. I was born and raised in the rural area of Missouri just around 30-40 miles west of St. Louis, back in the 1960s when Martin Luther King Jr. was conducting peace marches all over the South. I remember mumbling the words of the Pledge of Allegiance during class in elementary ...
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• If Only He Were Driving an Atheist Bus…

  
  Friendly Atheist by @hemantmehta — Authority: 690
  LeRoy Matthews led people in prayer on Tuesday night. And now, he’s in trouble, The reason? He led the prayer while driving a Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority bus … And he wouldn’t let passengers out until the prayer was over. In the complaint, the passenger told MARTA officials the bus was traveling ...
  2 days ago

• I choose not to believe

  
  The Skeptic Detective — Authority: 410
  “To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature and it remains premature today.” -Isaac Asimov There are a lot of things which make me uncomfortable with the idea of religion. Unfortunately (for those involved) my societal exposure has largely been to Christianity, [...]
  2 days ago

• Paul Washer’s shocking youth message and why he preached it

  
  Real Christianity — Authority: 112
  You may have seen the shocking youth message that Paul Washer preached a few years ago doing its round on the internet but you may not know WHY he preached it. Below is an interview which will give you the background as to why he preached this message. And if you havent heard the message, then please listen ...
  2 days ago

• Try to avoid #15, or she’ll kill you!

  
  The Fine Art of Eccentricity — Authority: 131
  26 years ago Carrie Fisher was suntanning with her stunt double on the set of Return of the Jedi.  In her famous Princess Leia bikini.  The pics have finally been leaked and you can find them here .  You’re welcome.  This just in: Guzzling food makes you fat !  Surprise! New Orleans’ former chief ...
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• Even More Religious Evil!

  
  Blogging with Badger — Authority: 132
  It seems like nary a week goes by that I don’t have at least one chance to bitch about how basically evil religion is. Take the case of two people in Somalia who had an affair. Sadly, it was adultry and now the man has been stoned to death . The woman is scheduled to be murdered by the crowds as well, but ...
  3 days ago

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