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Better with religion? Hamza Tzortzis at DIT debate with Michael Nugent

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:01:51 +0000

Is the world a better place with religion? Debate in Dublin Institute of Technology Bolton Street on Tuesday Feb 7 2012, between Michael Nugent, chairperson Atheist Ireland, and Hamza Tzortzis, Islamic Education and Research Academy.

PART 1 OF 2: Hamza Tzortzis’ opening speech proposing the motion.

PART 2 OF 2: Michael Nugent’s opening speech opposing the motion.

Bill Maher – Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:38:17 +0000

Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:56:05 +0000

What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a “religion for atheists” — call it Atheism 2.0 — that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence.

Creation Math

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:38:29 +0000

Source.

Optical Illusion

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:16:37 +0000

Source.

The Popcorn Analogy

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:28:10 +0000

mrbazooka explains radiometric dating.

I really like the stuff mrbazooka comes up with. It always makes you think. If you’re ever on reddit, have a look for his posts. They’re worth it.

Billboard: God Is An Imaginary Friend

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:02:08 +0000

From KKTV:

The Colorado Coalition of Reason or COCORE is behind a billboard that will sit on I-25 and Garden Of The Gods. The billboard will read “God is an imaginary friend. Choose reality, it will be better for all of us,” and will face north on the west side of the highway.

The Ten Commandments – the basis of our laws and morals

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:30:22 +0000

Are the biblical Ten Commandments REALLY responsible for our laws and morality, as many Christians claim? Do we owe anything to them at all?
Should they be considered significant? Displayed in public buildings such as schools and courts?

Yahweh, the old testament god, looked into the future and discovered that the mighty western civilization was getting by without paying all that much attention to his commandments, so he thought about changing them a bit in order for them to be reflective of the actual laws and values we hold to.

When people ask why I have a problem with religion, it’s hard to come up with a single answer…

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:01:29 +0000

From gonzoblair the creator of this image:

My goal in creating the image was to save atheists around the world countless amount of hours in debates explaining to theists what harm religion has done.

I wanted to put hundreds of more examples… but then I ran out of pixels.

I have only one life, here and now, and I’m responsible

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:57:45 +0000

via reddit.
Quote source.