While surfing the net yesterday I saw something that really caught my attention, and even though it is not my habit to pick on innocent bystanders but this one really shows the chains of religion on (what seems like) a young man who is trying to understand what is the right thing to do. When… Continue Reading
Humanity in Progress
Category Archives: Religions
Glenn Beck Makes It So Easy to Be an Atheist
You might think that an atheist like myself would not like Glenn Beck, for all kinds of reasons, well, its not true, I do like the man and he does make some sense sometimes. But Mr. Beck has a taste for the over drama and those critical moment when all eyes are focused on one… Continue Reading
God Loves You (Not You, You!)
The idea that you can be special without doing anything special, without any effort or thought, just by being, is one we have to credit religions with. After all it is the Jewish faith that explicitly tells Jewish believers that they are the “chosen people” and that god has a special relationship with them, this has spread more in the… Continue Reading
Israel and Its Problems
Israel has got to be a problem for any atheist out there. A country that has been formed around one religion with the express idea of having it as a safe place for all Jews to come to is one that should be almost ridiculous to anyone who has no faith or does not accepts… Continue Reading
About Islam
As you probably saw in the last post I’m starting to add some of Sam Harris’s wisdom to the site. I am personally in debt to Mr. Harris for helping me into the final stage of Atheism and rejection of (mostly) organized religions. One of the videos that focused on Harris thoughts toward Islam starts… Continue Reading
Sudan’s Big Day
South Sudan goes to the polls today. As in many African countries there are too many sides, too many stories and too much religion involved in a decision that, normally, would have been a very easy one to a group of people who define themselves. The north is mostly opposed for the separation of regions,… Continue Reading
Frits Bolkestein & Some Things That Never Change
a few weeks ago, a well respected gentelman was quoated as saying that “obvious” Jews should probably consider moving out of Holland becasue their wellbeing can not be garanteed by the local authorities. That gentelman was no other than Frits Bolkestein, who has already sparked a few controversialists in his time, and who can not be blamed… Continue Reading