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Tag Archives: Christianity
Twilight of Violence: An Interview with Steven Pinker by Sam Harris
Sam Harris has a great interview with Steven Pinker on his latest book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Harris sits down with Pinker for a discussion about the history of violence. Sam Harris asks, “Need I remind you that the ‘atheist regimes’ of the 20th century killed tens of millions [...]
Everything I need to know about Christianity I learned from the crusades.
“Well, that’s rude,” many Christians would say. But isn’t that what the conservative Christians do regarding Islam? It inspired me to make this image: Seen this? “Everything I need to know about Islam I learned on 9/11” Well, then, I could just as easily say: Everything I need to know about Christianity I learned from [...]
What Easter Means to this Girl
Easter has many meaning to many people. Raised as a Jew, for me it’s about chocolate eggs, marshmallow chicks, and matzah. :P I do think of Passover around this time, but I never kept it. Even when I tried, someone would pull something else out of somewhere that I shouldn’t have been eating or drinking. [...]
Conference with Mikey Weinstein of Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Yesterday, I attended the Military Religious Freedom Foundation conference. It was graciously hosted by John Whiteside and featured Mikey Weinstein (above) from the MRFF. Simply stated, it was a great presentation. And guessed who showed up? Penn Jillette and his wife (not pictured). 96% of the MRFF members are of a Christian religion (including Catholicism). [...]
As a woman, I have a soft spot for the non-Abrahamic religions.
Not that I don’t find them silly, but I don’t find them offensive. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam don’t regard women as equal to men. There are reform varieties that some will argue for, but let’s just go with what’s actually written in these books. Wicca (or Neo-Paganism), for instance, is empowering for women in a [...]
Thomas Jefferson; Half Fools, Half Hypocrites (poster)
Here’s one using one of the United States’ founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson. Buy and view this poster. Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effects of coercion? To make one half [...]
