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This is how religious people and everyone else should approach morality
I sat for a seminar today (I know, how fun), and the woman proctoring the seminar was a case worker for a neighboring city’s juvenile and domestic relations court. When she gave examples to explain the concepts she was presenting, … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Christianity, God, morality, objective morality, Religion, Secularism
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Reasons why both believers and non-believers should do volunteer work
Charity is not solely the domain of the devout. While religious organizations indeed greatly contribute to the social well-being of their communities through encouraging people to volunteer their services (see chapter six, page 87), non-religious people share and fulfill a … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, charity, God, non-profit, Religion, Secularism, volunteer work
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The worst argument in politics: God
Remember when we were small children, completely ignorant to domestic politics, completely unaware that foreign policy and global politics existed? When we were mere lads and lasses we couldn’t care less about what those men in suits said who kept our … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, foreign policy, God, Israel, Palestine, politics, Religion, Secularism
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The Straw Man in Theology: Everyone gets religion wrong
As social constructs, religions epitomize the old adage, “There’s nothing natural about [fill in the blank].” This is a statement used to challenge systemic approaches to explain social phenomena. In my field it’s a great quip to mitigate anarchy. Or … Continue reading
On ISIS, death threats, and free speech
The above image is one example of the many death threats I’ve received from radical Islamists after I posted two videos to Youtube where I burned the Islamic State’s flag (Part 1 and Part 2). I’m not worried about these … Continue reading
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Tagged Allah, Atheism, atheist, atheists, free speech, God, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Muhammad, politics, Quran, Religion, Secularism, The Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, Youtube
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Burn ISIS Flag Challenge (Part 2)
Yesterday’s burning of the ISIS flag was in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, who are threatened with arrest if they burn the actual ISIS flag (they can only burn flags with no religious words). I used a variation of … Continue reading
The ISIS flag: A menstrual pad, a toilet
I love Aliaa Magda Elmahdy. She is to Islam what Pussy Riot is to Putin. An Egyptian atheist activist whose major point of contention rests on Islam and its abysmally gendered track record, Elmahdy has captured my heart by removing her … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Allah, Atheism, atheist, atheists, God, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Muhammad, Quran, Religion, Secularism, The Prophet Muhammad, the Quran
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Prominent Lebanese filmmaker and actress, Nadine Labaki, slams religion in Facebook post
I’m a huge fan of Nadine Labaki. Her films tackle serious sociopolitical/religious themes using Lebanon as a scenic backdrop, but the messages she conveys through film are universal. My personal favorite is Caramel, which explores gender roles and sexual taboos from … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-theism, Atheism, atheist, atheists, Beirut, bible, Christian, Christian morality, Christianity, Christians, church, Facebook, Islam, Judaism, Lebanon, Muhammad, Quran, Religion, religious beliefs, Secularism, The Prophet Muhammad, the Quran
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How I survived the clown revolution in Beirut
I don’t often make political statements on this blog. But the wars in Syria and now between Palestine and Israel sometimes hit a little close to home. At first glance this video looks like merely a statement about the strength … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, atheist, Christianity, God, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Religion, revolution, Secularism
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Science suggests we have no free will: Implications on belief
In 1985 Benjamin Libet published a peer-reviewed paper where he instructed his test subjects to lift their arm while recording their brain activity. What he found was interesting. Brain activity increased before the subject had even decided to lift their … Continue reading
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The Atheist Papers 