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• Atheist-Led Bible Battle Brews in Georgia Over the Book’s Placement in State-Run Lodges

  May 16, 2013 at 6:47pm

  In reply to Cavallo.

  Are you serious? I’m an atheist libertarian. The opinions of Karl Marx are the POLAR OPPOSITE of mine. It is absolutely non-sensical to relate the two. Be careful about throwing stones – the apple doesn’t fall far from the crusades…

• This Is How Americans With No Religion Feel About Abortion (Plus: Are Most Women Really Pro-Choice?)

  May 16, 2013 at 6:25pm

  In reply to AnimalsAsLeaders.

  @LOCKED
  Your point is well taken. I think some people say they’re “pro-life” even though they still support abortion in select cases (rape, incest, etc.). There’s a gray area for people who don’t “like” abortion and don’t think it should be as common as it is but still think there are rare exceptions when it should be allowed. I think a lot of those people don’t want to be chastised for being “pro-life” so they flounder in the middle under the label of “pro-choice”.

  @CRAZY
  There is definitely a subgroup of “pro-choice” people who personally oppose abortion but don’t want to impose those beliefs on others. However, it think there’s a bit more nuance to it than just that. Like I said above, I think a lot of people think abortion should be limited to rare cases but don’t want to adopt the “pro-life” label because people will assume they want an all out ban on all types of abortion. Of course, this is the problem with pretending there are two stances you can have on an issue that is really best understood as a continuum of support.

• This Is How Americans With No Religion Feel About Abortion (Plus: Are Most Women Really Pro-Choice?)

  May 16, 2013 at 10:59am

  “the collective saying they are pro-life (48 percent) has once again edged out the pro-choice cohort (45 percent).”

  That’s actually not at all what that gallup poll shows. 78% of people said abortion should legal in at least some cases (26% of whom think it should be legal in all cases – w/e that means…). Only 20% of people polled wanted abortion to be illegal in all cases. The graph is RIGHT under the claim it’s split 50/50… wtf…

• Another Teen Atheist Successfully Gets 10 Commandments Removed at His High School

  May 14, 2013 at 7:31pm

  In reply to Constitution_Addict.

  Atheism is a “faith-based belief” in the same way it’s “faith-based” to “believe” that unicorns aren’t real. Atheism doesn’t assert anything, it just rejects the assertion of others. Atheism is a belief system like not smoking is an addiction.

• Another Teen Atheist Successfully Gets 10 Commandments Removed at His High School

  May 14, 2013 at 7:28pm

  In reply to mcsledge.

  How many of the commandments are Federal or State laws?

  1) No other God’s? – NOT A LAW

  2) No graven images? – NOT A LAW

  3) Do not take Lord’s name in vain? NOT A LAW (in fact, it would be unconstitutional to restrict speech in this manner)

  4) Keep the Sabbath Day holy? – NOT A LAW

  5) Honor thy Father/Mother? – NOT A LAW

  6) Thou Shalt Not Kill? – FEDERAL & STATE LAW, (but pretty much a law everywhere, and a law that predates the bible)

  7) Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery? NOT A FEDERAL LAW, A STATE LAW IN LESS THAN 50% OF STATES

  8) Thou Shalt Not Steal? FEDERAL & STATE LAW (again, it’s illegal everywhere and this law predates the bible as well)

  9) Thou Shalt not Covet? NOT A LAW

  10) Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness? NOT A LAW (unless it’s in court)

  So to recap, out of the 10 commandments, only 2 are actually US laws. Of course, these two are laws in nearly every country on the planet including those that predate the bible so the argument can’t be made that these are exceptional to the US or christianity. One of them is sort of a law in a handful of states, although it’s not really enforced. And one is only a law in a very specific case (whereas the bible is broad in it’s commandment) – of course, this is also a law pretty much everywhere, also predates the bible.

  Remind me again, how are these commandments cornerstones of the legal system in the US?

• Another Teen Atheist Successfully Gets 10 Commandments Removed at His High School

  May 14, 2013 at 7:19pm

  In reply to Axe22.

  O_o

  wow.

• Another Teen Atheist Successfully Gets 10 Commandments Removed at His High School

  May 14, 2013 at 7:17pm

  In reply to Paladin45ACP.

  I’m not sure how one “anonymously” beats someone up but I’m pretty sure the Bible says something about doing unto others as they would… something. Darn, i forget.

• Another Teen Atheist Successfully Gets 10 Commandments Removed at His High School

  May 14, 2013 at 7:07pm

  In reply to AnimalsAsLeaders.

  lol, I think they’ve tightened the buckle a few notches too tight ;)

• Cool GoPro Footage Captures New World Trade Center Spire Being Raised from a Very Unique Perspective

  May 14, 2013 at 5:20pm

  In reply to Old Truckers.

  That’s what I was thinking. In my opinion, the “height” of a building really needs to be dictated by the height of the top-most floor. Otherwise, you can just cheat like this and put a big pole 50 feet in the air and say your “building” is 50 feet taller.

• Another Teen Atheist Successfully Gets 10 Commandments Removed at His High School

  May 14, 2013 at 5:18pm

  In reply to IslandAtheist.

  @COSMIC
  LOL, exactly. The 3D movie metaphor really is perfect. Just because your “religious glasses” make it look like something is coming off the screen, doesn’t make it so. In fact, it’s a clever illusion used to exploit how your brain works and convince you of something that isn’t real.
  PERFECT!