atheism

Here’s an interesting case study: asking ChatGPT about Muhammad’s marriage, (and consummation), to nine-year old Aisha in comparison to Warren Jeffs’ marriage with at least one under age child. ChatGPT has nuanced and inconsistent responses to both, much like American liberals when it comes to Islam vs Christianity....

The most preposterous notion that H. sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence...

When Marx wrote that religion is the opiate of the masses, his intended analogy was to opium as a medical treatment for pain - something that would not cure the underlying disease, but that could ease suffering. He saw religion as a pacifying substitute for economic and political change. He did not fully flesh out the political...

Just to be clear, I’m still an atheist. I did not suddenly become religious. However, I don’t feel like moderating this community anymore and have not been present in it for a long time. It’s no longer my style to be honest....

One of my co-workers mentioned some video he’s watching and seems to be excited to be moving towards free thought. I was going to suggest some channels to watch on YouTube starting with qualiasoup and Theramintrees to help him learn and absorb critical thought....

I found this post on Reddit that was taken down and the account was banned for being antisemitic according to the mods....

Americans’ belief in God, heaven at lowest point in 22 years, Gallup survey says...

Since I've abandoned Reddit, I find myself looking for content similar to what I was subscribed to on there....

I've been interested in physics since I was a kid, and read many books on the topic. The thought experiments of Einstein that led to his theories of relativity were some of the earliest topics I encountered. If you have not read of that, do so . . . I will wait....

Any interest in one thread where we post bizarre religious art and comics?

I've always heard that it takes a long time for new science to penetrate to the awareness of the general public. Centuries even. I think the physics of the 20thcent. will create a kind of atheistic mysticism in humanity over the next century or two. Einstein referred to spacetime and that it is "complete". There are four...

I'm a volunteer clinic defender at Planned Parenthood so i deal with street preachers a lot. This weekend a street preacher also started interfering with the crowd at the pride parade. In both cases, I primarily try to interfere, interrupt, and distract them to prevent them from harassing their targets....

Mirrored from my post on /r/DebateAChristian. Original post with all the debate content here: https://teddit.net/r/DebateAChristian/comments/maxsa2/the_design_of_the_human_body_is_by_no_means/...

This might seem backwards at first until you get to the slavery, genocide and other horrors the heroes of the biblical narrative commit

These evangelicals believe that Armageddon will begin once Israel has a 100% Jewish population. They not only believe this, but absolutely want this to happen. The differences between them and a cult like Heavens Gate are negligible. They’re a fucking death cult and they completely support the wholesale slaughter of...