I recommend listening to the linked #RollingStone interview:
"By RedStateRachel — May 8, 2024
👉House Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalist views are alarming👈, and Americans need to understand more about the Republican leader who is second in the line of succession after Vice President Harris.
Speaker Johnson's beliefs are far outside the mainstream, and he believes that a "depraved"...
Telepathically or verbally asking your deity to harm people you don't approve of is insane. But what is worse is the #Fact the #RepublicanParty is under the absolute control of #Cult Leader Donald J. #Trump. And Trump has become their "earthy" deity.
But don't tell the GOP one of their 10 guiding statement deals directly with that fucking fact. #Sad, really sad.
#Atheist forever or until a deity speaks out loud to all "earthlings" and proves it's a deity worth listening to.
My daughter, T, rang to vent the other day. Her 5-year-old, C, had come home from public school pre-Easter and proceeded to tell T all about Jesus being persecuted and crucified, dying, and then being alive again.
Now, T takes after us; thoroughly atheist; to say that she was taken aback would be an understatement. In essence, C now believed in the resurrection and thought that anybody who died could come back to life. It took a weekq to convince her of the truth (dead is dead and the bible is a storybook), but as we know, that shit sticks.
The same afternoon as the revelation, before the steam had dissipated, T rang the school to enquire, mostly politely, 𝙒𝙏𝘼𝙁?? C had not been to any religion-based classes and should not have been exposed to this rubbish/nonsense/garbage. The school apologised and said they would look into it. Apparently, other parents had complained, too...
The teacher, in all innocence (apparently) had been telling the story of Easter from the Christian point of view without realising (apparently) that children are sponges, especially at that age and in a situation where they have been told repeatedly that 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩.
Now, to my mind, any teacher who doesn't understand that shouldn't be a teacher. Or it was quite deliberate, in which case they shouldn't be a teacher in a government school.
The teacher apologised and the school closed the case but T is still dealing with the fallout, with C occasionally coming out with comments about people dying and coming back to life. Like I said, this shit sticks, often for life.
We're all born atheist; the real indoctrination is religion.
I can't think of many things more counterproductive than #prayer. It's even worse than people deciding to do nothing because at least the clear display of apathy towards an issue could influence people who do care to take action, but if everyone is convinced that prayer works (which it doesn't) then what motivation would they have to do anything themselves if they believe they can solve their problems through magical incantations? #atheism#atheist#Christianity#Islam#Hinduism#Judaism
Hey there. Just your typical #Liberal#Atheist outdoorsy single dad living in deep red rural Georgia. Love #RetroTech, especially classic #Macintosh. I am owned by a rescue #Cat and do a lot of hiking so expect a lot of cat and nature pics. I am an #LGBTQ and #BLM ally and vehemently anti-fascist. Figured I’d move to beige.party since that’s where all the cool folks seem to hang out. 😂
Nach dem 11. September 2001 stieg der Evolutionsbiologe & „neue #Atheist“ Richard #Dawkins mit Büchern wie #Gotteswahn zu internationaler Prominenz auf. 🌍💡
In einem aktuellen Interview bezeichnete er sich als #Kulturchrist - und bestätigte damit 1 These zum aufkommenden #Kulturchristentum.
Den m.E. wichtigen Begriff gibt es leider noch nicht mal in der deutschsprachigen #Wikipedia - habe aber nach Fragen gerne dazu gebloggt. ✝️🇬🇧📚🤔
People who are a part of cults, like the Jehovah's Witnesses, are not necessarily stupid, they're just human, and as such are emotional creatures who are subject to emotional manipulation, like the kinds discussed in this video. #atheism#atheist#christianity#religion#skepticism
Coming out as atheist and queer. Jimmy's story is a raw look into the difficult journey of standing alone in one's truth amidst a sea of bigotry. 🚶♂️👥 Ready to dive deeper into Jimmy's experience and the resilience it took to navigate this tumultuous period? Watch the full video and explore the complexities of breaking away from familial beliefs to forge one's own path: https://youtu.be/RYaip0_VPmU#atheist#atheism#lgbtq
As an #Atheist I shun the holidays that have a specific religious connotation.
Anything with "Saint" in the front of the holiday, nope.
Christmas? nope.
Secular people mark the passage of time and set aside time to reflect. Most religious holidays are timed (or were moved) to coincide with Solstices and Equinoxes of the pagans that watched the skies.
As a secular person, my seasonal holidays are linked to the sun and the passage of time on this earth.
Happy Vernal #Equinox