Atheists Face Discrimination? No Shit Sherlock!

It may come as a surprise to some of you, especially the religious out there, but atheists walk a tough road.  We face discrimination on many fronts, are often shunned by friends and family for our lack of blind faith and in some places even face imprisonment or death if we are open in our disbelief.  The truth of the matter is that discrimination based upon religious ignorance is alive and well in the world and atheists are front and center where that hatred is concerned.

New blog up and running

The new blog is up and running and I have a new post up as well.  Go to:

www.atheistrotd.com

changing blog hosting and getting new rants ready

Yes, I know the blog is new. but I am working on changing the hosting to a self hosted space so I can have total control over everything. 

I will be working on this over the next couple of days, importing the old posts to the new site as well as working on some new rants as time permits.  Lots to do and not enough time to do it. 

Also, if there's anything you'd like to see discussed, be sure to put it here.  There's a lot of nonsense out there to rant about and I'm always more than happy to do it. 

Yet Another “Truth in Education” Bill? Make Me Laugh

A state senator from Indiana is going to be introducing a bill into the general assembly next year and we can all guess what the bill is trying to do. The “Truth in Education” bill, according to Kruse, will give students the right to question what they are being taught in the classroom.

I'll Pray For You

I'll pray for you, I'll pray for him or one phrase or another along these lines is one of the most common things we hear coming out of the mouths of believers.  It's not only directed at atheists, although that one is not only annoying but naive as well, but also at their own kind.  So what does this really mean?

Posts coming...

There are several topics I am working on today, in between everything else that I have to do, and should have at least one of them posted by this evening. 

Let's Talk about Respect

One of the most thrown out lines that the religious use is “you have to respect my beliefs”, whenever a religious debate is ongoing. But do we really have to respect their religion or are they just as deluded in this belief as they are in everything else regarding their superstitious nonsense?