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Music Tuesday

atheistandagnosticassociation — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:40:49 +0000

This is not atheist music! But it is a thoughtful look at faith (read: I like the song)

“Fe” (Faith) by Lucybell

The Washington Post: Ruler of the World

atheistandagnosticassociation — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:12:20 +0000

“When the state of Illinois agreed to allow private citizens to place a Nativity scene inside the capitol this Christmas season, and the ACLU decided not to challenge to decision, Christian supporters were so elated they invited other groups to join in the free holiday expressions.”

Read more: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2008/12/atheists_crowding_nativity_sce.html

LOL Cat Bible

atheistandagnosticassociation — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:37:50 +0000

“1 Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem.

2 Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz.

3 At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz.4 An Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stuffs, An splitted teh lite from dark but taht wuz ok cuz kittehs can see in teh dark An not tripz over nethin.5 An Ceiling Cat sayed light Day An dark no Day. It were FURST!!!1″

Really, does it ever get better than this? Read more: http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1

The Holy Trinity: Ford, Chrysler, and GM

atheistandagnosticassociation — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:29:50 +0000

A Detroit church puts automobiles on the altar to pray for aid for the Big Three from Congress. The desperation is palpable; wouldn’t these people be better off analyzing the facts? Do they understand what led to the collapse of the auto industry in this country? It wasn’t an act of god. The Big Three refused to innovate, sticking to a big-car model that isn’t competitive any longer against smaller, leaner Japanese and European models.

Anyway, read the article.

From Reuters.com, found on Drudge Report.

The Good Book

atheistandagnosticassociation — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:21:01 +0000

Does not believing in god make one exempt from reading the Bible? Or: is it something worth reading, as a cultural touchstone? Or (more hostile): know thy enemy?
An ad exec from Sweden, Dag Soderberg, has created a “hip” Bible geared toward the secular.

Listen to the NPR report

It’s heavily illustrated:

ATHEIST MUSIC…Thursday

atheistandagnosticassociation — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:23:15 +0000

Bad Religion
“Infected”

Pledge Needs Update

atheistandagnosticassociation — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:48:56 +0000

From my favorite source ever: The Mighty Washington Post

“Under God mourns the loss of the minister who persuaded President Eisenhower and Congress in 1954 to insert into the Pledge of Allegiance the phrase “under God” — an idea whose time was then.

Now, with the passing of the Rev. George M. Docherty, who died Thanksgiving Day at the age of 97, let us review why the phrase was added in the first place and why we should consider updating the pledge.”

Read It

Ky. atheists want God out of homeland security

atheistandagnosticassociation — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:46:47 +0000

“FRANKFORT, Kentucky – A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky’s Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can’t keep the state safe without God’s help.”

Read It

Atheist Music Tuesday

atheistandagnosticassociation — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:25:58 +0000

John Lennon’s “Imagine”

“Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…”

Presidents and Religion

atheistandagnosticassociation — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:35:59 +0000

Read This

Barack Obama skips church for the gym. AAA approves.