Adventures in atheism
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About Me
Many people fear atheists because we are seen as bearers of bad news. What bad news, though, is that one may live an honorable life without fear of consequence?
Hi, I'm Helen, and I've decided that God probably doesn't exist. This blog is in appreciation of atheist and nonreligious philosophy, as well as religious humor and natural wonders, and includes my thoughts along the way. Religious viewers might find some content insulting to their faith; to this I say I plan to express.
"What most atheists do believe is that although there is only one kind of stuff in the universe, and it is physical, out of this stuff come minds, beauty, emotions, moral values—in short the full gamut of phenomena that gives richness to human life."
- Julian Baggini in Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
Blogs I follow:
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Thanks, Google…
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Yesterday my coworker decided to do my hair before work, and I went with it, so I was more or less captive to a conversation I wish I didn’t have to experience.
She and another coworker had been joking about gender and sex, and the subject of transsexuals came up.
Her: I just don’t understand people who, you know, get changed. I don’t understand why you would ever want to change down there.
Other coworker (leaving the room): I’ll never understand those people.
Her: Me neither.
Me: Some people feel like they were born in the wrong body. A lot of us will never truly understand what they struggle with.
Her: I guess I can kind of get that, but God doesn’t make mistakes.
(Silence while I bite my tongue.)
Her: But sometimes I wonder about those half-and-half people. [I believe she meant intersex.] Like, how do they get along?
Me: So they aren’t a mistake?
Her: -sigh- Everything happens for a reason…
(Continued silence while I fear I might sever my tongue for biting so hard.)
Assumption A: Everything happens for a reason. Assumption B: Getting a sex change is something that happens. Assumption C: Feeling like you were born in the wrong body is a reason to get a sex change. HOW DO YOUR STATEMENTS NOT CONTRADICT?
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"Some people have views of God that are so broad and flexible that it is inevitable that they will find God where ever they look for him. One hears it said that ‘God is the ultimate’ or ‘God is our better nature’ or ‘God is the universe.’ Of course, like any other word, the word ‘God’ can be given any meaning we like. If you want to say that ‘God is energy,’ then you can find God in a lump of coal."
- Steven Weinberg (via skaterboytae) -
NPR: Aaron Freeman - You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral
Sweetly contributed by tumblr user vergiliusmaro.
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Oh, that’s mine.
My coworker often leaves a Bible study book she’s currently reading on the back room desk at work. It kind of makes me want to leave my copy of The Ethical Slut or Why I Became an Atheist right next to it. Not out of spite or vindication, just to see what happens. :]
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vergiliusmaro asked: I noticed a post about four blogs that you followed whose owners lost loved ones. As an atheist, I find this article (just google You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral, since I can't post links) to be comforting. I don't know if it would be of any use to them, but I like it.
Thanks for sharing. :] I’ll post the link tonight.
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Nailed it.
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Above all things
Some would argue that as an atheist I have no moral code. This is simply not true. I have an explicit personal code in place. The full version, though, is lengthy. I’ll give the most important part—my Three Commandments, if you will.
Love, lust, and willpower above all things: Love to heal, build, and guide; lust for life and all its pleasures; and willpower to persevere us past all obstacles in our path.
This is how I try to live, and none of it came from a text.
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nonplussedbyreligion: Death, Grief, Condolence, and Secularism
In the last 7 days 4 different blogs I followed expressed the loss of a relative or loved one. Three of them I know to be secular, one I’m not sure about as I follow them for their inspirational posts. I just wanted to share information on this wonderful website. This is site belongs to artist…
Beautiful.
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