Monthly Archives: December 2013

Atheists Behaving Badly

Posted on December 31, 2013 by

As many of us know, a favorite tactic of the atheist blogosphere is to cherry pick stories that put religion, or religious people, in a bad light. A constant, steady stream of such stories helps them to maintain and propagate … Continue reading →

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Year in Review: New Atheist Insights

Posted on December 29, 2013 by

With the year about to end, let’s pause and consider some of the deep insights we have learned from New Atheist leaders in 2013. I consider these defining moments that I will be able to revisit again in the future.

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New Atheists Don’t Want to Believe

Posted on December 26, 2013 by

Lawrence Krauss, who was unexplainably radicalized to become a New Atheist, gave an interview about his most recent book to a Christian radio show. You can listen to the podcast here, but I simply want to draw your attention to … Continue reading →

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Purpose of the day

Posted on December 24, 2013 by

Russ Douthat caused Jerry Coyne to have another tantrum. There is no need to respond to the whole rant, but this part begs for commentary: Yes, secularism does propose a physical and purposeless universe, and many (but not all) of … Continue reading →

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An Empty Pep Talk

Posted on December 24, 2013 by

PZ Myers gives another one of his New Atheist pep talks. But, as usual, they are just words: Atheists turn to one another — our hope lies in substance and reality, not wishful thinking and delusion, and what we know … Continue reading →

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Angry Atheist

Posted on December 24, 2013 by

Warning: this video is saturated with angry swearing

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Dogmatic Atheists

Posted on December 23, 2013 by

In the past, I have stressed that we should not stereotype all atheists as New Atheists. Psychologist Leon Seltzer would likely agree with me. Here is something he wrote: The main point I’d like to focus on here is one … Continue reading →

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What Would Make Peter Boghossian Believe?

Posted on December 23, 2013 by

In his book that teaches atheists how to proselytize for atheism, activist Peter Boghossian writes: Once they’ve given their response [to the question, what would it take for them to disbelieve?], I thank them. If they’ve asked me what it … Continue reading →

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An Encore Presentation of the Dawkins-Boghossian Show

Posted on December 21, 2013 by

Well, Christmas time is upon us and I’ll likely to be too busy to post a new entry until afterward. So I thought I would put the Dawkins interview back on the top of the page since it was such … Continue reading →

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More Atheist-As-Victim Drama

Posted on December 21, 2013 by

Time for more dishonest street theater from the New Atheists. Militant atheist Jerry Coyne is once again trying to play the “atheist-as-victim” card with a blog entry entitled, Local park district, then library, reject $3000 donation because it came from … Continue reading →

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