I Got Your “Tolerance” Right Here…

. . . The fact that the Christian or Muslim does not obey their holy books does not change what is in the books, and when you redact the few and far-between messages about peace, love and understanding, you are left [with] books that are basically manuals on how to hate people who don’t agree with you and the various methods of punishment that should be meted out, up to and including death.

Until we can all agree that diplomacy should not even be on the table until the religious leaders of the world agree to remove the bigoted, hateful and discriminatory doctrines and beliefs from their official doctrines, even if that means redacting huge chunks of their holy books, there will be no hope of compromise or co-existence.

Christianity is marketed as a religion of love and tolerance and Islam is marketed as a religion of peace.  However, on their fundamental levels, these belief systems causes division, promote willful ignorance and retard intellectual growth.

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Richard Dawkins attacks David Cameron over faith schools

Modern society requires and deserves a truly secular state, by which I do not mean state atheism, but state neutrality in all matters pertaining to religion: the recognition that faith is personal and no business of the state.

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Posted by New Statesman – 12 December 2011 11:05

Anti-[Choice] Activists Plan To Harass Women With ‘Empty Manger’ [Holiday] Caroling

This holiday season, anti-[choice] activists in several states are renewing one of their favorite traditions: harassing women in front of family planning clinics with mean-spirited [Holiday] carols.

RH Reality Check reports on the antics of [Anti-Choice] Wisconsin:

Yes, for the few days leading up to [Holiday], [Anti-Choice] Wisconsin has pledged to deck the halls, or at least the sidewalks, of Wisconsin clinics with [Holiday] carols for the “empty mangers” that will exist due to [choice].

Via their website: Last year’s Empty Manger [Holiday] Caroling effort was so popular, we’re doing it again this year, and in more cities to boot! What better way to bring the joy of [Holidays] to a place where [choice] abounds?

Meanwhile, the [Anti-Choice] League’s website lists a jam-packed schedule of anti-[choice Holiday] caroling in the Chicago area. Events are also listed in Birmingham, Alabama, and several California cities.

In the true spirit of the holidays, women who need help from reproductive clinics will now have [to] face a swarm of religious ideologues who have turned their condemnation into song for the occasion.

Please note the bracketing; do not allow the reactionaries to own the language! 

Published on ThinkProgress Health By Marie Diamond on Dec 9, 2011 at 10:32 am

Glenn Beck Freaks Out Over South Korean Skyscraper

Because everything in the world must revolve around Beck and the United States, no exceptions. . . He was pissed and the target was South Korea. His rage was so pure that he was demanding that the U.S. pull all of our troops out of the country immediately. Why? Because one of the S. Korea’s planned skyscrapers made him think of 9/11.

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Rick Perry Playing to the Homophobic, Anti-Intellectual Cheap Seats, i.e., the Republican Party and Two Sardonic Atheists Responses

Rick Perry’s Campaign Video Playing to the
Homophobic, Anti-Intellectual Cheap Seats


Atheist James Kotecki Responds to Rick Perry’s
Knuckle-dragging Idiocy 


Atheist Andy Cobb Responds to Rick Perry’s
Prefrontal Cortex Deficiency

Why Are Theists Angry?

Most religious believers really can’t even attempt to defend their beliefs and so they get angry at atheists for forcing them to think. If everyone believes in God, then they can continue to live in blissful delusion, but if just one person rejects that belief then the delusion is diluted. The possibility arises that God might not exist. The more people reject the belief in a god, the more religious believers have to accept the possibility that they are wrong and that God doesn’t exist.

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