Category Archives: Religion
REASON: “Belief in a Cruel God, . . .” / Thomas Paine
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: “Separation of Church and Planet” / Eric Idle
h/t: Atheist Uprising
REASON: “Knowledge Over Faith” / Seth MacFarlane
QUOTATION: “The Depths of Violence” / Krishnamurti
~ Krishnamurti, Freedom from the Known, pp 51-52
Jiddu Krishnamurti (May 11, 1895 – February 17, 1986)
Indian born speaker and writer on philosophical and spiritual subjects
h/t: Tamiem FreeThinker
ATHEISM: “Color Me Agnostic Atheist—for Now—Pounding on the Gnostic Atheist Door”
CRITICAL THINKING: “If God Created the Sun on the Fourth Day, . . .” / Carl Sagan
CRITICAL THINKING: “That’s Offensive” / Christopher Hitchens
h/t: The Proud Atheist
AMURIKAN HISTORY: “How is Columbus Day Still a Thing?” / John Oliver
h/t: The Huffington Post
AMURIKAN HISTORY: “Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery” / Eric Kasum
Once again, it’s time to celebrate Columbus Day. Yet, the stunning truth is: If Christopher Columbus were alive today, he would be put on trial for crimes against humanity. Columbus’ reign of terror, as documented by noted historians, was so bloody, his legacy so unspeakably cruel, that Columbus makes a modern villain like Saddam Hussein look like a pale codfish.
Question: Why do we honor a man who, if he were alive today, would almost certainly be sitting on Death Row awaiting execution?
If you’d like to know the true story about Christopher Columbus, please read on. But I warn you, it’s not for the faint of heart.





