Archives
-
Taking Notice of the Fundamentally Religious
“On your left you have a God who is all-knowning and omnipotent, and on your right you have a book that contains more errors than a Lindsay Lohan post-it. The left, being omniscient, omnipotent and living outside time, has no ability to change his mind; the right, being from human origin, contains more changes of opinion, mind and action than a Diana Ross show contains dress changes.”
-
Slay the Praying Mythical Monster
“The knowledge exists by which universal happines can be secured; the chief obstacle to its utilisation for that purpose is the teaching of religion. Religion prevents our children from having a rational education; religion prevents us from removing the fundamental causes of war; religion prevents us from teaching the ethic of scientific co-operation in place [...]
-
Faith.
“If the God hypothesis is a promising one, then we don’t need to appeal to faith. If the God hypothesis doesn’t sit well with the evidence we have, then we should reject it and it would be wrong to seek to cling to it by giving it some privileged exemption from criticism. [...]“
-
The God Question is not benign
For many believers, my opposition to religion is unacceptable, strange and meaningless, but somehow theists do find a little bit of respect for it — not in the sense that they also believe it, or that they even find it a possibility or fact, but in the sense that they can (somewhat) respect my opinion [...]
-
That which stands out is likely to be disputable
When one appreciates a painting, poem, cinematic piece of art or any other piece of art, like a novel or an opera song, what is it that strikes you as true perfection in it? Not every art object will be perfect in its fullness, but bits of it — a chapter in a novella, a [...]
-
Atheism is not nihilism
According to theists, the whole concept of a world without religion (beter put, without God) would be disastrous and is a concept idiotic from conception. Those same theists attribute basic nihilism to be equal to society-wide atheism, greatly exaggerating the importance of religion in defining moral principles for the community.
Nihilism is attributable to atheism in [...]
what to expect
All kinds of stupid things, like insane happenings, my projects, addictions, films that I love, crazy news, and so much more.
Who am I? I'm Remy Overkempe, bitch!
external links
- 8-Bit Theater
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Aleksandr Magazine
- Cat and Girl
- Flickr
- Godless Blogger
- Homo Superior (NC-17)
- Martian Prince
- New York Magazine
- New York Times
- South Park Studios
- The Bloggess
- The Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation
- The New Yorker
- UNICEF
- Vimeo
- WordPress
