“[Children] are so useable in Christianity.” — Becky Fisher, Jesus Camp What a bitch! You know, I had watched Jesus Camp before, but I cannot remember being so appalled (appalled I say!) by these evangelics. Believe me, I am this time. Perhaps I missed all the ridiculous claims they made the first time ’round, but [...]

Whenever I’m discussing religion, it is not my intention to ridicule the beliefs of people who consider God to be a supreme being of unchallenged power; who see the Bible as the true representation of this being on this earth — an earth which was created by the same supreme being mentioned before, according to [...]

“Religion, in all its forms — orthodox, spiritual, progressive, open, conservative, all — needs to be eradicated from society.” An opinion very common to many outspoken atheists, especially those with bad personal experiences in their past. To turn the whole world, the whole of society, into a secular state of mind, is a pretty hefty undertaking, [...]

To organise the mess that is my mind, I keep a little black book (an actual one) with me and scribble random thoughts in it. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes you get things like this: “laissez-faire, status quo, self improvement.” Don’t know why I wrote it down, what the connection between the three was, or [...]

I know people who read the Bible everyday, trying to find spirituality, encouragement, knowledge — or something similar. Like the following from 1 John 4:9-10: “We love Him because He first loved us.” Ah, isn’t that sweet and inspirational. Yet, I have no fucking idea what to do with it. Just because someone loves you, [...]

Whenever I’m around Christians, or “people of faith,” I am reminded of how different I live my life from the way they do. I have no Bible to give me answers about life — I find them myself. No bishop, priest, pastor, is around to tell me what to believe, what choices to make or [...]