“Why don’t atheists just shut up?”

Filed under Religion on May 7th, 2009

What makes atheists such whiners and naggers; those people who will ruin every dinner party with their incessant talk about Darwin, the God question, the latest “news” concerning the stupidity of the Vatican, why secularity should be maintained in government, and more of that utterly useless and unnecessary stuff?

The God Question is not benign

Filed under Religion on December 17th, 2008

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

Filed under Religion on November 24th, 2008

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

Filed under Religion on November 13th, 2008

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 [...]