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The Satanic Temple (TST) was founded in 2013 and has it's headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts. TST identifies as a non-theistic religion, views Satan as a literary figure rather than an actual being,
by A Pagan in Arizona
 90 comments
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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I was recently reminded of a wonderful old Jewish tale that explains atheists. This version is from Martin Buber’s Tales of the Hasidim: A rabbi was asked by one of his students “Why did God create atheists?” After a long pause, the rabbi finally...
by Mark Ira Kaufman
390 comments
on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 03:47 AM PDT
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrqNzRn4DE Greetings and welcome to A Song of Zion, our weekly check-in and virtual minyan for Jews on Daily Kos. This is an open thread, and we treat it as a safe space for Jewish folks here. Non-Jews are welcome...
by mettle fatigue
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on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 04:36 PM PDT
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I have often mentioned that I am an atheist.
So, why did I write that title to this diary?
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at, to let people know we are ...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Mon Feb 19, 2024 at 10:01 PM PST
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Their religious beliefs were fundamental inspirations to the lives and activism of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. Same goes for Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Oscar Romero, Coretta Scott King, William Barber, Helen Prejean, Martin Sheen, Simone...
by Laurence Lewis
348 comments
on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 04:19 PM PST
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What do we accept on faith? Most of us, including atheists, accept a rather great deal about ourselves and our universe on faith, not on actual knowing. To wit: are we really flesh-and-blood, physical beings, or could we actually be sentient characters...
by Rob in Vermont
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on Sun Nov 05, 2023 at 02:12 PM PST
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After having finished “Questioning faith: Is believing in God really a 'safe bet'?” (www.alternet.org/...) by Greta Christina, written on 22 October 2023 at Alternet.org, I felt a moderate need to discuss Pascal’s Wager. Let us start by defining what...
by Obiwan711
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on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 03:55 AM PDT
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So, there is this woman, Greta Christina, who is a journalist or blogger, or something. Anyway, she likes to write opinion pieces. It seems she writes a lot about atheism, and theism. She is an atheist. I found her most recent article on RawStory, at...
by Obiwan711
100 comments
on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 03:29 AM PDT
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Not to date myself, but I recall Sunday Morning Newspapers with what were called the funnies smack dab in the middle of them. As a girl, I would grab that giant pile of newsprint and eagerly pull them out for a read. Of course, Charles Schulz’s Peanuts...
by sepiasiren
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on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 02:41 PM PDT
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Why religious believers are so desperate for the atheist seal of approval by Greta Christina, September 14, 2023 Just posting this little thing from Alternet, so I can find it later. I used to engage in a lot of online discussions about atheism versus...
by Obiwan711
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on Thu Sep 14, 2023 at 10:47 PM PDT
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What is an Atheist? It is really simple...an Atheist is a person who lacks a belief in a deity. Atheists have an absence of belief in the divine. Atheists lack a belief in deities. Let me explain, Atheists neither believe that deities exist nor believe...
by Truth666
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on Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 12:10 PM PDT
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There’s no contradiction in being an atheist composer who writes music based on religious texts. Just like no one thinks that Tchaikovsky believed that nutcrackers could really magically turn into princes, or that the Romeo and Juliet story is...
by Alonso del Arte
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on Sun Sep 03, 2023 at 07:30 PM PDT
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“Absolutely crazy. Today the Texas Senate passed a bill to force every public school classroom in the state to prominently display a copy of the Ten Commandments.” I thought I might make up my own Commandments! (This took 5 minutes, pardon if it feels...
by wildatnite
274 comments
on Fri Apr 21, 2023 at 07:34 AM PDT
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On Easter Sunday, the holiest day in the Christian calendar, John Blake published a piece predicting that Christianity could continue to prosper in America. He believes that, despite the statistics showing many Americans moving on from Christianity,...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Sun Apr 09, 2023 at 03:39 PM PDT
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Look, I’m not going to snow you: I’m as scathing and unyielding an atheist as you get. You think the diaries that have been floating around here lately are harsh? Stand near me when I read that some church sued the state for access to taxpayer money...
by lotusmaglite
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on Wed Mar 29, 2023 at 07:54 PM PDT
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Richard Dawkins is a renowned evolutionary biologist, who wrote The God Delusion, a treatise on the foolishness of religious belief in a god or gods as well as religion in general. He has become the de facto spokesman representing so-called New...
by darwinsapple
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on Wed Mar 08, 2023 at 10:38 PM PST
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In the last week, there have been a number of dairies about religion and beliefs. This dairy is not about that. It is about those of us who do not subscribe to any organized religion and are not believers in the supernatural. Although we are a diverse...
by Best4All
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on Wed Feb 22, 2023 at 04:50 PM PST
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Say what? I’m serious. Bear with me, and I’ll explain. After thousands of years of religion, people still argue about why it exists and what purpose it fulfills. So much depends on how religion is defined of course. What aspects are we talking about?...
by rainmac
166 comments
on Thu Feb 23, 2023 at 11:01 PM PST
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So at least we might understand if the copious energies and efforts have made any impact- how have the recent cornucopia of diaries discussing religion impacted your views on the matter ?
by JennaT
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on Tue Feb 21, 2023 at 01:36 PM PST
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Hi, my name is Lucky. I have, and have not been. This is the first time I have ever shared any part of my story with the interwebs. I fell through the cracks, so please forgive my formatting. But please listen to what I have to say. Thank you. Thank...
by LuckyB
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on Tue Feb 21, 2023 at 07:34 AM PST
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