May 2013
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If you really cared about 'Men's Issues' you would...
I know this is something that has been said many times before, but recent posts by the fantastic thefrogman inspired me to repeat it once again.
Men’s issues, and I cannot stress this enough, are not the fault of women.
Let’s take the example of men who are victims of assault or abuse at the hands of women. These men are often mocked, ridiculed, or not taken seriously. But this is...
April 2013
3 posts
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Men's Issues
littlespacecase:
Societal expectations of masculinity
Societal expectations to provide for women
No long term reversible male birth control
Men who are raped are more likely to remain silent and be dismissed or outright laughed at
Unfair treatment in child custody battles
No support for male victims of domestic abuse
Media portrayal of married men as weak morons
Not men’s issues
The...
March 2013
4 posts
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WikiHow tells you how to convert an atheist to... →
limited-probabilities:
Or just how to annoy an atheist.
Actually, surprisingly enough I really quite like this link. It’s a whole lot better than I expected when I clicked on it. Rather than a strict guide for how to convert an atheist it reads more like a guide to have honest and open debate with an atheist. The advice and guidance this piece gives are genuinely good. It also is...
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“I would truly like to apologize to our families, my family and the community. No...”
– Convicted rapist Trent Mays not apologizing for being a fucking rapist. (via getradified)
I know there’s someone else he should be apologizing to, but I just can’t put my finger on it. Give me a minute, I’m sure it’ll come to be eventually…
(via legally-bitchtastic)
what a fucking piece of shit
...
apreacherskid asked: I miss seeing your posts, man. Got anything in the works?
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I feel that as someone in a position of privilege (be it male, white, straight or anything else) it is important not just to be aware of one’s privilege, but also to recognise the limitations of that awareness.
February 2013
10 posts
wire-hangers-never-again asked: I just want to say thank you for realising your privilege and recognizing the problem women have expressing their thoughts/feelings/politics, etc. It is much appreciated.
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A disturbing irony when trying to explain feminist...
I, a man, make a well reasoned and emotive argument supporting feminism:
MRA/typical guy who’s never given any actual thought to feminism: “That’s a good point, I think I see what you’re saying but I’m not sure if I agree…”
A woman makes the identical argument:
MRA/typical guy who’s never given any actual thought to feminism: “Oh come on...
Skeptical Avenger: all-about-male-privilege: Male... →
all-about-male-privilege:
Male privilege is reading this story and, while agreeing that the guy telling it wasn’t right to do it, thinking that it was funny that the woman was “narcissistic enough to get freaked out over nothing and got trolled hard for it” by believing she was being…
If you feel like losing faith in mankind (and yes I mean mankind, not humanity) and getting righteously...
apreacherskid asked: I liked your comment on teachthemhowtothink's post. My experience was very similar as well. It's also worth mentioning that as children we're often taught to respect other cultures and points of view. In a way, many of us are conditioned to defend religion in the name of respect for diversity. Because of this, many associate the criticism of religious doctrine with xenophobia or...
A Quick Reminder
teachthemhowtothink:
Indoctrination into a faith is like being surrounded by a dark, smoky cloud. Things that are obvious to others are completely obstructed. You might have moments… glimpses of clarity, but then the cloud rolls in again from the big ol’ fog machine of the church.
Someone who has been blinded should not be mocked for not being able to see.
If you lean toward anti-theism,...
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cumberrcollective asked: Also number 2 in Uncategorized. I just thought that one was really outrageous.
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cumberrcollective asked: Number 2 on Logical examples yo. Some of the things on this page can be explained by basic Biology... In my Biology class last year, we made an ancestral evolution for the whale, and the website said that the whale has no plausible ancestor. -sigh-
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twerking-with-assquatch asked: [[[I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU I JUST THINK THIS ONE IS EXTREMELY FUNNY]]] can you please do 11. [[[I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU I JUST THINK THIS ONE IS EXTREMELY FUNNY]]]
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48 Counterexamples to Evolution. →
lets-all-just-be-logical:
If this isn’t enough evidence to convince you evolution isn’t true, then you are forever lost.
While these things often depress me, this list of short ‘scientific’ arguments against evolution actually cheered me up quite a bit. Some of these are so ludicrous I honestly laughed out loud.
If you don’t see the funny side of this post, or think that any...
January 2013
1 post
December 2012
6 posts
zachoryjayden:
Skeptical Avenger: When atheists attack!!!
skepticalavenger:
zachoryjayden:
Lololol. I can’t even with how funny this shit is.
I love looking at blogs of people after they post something bizarre about atheists. Often as not they love to act like they’re the cleverest trolls in the world.
And interestingly, none of the responses to your initial…
Oh I just...
skepticalavenger:
theneweratheist:
whyilostmyfaith:
theneweratheist:
skepticalavenger:
“I am a friend to the religious and an enemy to their religion.”
—
Matt Dillahunty (via nogodsbutwe)
And you’re also, clearly, a walking contradiction.
Personally I’m not sure why that’s a contradiction. I have many friends who are religious, and yet I dislike religion, and yes I wish...
theneweratheist:
skepticalavenger:
“I am a friend to the religious and an enemy to their religion.”
—
Matt Dillahunty (via nogodsbutwe)
And you’re also, clearly, a walking contradiction.
Personally I’m not sure why that’s a contradiction. I have many friends who are religious, and yet I dislike religion, and yes I wish that they themselves were not religious, in the...
velmas-glasses:
This could sound pretty bad but I want to make the disclaimer that I accept all religions and lack of religions, but this one thing I just don’t understand.
So, I’m a christian, and I might learn about other religions’ holidays; in fact, my church took some kids to a Jewish place of worship to learn about Hanukkah one time.
But I don’t understand why many,...
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Hi, it's me, that awesome blog that you started...
I just wanted to say hi to all you followers, and thank you to those who still follow me despite me apparent disappearance from tumblr. I just want you to know that I am still here, and do still spend most of my time on tumblr, but since returning to University I have been so busy and generally distracted I havn’t got round to finishing any posts, although I have many half written ones...
I keep seeing people listing themselves as...
skepticalavenger:
wherever-wind-takes-me:
skepticalavenger:
cerebralzero:
I don’t think yall bitchs know what those words mean….. it’s one or the other, you can’t be both at the same time.
Wikipedia: Agnostic Atheism
Most atheists are in fact agnostic atheists. They admit that it isn’t possible to be completely certain that there is no god, but they see absolutely no evidence for...
November 2012
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"What do you mean you're bisexual, you're just...
How can you say that there are blondes you find attractive and brunettes you find attractive? You can’t be attracted to both! Just pick one!
I know you don’t like brunettes, your girlfriend is blonde, so how can you find brunettes attractive?
You’ve only ever been with blonds, so how would you know if you think brunettes are attractive if you’ve never even slept with...
October 2012
1 post
Anonymous asked: I read your post about the arrogance of belief, but if you think about it, it's only arrogant if it isn't true. Now, this will hold no weight with you as an atheist, obviously. But it would probably be best not to label Christians (excluding those more colourful ones, God bless and change them) as arrogant in their belief. If anything, the root of Christian belief is not in pride but in...
September 2012
3 posts
religiousragings:
tempestuousfortune:
Maybe I’m just being incredibly dense, but why would someone WANT to be an atheist? It seems like an empty and sorrowful way to live. I’m much more comfortable with the idea of spiritual agnosticism.
Maybe someone can explain the lure of atheism to me?
The “lure”, if you wish to call it such, is simply the quest for truth. Atheism is the conclusion to a...
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Atheism is not a faith, nor is it a belief; it is...
It is a conclusion reached through reason and analysis of evidence, and as such, unlike a faith, it could easily be changed should new information or evidence be presented. However, through all my searching as a Christian and as an atheist I have yet to discover one shred of evidence or reason that could support any theistic conclusion.
metaphors be with you
abaldwin360:
wilwheaton:
It occurred to me this morning that a rich old white man having a barely-coherent argument with a version of the president that only exists in his imagination is pretty much the perfect metaphor for the modern Republican party.
Win.
August 2012
19 posts
Darwin's Minion: casual-isms: darwinsminion:... →
casual-isms:
darwinsminion:
casual-isms:
Casual sexism is calling full-grown women “girls”.
Sorry, but this is one that I simply don’t agree with. If a full-grown woman were to go to the beach, her friends would ask her if she saw any cute boys. Sure, “girl” is used more often…
By saying “scientifically, the top of the to-do list for the human mind is to pass along...
“The opposite of faith is a tendency to ask questions.”
– Larry Niven (via honey-slut)
Curiosity and faith are incompatible.
(via religiousragings)
Faith is the arrogant assertion that, whatever the questions, you already know the answers.
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Why do people make and respond to prayer requests?
I understand the desire from a human perspective; by having other people pray for you it feels like you are getting extra assistance, and it reassures you that there are other people who care about or love you. Likewise, by praying for other people it lets you feel as though you are helping someone, and that you are giving them your support.
But what about from a theological perspective? If...
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tiffanyco0987 asked: What are your opinions about Karma?
willonthebus:
Just a friendly reminder to everyone. Intolerant atheists are just as bad as religious fundamentalists. Don’t be an asshole. Empathize, you might learn something.
The message in this is good, don’t be an asshole. But to say intolerant atheists are as bad as religious fundementalists is ridiculous. Intolerant atheists might make annoying and offensive comments on the...
“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of...”
– Bertrand Russell (via veuxveux)
Intelligence is something to be shunned…the devil helps people think. Just don’t think and let GOD make all your decisions… Let go, let God, after all.
(via religiousragings)
A brilliant quote, and one that is completely accurate. In fact, more than simply not...
Turned quite around
thehopefulheathen:
jhemmar:
Fred Hoyle, for years a leading atheist spokesman, has seen the error of his thinking and now argues that there is a better chance of producing a Boeing 747 via an explosion in a junkyard then there is to arrive at life by accident.
How about all those prominent religious people who left their religion and announced their atheism?
This argument is completely...
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Dharma Path: Atheism, what is it really? →
dharmapath:
On Facebook, someone talked about how Atheism wasn’t a religion, and I responded by saying that I believe it is at the very least a belief system.
They responded by saying that Atheism is the absence of a belief. This is how I responded to that:
I don’t think that is how things work. If you…
I see where you’re coming from but your mistake seems to lie in what you...
hey atheists
religiousragings:
destinylovesamerica:
if god isnt real… then who created the universe ;)
If god is real… then who created god ;)
It’s amusing how the religious often respond to this with “Well according to science everything needs a first cause, and something can’t come from nothing, but God exists outside of the laws of science so he doesn’t need a creator”....
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The terrifying consequences of faith-based...
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”(Heb 11:1)
When a religious person sees something as immoral they do not see that as their opinion or their view; they know it to be true. This is what faith is; having knowledge of something without reason or evidence. Through faith many know that homosexuality will cause nothing but suffering to all who choose that...
Unlocking Understanding: WWJD →
thehopefulheathen:
Sometimes, I think back to the days when I was a Christian. This is a very difficult thing to do—not because I regret this time, but because I honestly do not understand how I used to believe what I believed. Trying to make sense of how my brain was working is practically impossible at this point. Once I thought critically about my beliefs, logic took over. It’s like I was...
