The Atheist Next Door

Just A Theory

theskepticnextdoor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:39:44 +0000

Peanut Butter the Atheist’s Nightmare?

theskepticnextdoor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:36:10 +0000

I can never decide if these sort of videos are made by idiots or people that know what they are producing is wrong.

Missionary Rap

theskepticnextdoor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:50:39 +0000

Why don’t these two ever ring my doorbell.

World: Held by the Taliban

theskepticnextdoor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:46:50 +0000

Jesus Is The Best

theskepticnextdoor — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:18:11 +0000

I have been driving around Georgia the past few days. The radio stations here are interesting. From religious radio I learned:

Jesus is better than all the rest,

cause only he cheated death.

Ok, not really a quote, but the minister was arguing that Buddha, and Mohammad, and Joseph Smith were all dead and in their graves. If you are really interested in eternal life, then you have to put your trust in Jesus. Only he rose from the grave.

In other words zombies rule.

Julia Sweeney on Deepak Chopra

theskepticnextdoor — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:54:21 +0000

Without God would there be no love? In my confusion I found someone who made it clear. Someone who had thought about this topic a lot. Now at this point I knew a little bit of science but not a lot, and that made me the perfect candidate for Deepak Chopra.

Julia Sweeney, Letting Go of God

I have tried listening to one of his audio books several times, but I have never been able to stand it for more than 15 minutes.

I was so intrigued with this quantum mechanics that Deepak refers to over and over and over again in his books, that I decided to take a class in it.

And what I found is-Deepak Chopra is full of shit!

Julia Sweeney, Letting Go of God

Delightfully succinct.

The Bible Is Just A Book

theskepticnextdoor — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:41:40 +0000

At a recent atheist meetup the discussion turned to inconsistencies in the bible. The ex-christians got into the minutia of various passages and had a great time debating and pointing out problems.

As typically happens my eyes glaze over. To me such discussions sound like:

Here it claims the fish are red, but then says they are blue.

Yes, but do the fish have stars or cars?

No, no, there is only one fish not two!

OK, maybe not exactly like that but close. Since I have never been a believer, to me the bible is just a collection of fables. Very few people would discuss other books in such a way. It is a collection of stories written by different anonymous authors so it is unsurprising that there are inconsistencies.

I react the same way to front door proselytizers who quote bible verses to defend their position. They could be quoting from little red riding hood for all I care. The book may be meaningful for them but not at all for me.

Perhaps I will have to try reading a bit of the bible again. You never know, maybe next time we will be discussing whether the ham is green or just the eggs.

Life Without Religion

theskepticnextdoor — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:55:39 +0000

I really wish I wasn’t an atheist. It would be totally necessary if we lived in a culture like the Piraha.

Tell me again why misionary work is good!

[via GrrlMeetsWorld]

The Old Testament

theskepticnextdoor — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:02:11 +0000

The Jewish people gave the Christians the old testament. Unfortunately, some Christians never got the joke.

List of Christian Evangelist Scandals

theskepticnextdoor — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:06:49 +0000

I Love Wikipedia!

List of Christian evangelist scandals.