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Anonnie Mouse
Raising ethical, moral, curious kids without religion since 1991!
Raise your hand if you understand that natural processes are nothing like building human made objects?
And that universes don't need architects in the same way that buildings do.
15 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoWhat is the "overwhelming scientific evidence" that a god exists?
Just saw this claim made, and I'd like to see it.
(suggested category, mythology and folklore...)
15 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoOkay, R&S, fess up. How many of you have in fact...?
..ordered hookers from the spambot?
4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoIf they could speak for themselves today, what would Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings say about?
.. being baptized and married posthumously by the mormon church?
8 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoWhich god-gap do you think science will close next?
BQ: How far away will those goal posts be moved once it happens?
11 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoIf certain branches of science confuse a person, does that mean a particular deity exists?
Such as, say, geology, physics or evolution.
4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoIf I express substantial doubt about the existence of a particular deity, does that mean I hate the deity?
Do religious people hate all the deities in which they do not believe? Is that why they accuse atheists of hating theirs?
7 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoIs it unfair or unreasonable to hold actions of the past to the morality standards of today?
Esp. when it comes to religious institutions and/or governments?
For example, people who are LGBT used to be locked up in institutions, drugged, shocked and lobotomized. The catholic church used to drug young single mothers and steal their babies. Both of these practices were still in play until roughly 20-30 years ago in developed nations. Is it unfair to judge those behaviors according to the morality standards of present day? Is historical context really applicable to excuse these behaviors and others like them in such situations, or is it only valuable in understanding how not to repeat the past?
Do people or institutions get a free pass on atrocities just because they were products of their time?
7 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoIf someone thinks they are doing the right thing, does that excuse them from doing the wrong thing?
Especially considering if the wrong thing they do is harmful to others?
16 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoIf a secular adoption agency drugged young women and stole their babies, would they still be in business?
BQ: Would people still support that agency both financially and as a source of morality world wide?
7 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoWhat would you say about an institution which actively prohibited birth control, then..?
.. drugged, coerced, tricked and humiliated girls and women into giving their babies up for adoption for at least 40 straight years?
2 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoMaybe it's not a good idea for religious institutions to get into the adoption business after all?
http://news.yahoo.com/forced-adoptions-for-unwed-m...
Is this yet another modern day example of religion imposing its tenets upon others, meaning women and children, and violating their basic civil rights in the process?
2 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoCan truth exist without facts?
I have heard some people claim to know truth, and yet admit they do not posses facts. How is this possible?
14 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoChristians: If a science teacher teaches Hindu creation myths as fact in science class...?
.. in a public school, and refuses to stop, should they keep their job?
If they are fired, is this evidence that their religion is being persecuted?
6 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoChristians, how would you feel if Pagans got together and decided the US was a pagan nation?
And started trying to legislate Pagan beliefs into law?
Would you still argue in favor of teaching religious myths in public school, would you still argue that religious institutions should have ample sway over politics?
11 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoIf US atheists really hated christians, wouldn't we be trying to deny you your basic civil rights?
To things like employment, education, marriage and adoption, instead of simply asking you to respect, follow and uphold the Constitution?
17 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoIsn't saying OMG really using a god's title in vain, and not his name?
Seeing as how every deity has a name, and none of them are named god?
7 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years agoConservative christians, why do you want to punish female people for having vajayjays and using them?
Be honest. Isn't that what the whole abortion and birth control debate is really about?
5 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago