In 1971, Bangladesh was founded as a secular democracy. The region now known as Bangladesh was an English colonial territory at one time. Religious fantatics have placed demands on the country that their religion be viewed with favor and allowed to determine law. In Bangledesh, that group is currently called Hefajat-e-Islam, a sub-set of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. They teach their radical views to children in schools called medrassas. They often blame liberal bloggers for the ills that have fallen over their communities. Bangladesh is a member of SAARC, a regional treatied paramilitary organization organized to assure the member countries’ security and to enforce trade and trade agreements.

In 1776, the United States was founded as a secular democracy. The region now known as The U.S. was an English colonial territory at one time. Since the 1950s, religious fantatic have placed demands on the country that their religion be viewed with favor and allowed to determine law. In the US, that group is currently called the TEA Party a sub-set of the Republican Party. They teach their radical views to children in schools called “Private schools.” They often blame liberal bloggers for the ills that have fallen over their communities. The U.S. is a member of NATO, a regional treatied paramilitary organization organized to assure the member countries’ security and to enforce trade and trade agreements.

 Don’t tell me it can’t happen here. This is why I need secularism.

Atheist Observation #30

Jesus’ Golden Rule is basically, “If you wouldn’t want somebody else doing it to you, don’t do it to them…”

So why do so many Christians want to impose biblical Sharia on gay people?

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Atheist Observation #29

Being carefully skeptical about things which might potentially be true is preferable to being un-carefully accepting of things which probably are not true…

Of course, what I just said may not be true.

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Eeaarrly Jesus meets Baby Eating Atheist

The more I learn about the history of religion, the more I realize the folowing:
Christianity would not exist without Judaism coming first; but more significantly, ISLAM would not exist without Christianity first.

Atheist Observation 28

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that Femen is being criticized by Muslimahs telling them to basically stop speaking on behalf of all Muslimahs …

When they themselves are apparently speaking on behalf of all Muslimahs?

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Atheist Observation #27

So I was writing a new story the other day, and I described a character as being wrathful and loving and jealous and just …

And then I realized that doesn’t make any freakin’ sense.

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Today I got into a discussion on a friend’s facebook page about the issue of gay marriage. A woman he’s friends with said that God speaks about marriage in terms of accepted norms, and that’s why she has to oppose gay marriage politically. The following is my response:

“Here are a few things Jesus talks about in terms of norms. Banks charging interest - He’s against it. Slavery - he’s not against it. Prostitution - he doesn’t judge it. Drinking - he may or may not do it, but he supports it. Lustful thought - he doesn’t care for it. So according to the bible, Jesus thinks it’s wrong for you to have lustful thoughts about your slave, but it’s okay to pay the slave for sex so long as you don’t pay interest to the bank on the money they loan you. Now have a drink and think about that, Jesus says it’s okay.”

Atheist Observation #26

If you believe in an eternal God who has always existed …

You do not get to use the infinite regress argument to “debunk” the Big Bang.

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