Claim: “Atheism is a new Religion”
Article in Dawn claims that Atheism is a religion. With such a click-bait headline I could not resist diving in to demolish it.
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Claim: Atheism leaves only an empty feeling
Generally when faced with various religious claims my best play is to perhaps simply roll my eyes and move on. Occasionally however I might be sufficiently provoked to wade in. Today’s offering concerns an opinion piece within The Catholic Register titled “Atheism leaves only an empty feeling“. The quick summary of the article is this … Read more Claim: Atheism leaves only an empty feeling
Skyrocketing Atheism Seen Among America’s Teens
The source for Today’s news comes, not from an impartial poll, but rather is sourced from a poll by Barna, an evangelical Christian polling firm based in Ventura, California. To be honest, given their specific bias, I’d be inclined to take any polling results they might advance on any topic, no matter how much I … Read more Skyrocketing Atheism Seen Among America’s Teens
Disbelieving Myths to be made illegal in Egypt
Atheism in Egypt is back in the news. The correct term to describe a person who does not believe that a god or gods exist is the word “Atheist”. If you are not sure about that, and many of those that do believe do actually reject it as the correct word, then simply google the … Read more Disbelieving Myths to be made illegal in Egypt
Study Claims Atheists are more close-minded than religious people
There is a recent study that claims that their results reveal that the non-religious are more close-minded than the religious. This perhaps merits a quick peek to see what is going on here. Having been a religious person who grew into a non-religious person I have the distinct benefit of seeing the view from both sides … Read more Study Claims Atheists are more close-minded than religious people
How many people actually believe in God?
Belief in God sounds like a simple question to address, and is one that you would expect is well understood. Simply conduct a poll, and if concerned about people being pressured by friends or relatives, then make it anonymous. That should yield a reasonable answer … right? There are of course polls like this that are run on a … Read more How many people actually believe in God?