As I’ve said before, I’ve been an atheist ever since I had the abstract thinking skills to form a coherent opinion about it. However, the way my atheism manifests itself has gone through several distinct stages throughout my life — already! (I’m only in my twenties.) As a child, and pretty much up through high [...]
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Coexisting phases of atheism
Posted by NFQ on September 20, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/09/coexisting-phases-of-atheism/
Atheism, plus some other stuff
I support Atheism+. I’m not going to wade too deep into the circumstances surrounding its inception in this post; I just want to explain what I believe this “new wave” of atheism is about, why I am for it, and why I think the outrage against it really needs to stop. Others have done excellent [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 14, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/09/atheism-plus-some-other-stuff/
Prelude to an Atheism+ post
I’m still trying to write my little position statement on Atheism+. As a teaser, here is an editorial-style cartoon by M.J. Shepard, via Friendly Atheist, that I thought was really spot-on. Hopefully I’ll get my act together on this soon and it’ll go up early next week.
Posted by NFQ on September 8, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/09/prelude-to-an-atheism-post/
An interview with yours truly
Guys, guys, guys! Christian pastor and blogger Matt Appling has posted his interview with me over at his site, The Church of No People. If a blog name like that isn’t enough to get you to check it out, please also consider: It’s mostly about my take on being an atheist in a predominantly Christian [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 16, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/an-interview-with-yours-truly/
I’m “hung up on” what’s true
This unfortunate opinion piece was published in today’s New York Times, and given that it made me feel so sad and so nauseated at the same time, I figured it deserved a blogged response. Author Eric Weiner asks, “Americans: Undecided About God?” It would have been more accurate to say, “Eric Weiner: Reluctant to admit [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 10, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/im-hung-up-on-whats-true/
That’s no Jesus fish…
I saw this emblem on the back of a car I was driving behind the other day. I admit I inched up perhaps dangerously close trying to see what exactly it was. It looked at first like a super fancy, swishy sort of Jesus fish, and then I realized: it was a shark! What does [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 8, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/thats-no-jesus-fish/
Well, here’s a great development
Sigh: According to the Vancouver Sun, University of British Columbia researchers conducted a total of six experiments on 350 Americans and 420 UBC students, of varying religions (67% of the Americans were Christian). In one experiment, they presented participants with the story of an “archetypal freerider” who cheats and steals a lot, and asked what [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 5, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/well-heres-a-great-development/
Self-improvement plans
This morning I overheard someone — another graduate student, though one I don’t know personally — talking about how people who don’t worship her god must think that they are the supreme authority on everything and must not recognize their own shortcomings. It was an interesting synchronicity, as I have been thinking about my new [...]
Posted by NFQ on August 31, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/08/self-improvement-plans/
Another patriotic atheist
Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans out there! Given the fact that “godless” is a political insult in the United States, and one recent president actually wasn’t sure if atheists deserved to be counted as citizens, I feel the need to make it especially clear that I love being an American and I care [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 4, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/another-patriotic-atheist/
All of a sudden, there is no god?
This video, which I recently stumbled upon at CollegeHumor.com, did I guess make me chuckle … but only because it’s so uncomfortable and sad that it’s hard to react in any way other than nervous laughter. NSFW warning: some pretty loud cursing follows. I’m so glad I never had to have a confrontation like this [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 2, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/all-of-a-sudden-there-is-no-god/
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