I have very little doubt in the soundness of the logic underlying my decision not to believe in any religion. I have spent a lot of time reading and listening to a variety of people making arguments for belief, and also a variety of atheist arguments to the contrary. The atheist arguments aren’t perfect — [...]
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Religion: the world’s biggest white lie?
Posted by NFQ on January 2, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/01/religion-the-worlds-biggest-white-lie/
Refuting the Abrahamic faiths
Sometimes, I feel sort of guilty for spending as much time on Christianity as I do. I knew that this would happen when I started the blog, because I live in the US and Christianity is the primary form in which I encounter religious belief, and the primary form in which religious zealotry threatens my [...]
Posted by NFQ on June 28, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/06/refuting-the-abrahamic-faiths/
Friday Link Roundup #32
Ray Comfort will be on The Atheist Experience this Sunday. I’ll definitely be watching. Maybe peeking through my fingers, but I’ll be watching. Chuck Colson tells his army of disciples, “This is the time for us to metastasize and impact society!” Like a malignant tumor? (Via.) Lesley Hazleton, working on a biography of Muhammad, gave [...]
Posted by NFQ on March 25, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/03/friday-link-roundup-32/
Friday Link Roundup #31
I still have a few more posts about Bible dealbreakers in the hopper. In the meantime, here are the things I might have blogged about this week but didn’t, thanks to that series. Is Jesus the answer to all of our questions? Roger Ebert blames Middle East cultural norms (read: Islam) for the sexual assault [...]
Posted by NFQ on February 25, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/02/friday-link-roundup-31/
(Belated) Friday Link Roundup #28
Ebonmuse has a very insightful post on privilege, religious and otherwise. The US army is digging itself even deeper into the hole it already fell into with that whole “spiritual fitness” test controversy. Matthew Yglesias (who’s also an atheist, yay!) posted some thoughts about Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Islam, and the future government of Egypt. No [...]
Posted by NFQ on February 5, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/02/belated-friday-link-roundup-28/
Why I don’t write about Islam
It’s a natural consequence of my living in the United States that I write about Christianity more often than any other religion. The majority of religious people I encounter are Christian — and a significant portion of them are trying to push their religion on others using guilt, sheer volume, or even the government — [...]
Posted by NFQ on January 27, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/01/why-i-dont-write-about-islam/
A vicious cycle of modesty
In Saudi Arabia, where the Qur’an is the “constitution” of the country and the government operates according to Sharia, it’s hard to be a woman. Women are forbidden to drive, must get written permission from a male “guardian” before they travel and in some regions before they work, and must always wear the abaya when [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 9, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/12/a-vicious-cycle-of-modesty/
Part of the problem
I noticed this gem at (The Customer Is) Not Always Right, one of many — but one of my favorite — so-awful-it’s-funny anecdote collection websites. From a grocery store in Orlando, Florida: Me: “I hope you’ve found everything to your liking!” Customer: “Oh, thank you, I have! It’s so nice to meet a polite Christian [...]
Posted by NFQ on November 13, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/11/part-of-the-problem/
Friday Link Roundup #19
Fort Worth, TX City Councilman Joel Burns offers a truly touching contribution to the It Gets Better Project — taped during a City Council meeting. Female singers competing on the show Afghan Star must fear for their lives because many Afghans believe their singing is forbidden by Islam and punishable by death. At least there [...]
Posted by NFQ on October 15, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/10/friday-link-roundup-19/
One comic I forgot yesterday…
I can’t believe I had an all-comics Friday Link Roundup and forgot to include this one that’s been making the rounds through the atheist blogosphere. On Sunday, October 3, at least 14 and possibly “upwards of 20″ newspapers chose to run a substitute strip from Wiley Miller’s popular Non Sequitur comic rather than the current [...]
Posted by NFQ on October 9, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/10/one-comic-i-forgot-yesterday/
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