In the latest issue of TIME Magazine there was a poll taken of "evangelicals" to see how they will vote in the upcoming November election.
The one thing that REALLY jumped out at me were the following poll results:
The question: Would you consider voting for a candidate with different positions from your own on...
U.S. Policy toward Iraq: 20% No
Abortion: 30% No
I suppose the best way to start this blog is with a definition of "Faith" from Webster Dictionary. It reads:
(1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof.
Cutting to the chase: I am an atheist who is tired of religious people feeling like they have some sort of God-given right to rule over my life.
if you have 10 minutes, or are narrow-minded because of the Bible, please read this.
Analyzing the Bible: Textual Interpretations on Homosexuality
Thanks God! Myanmar Cyclone: Up to 100,000 DEAD!?!?
This is a Tragedy of Unfathomable Proportions
Some news sources did not air or print Obama's entire comment, but according to the Huffington Post and CNN.com, here's what he said:
"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. ...
I agree that there should be respect in this world for varying viewpoints and lifestyles. Unfortunately, the vast majority of wars have come due to religious reasons or radical doctrine that truly resembles religious blind faith. Additionally, I believe that all too often people get an easy pass for what they say and do because they can fall back on "religious respect."
So today I celebrated Passover at a Jewish friend's house near where I used to live when I attended high school. Now, I am not Jewish, or religious in any respect for that matter. In fact, in the last two years of my life I have become agnostic and nearly atheist. However, I think you would have to be rather cocky in order to proclaim a 100% confidence in atheism.
Praying in a Vacuum: Oil for Sinning
If we are a “Christian nation”
Lifeblood in Persian Gulf soil
Should not the population
Be warned that Heaven runs on oil?
From the ground gargles up an answer
Of liquid gold and mud
It pumps and it courses
And through pipelines it does trudge
The steady marching rhythm
Of our misguided grudge
We’ve come uninvited
