A Purpose Driven Murder

Maybe you haven't heard, but the Ugandan newspaper ironically called "Rolling Stone", posted a list of 100 most important homosexuals in that country and incited people to go and "hang them." The writer accused homosexuals in the country of trying to recruit kids to homosexuality, and threatening the "moral frabic" of the country, sounds familiar? Within its content, the publication published their names, their addresses and even their phone numbers so people could find them and kill them. This disgusting publication pretty much sums up the ignorance and intolerance of an uneducated society overdosed on religion thanks to the wonderful work of missionaries around the world. One of those missionaries who's been known to have great influence in Uganda and other African countries, is the best-selling author of a certain book which is probably in 95% of bookshelves in Christian houses, churches and libraries, none other than Rick Warren, author of the book; A Purpose Driven Lie...I mean, Life.

"Muslims killed us on 9/11"

Alright, this is gonna be a short blog commenting on a recent incident involving Bill O'Reilly on the show, The View. It has received quite a lot of news coverage and has generated a bit of controversy. Personally, I think everyone's overreacting, just like Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar. You know it's not going to end well when one of the most conservative "news" show host goes down to visit a bunch of liberal women on their period, oh right!,they are too old for that. Correction! a bunch of liberal women who miss having their period! Anyways, everything was going modestly well, until Bill said the M word!!

If you're an atheist....

In this blog I'll be listing the advantages of being an atheist. I realize not all atheists think the same way, so this will be MY list of what new possibilities opened for me and which important realizations came to me after deciding to become an atheist. It doesn't have to be the same for everybody, that's why this blog will be an invitation for people to submit their own "if you're an atheist...." ideas.

 This is my list:
  

• If you are an atheist, you don't have to submit yourself to unquestionable authorities that brand their mandates as "orders from god."

• If you are an atheist, you are free to think about the world and see it in thousands of different perspectives, and not be bounded by an imposed world-view which threatens you with eternal torture if you ever dare to question it.

Interesting Debates: Ray Comfort Vs. Bruce the Atheist

Ray Comfort and...a guy named Bruce?... had a little street debate on September 11. This guy, Bruce, an atheist who owns a site called Back Yard Skeptics, pretty much OWNED Ray Comfort throughout the entire debate. Ray had a few cheap shots here and there, being as experienced in public speaking as he is, but Bruce moped the floor with him to the point where I wonder if Comfort really believes what he believes or is just fucking with us. Because I think it isn't possible for Ray's mind NOT to realize there's something wrong with his own point of view when he's shown so clearly how his logic, or rather LACK of logic, fails, but keeps arguing and even changes the subject when he's close to defeat. To me, Ray is faking, he's just trying to make ends meet, and by the looks of it, he's getting a lot of money. After all, evangelism is a marketing business now and, like with every other marketing strategy,  if you wanna sell your product, you gotta know how to lie. Click "Read More" to watch the debate.

Atheist Youtuber in trouble for burning the Qu'ran

The title says most of the interesting bits of the news. YouTuber and atheist, casewithscience, was featured in a number of news shows along with his video where he appears smoking both, the Bible and the Qu'ran. Unfortunately for all of us, the controversial video went down with his account when he closed it for yet to be revealed reasons. It is unknown whether casewithscience, whose real name is Alex Stewart, has received death threats from Muslims leading him to close his channel, but what has been known is that he has been suspended from his work at some university. Incredible the power that burning a simple book has on people. Everyone's running scared pissing their pants, afraid that some crazy Muslim will blow them up. Well, if they are so afraid, at least let the real brave citizens exercise their rights, while the cowards hide in their bomb shelters.

Resolución 107 es INCONSTITUCIONAL

En mi país, Puerto Rico, se ha levantado nuevamente un debate sobre matrimonios del mismo sexo. La derecha religiosa del país ha lanzado, por segunda ocasión en los pasados años, un atentado en contra de los derechos de una gran parte de la población, y de nuestra gran Constitución. Para los que no lo sepan, Puerto Rico es un territorio de la nación americana, y como territorio de dicha nación, estamos bajo el dominio de su Constitución. Quiere decir que TODAS las leyes federales que aplican en EE.UU, aplican también para Puerto Rico. Nuestro país tiene también su propia constitución que fue escrita en base a la Constitución norteamericana, y provee y protege los mismos derechos en su Carta de Derechos. Nuestra Constitución, así como la Constitución americana, es un brillante y ejemplar ejemplo de la superioridad de las civilizaciones Occidentales. Sin embargo, las mentalidades retrógradas y teocráticas siguen acechando contra nuestras libertades. Apoyándose en sus creencias privadas para intentar imponer leyes que atentan contra la esencia misma de nuestra Constitución.

The Ground Zero Mosque

This has been a hot topic in the news these past couple of days. The heated debates have plagued numerous news shows and has brought hundreds of angry Americans to the streets of New York with pretty angry protests. It is no surprise one of the reasons this debate has caught so much fire it's because the two most defined and politically involved groups in American politics are, once again, the main protagonists of the debate. At one side, you have the angry conservatives, at the other, you have the perhaps too tolerating liberals. Naturally, liberals are for the building of the "mosque", while conservatives are strictly against it. For those of you living under a rock, there are plans to build a "mosque" two blocks away from ground zero, hence the name "Ground Zero Mosque."
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