We all have to decide if and/or how to engage with people who level accusations against us, call us names, criticize our choices or intentions, etc., and not just as it relates to atheism. The members of Atheist Republic are no different, and we thought a recent exchange was an example worthy of a discussion.
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A reader sent us this story in response to our newsletter “Personal pathways to atheism.” We enjoy reading these personal accounts of people’s journeys and wanted to share this one with you. For reasons you will come to understand, this member of our community wishes to remain anonymous.
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There are two main reasons to sustain an external religious behavior that isn’t the same as the internal belief. One is monetary, the other is relational. Sometimes, the monetary reason is exploitative greed and the person fakes it all along.
Atheist Republic recently released its first book, Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God, by Armin Navabi. With everything AR releases to the public, we expect negative reactions.
Since starting these newsletters, we have received so many great responses from people all over the world. Atheist Republic is not a single individual or even a group, it is a community of atheists, it is you!
Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a megachurch in Houston, Texas. It is the largest congregation in the United States, averaging more than 43,500 in attendance per week.
Where did god come from? To Atheist Republic contributor Dean Van Drasek, the answer is simple: a dream, a lie, and an explanation.
Not long ago, but when the world was still quite young, a pretty girl named Atok lived in an earthen shelter with her family. Day after day, she would get out of bed, eat, help her mother clean, cook, and take care of her brothers and sisters and then go back to bed when the sun went down.
Cartoon by Dresden Codak
