A personal story about being a Christian kid
by Makeesha Fisher
Newsletter Archive
Sarah* and her husband both always believed that God was not ok with premarital sex. They grew up in the "purity culture" and believed that sexual pleasure would naturally be a part of a godly marriage if they waited.
In 2012, the internet was abuzz with a bevvy of articles, blog posts and conversations about something new happening in American religion – it was dying. Religious people were horrified and spurred to action. Atheists were calling it a new era of secularism.
When discussing life origins, many theists will say that complexity implies a creator. They will ask how something so complex could happen by accident and use the diversity, variety and complexity of the natural world as a proof for intelligent design.
A personal message from Atheist Republic founder, Armin Navabi: When I was a young Muslim in the Islamic Republic of Iran, I became terrified of hell. I spent years trying to find a way to avoid going there.
In 2012, Greek citizen and scientist Phillipos Loizos created a Facebook page mocking Elder Paisios, the late Greek Orthodox monk seen by many as a prophet. On the Facebook page, he referred to the monk as “Pastistios”, giving a nod to Pastafarianism. He also replaced his face with an image of pastitsio, a Greek beef dish.
One of the most common things we hear from people who visit our Facebook page or website is something along the lines of, "Why do you have to be so offensive?" or "Why can't you just keep your views to yourself and let other people beli
On our Facebook page and website, we often have theists ask how we can possibly find meaning in life without God. We also frequently see questions like, "What is the point of living without an afterlife?".
Religious leaders claim humans can't make good decisions about morality on their own - specifically ethical decisions about personal sexuality.
In the books of Matthew and Mark in the Bible, there is a rather strange story about Jesus having a bit of a conflict with....a fig tree. Figs are yummy and all, but this is pretty extreme. This fig tree didn't have any fruit on it - because it wasn't actually fig season yet - and Jesus was hungry. So what's a hungry god-man to do?
