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Hooker Hunting in God's Country

By Sarah Braasch
[Editor’s Note: Please welcome Sarah Braasch back to Daylight Atheism for her second guest post! You can read Sarah’s bio from a post last month.]
A few months ago, through some…

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Ask Richard: Advice from an Atheist

The other day, at the end of his post about Billy Graham’s advice column on the “ rise of atheism,” Hemant made this remark:

We need a syndicated atheist advice columnist. I nominate Richard…

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Star Trek Made Him an Atheist

I never got into the whole science-fiction genre.

Fell asleep through Lord of the Rings (friends made me watch the Extended Editions).

Never understood the appeal of Star Wars (the first one I…

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An Alternative Scenario for the Tarot Cards Story

I was clearly being insensitive with this posting from yesterday. I didn’t mean to come off that way and I apologize for it.

The situation in that posting was that young teenage girls were duped…

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What Are Your Atheist Dating Stories?

At the SSA conference in August, I plan to give a talk on Atheism and Dating.

Specifically, I’d like to discuss whether an atheist and theist couple can make things work. Should they consider…

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Finally, Pareidolia We Can Get On Board With

Just think of what you’ve been missing by eating fruit without looking for a sign!

(Thanks to Reed for the link!)

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A Survival Story with a Logical Survivor

Reader Shawn sent me this article after he noticed a couple interesting lines.

The setup: Juliane Koepcke is getting aboard a flight with her mother on Christmas Eve in 1971:

The flight…

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June Wrap-Up

Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…

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June Wrap-Up

Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…

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June Wrap-Up

Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…

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Tarot Cards Tricked Them…

Usually, when I hear about someone getting duped into giving tons of money to a Tarot card reader or a “psychic,” I don’t feel all that bad for them. Yes, they were taken advantage of, but they were…

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Guns and God

You may have heard about the Kentucky pastor who urged his congregation to bring their (unloaded) guns to church last weekend.

What did that pastor’s sermon sound like?

David Martin offers…

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Christianity : Atheism :: 8th Grade : 9th Grade

Godless Girl left Christianity to become an atheist. She sees her transition as analogous to that between the end of middle school and the beginning of high school:

For me, leaving…

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The Magic of Purity Rings

Ohh… so *this* is how purity rings work:

(via SMBC — Thanks to Aaron for the link!)

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Eliminating the Faith-Healing Exemptions in Wisconsin

After several unfortunate child deaths due to negligent parents who turned to God instead of doctors, Wisconsin legislators are trying to do something about it.

Wisconsin, incidentally, is the…