Quick Quote From Hume

I’m currently re-reading Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding for one of my classes and I just wanted to leave you with this quote – do with it what you will: It cannot be doubted, that the mind is endowed with several powers and faculties, that these powers are distinct from each other, that what is really distinct [...]

“Living a Lie? Are Atheists Building a Worldview on Christian Principles?”: A Rejoinder

Warning: I actually cuss in this post (which, you know, I do all the time – just not usually when I’m writing)…so be ye warned… Also, I don’t apologize for the superfluous amount of rhetoric that I used. – Son of a bitch! I’m really tired of these types of arguments. The claim that atheists [...]

“Remember the love bit.”

Of the few readers that I have, the majority of them will undoubtedly know that I have quite a profound admiration for Christopher Hitchens. While he was not instrumental in shaping the philosophical beliefs that I currently adhere to, he was the greatest influence during my de-conversion process. I will forever regret the fact that [...]

A Free Pass for the Religious (read: Christian)

I’ll say right now that this post will be more pointed towards Christians specifically; this is done on purpose. I’ve always been bothered by the fact that there are many legal exclusionary provisions that allows owners of private businesses to discriminate against who they can hire based on anything other than necessary qualification. Most notably, [...]

Indonesian Atheist Faces Jailtime

As numerous news sources are now reporting, an Indonesian atheist could be sentenced up to 5 years jail time for simply being atheist. Here’s an excerpt from an article found in the Telegraph: The atheist identified as Alexander, who goes by just one name [The BBC reports that his full name is Alexander Aan], now faces five years [...]