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Positive Atheism is for atheists. Here we learn of the joys and hardships of being truthful about our own religion. We study our heritage as unbelievers, often finding that atheism is no big deal. Still, there exists a class of meddlers who seem unwilling to resist any opportunity to “tell those atheists a thing or two!”

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I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive:

     You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil—you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself.

     –Dan Barker, from his book, Losing Faith in Faith

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God is a Fraud!

 

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STOP the takeover of the educational and community radio bandwidths by the essentially commercial (read: “greedy”) Fundamentalist and Evangelical Christian organizations!
The Evangelical Christians are the only organized religious groups actively usurping what was once strictly for the people, hijacking it unto their own profit-making needs greeds.

 
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