“But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his bestial ignorance and obedience; he emancipates him, stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in urging him to disobey and eat of the fruit of knowledge.”
~ Mikhail Bakunin~
A fantastic discussion about the meaning of life. It says, in better words, what I’ve attempted to get across on this site about the meaning of life as an atheist. Worth listening to, especially if you struggle with this issue.
During my deconversion process I came to realize how much cherry picking Christianity does with the bible. I had a new awareness of how Christians explain away the distasteful things in the bible while embracing the things they like. I came across this article today that does a good job of explaining how this process works that I thought might be enlightening for some of my readers.
Cherry Picking the Bible: A Perplexing Phenomenon
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Sam Harris has a new book out and I’m definitely going to read it. Anyone want to join me?
You can read Chapter One here:
I’d love if some of you wanted to join me in reading this and we could discuss it.
[Edit: Looks like it’s being released on Sept. 9th so we’ll have to wait until then to get it.]
Happy reading!
“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.”
~ Victor Hugo ~
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Came across this great video from the British Humanist Association and narrated by Stephen Fry:
It looks like the British Humanist Association has some great videos on their youtube channel including other ones like this one which are narrated by Stephen Fry. Check out their youtube channel here. They also have a Facebook page which looks like it’s worth following. And here is the link for their main website.
Enjoy!
No one saves us but ourselves.
No one can and no one may.
We ourselves must walk the path.
~ Buddha ~
This is how I feel after deconverting from Christianity. Once I got past the struggle and walked into my new life as an atheist, it truly felt like I’d been given wings. 
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