greta christina: william lane craig defends genocide and infanticide

on alternet:

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why did this story not make headlines?

in a recent post on his reasonable faith site, famed christian apologist and debater william lane craig published an explanation for why the genocide and infanticide ordered by god against the canaanites in the old testament was morally defensible. for god, at any rate -- and for people following god's orders. short version: when guilty people got killed, they deserved it because they were guilty and bad... and when innocent people got killed, even when innocent babies were killed, they went to heaven, and it was all hunky dory in the end.

no, really.

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read on...

is this the yuletide?

is this the yuletide?
it's such a mystery
will i be denied
or will there be gifts for me?

written by tim walters and steve rosenthal.

via greta christina

greta christina is angry

and here's why:

'i want to talk about atheists and anger.

this has been a hard piece to write, and it may be a hard one to read. i'm not going to be as polite and good-tempered as i usually am in this blog; this piece is about anger, and for once i'm going to fucking well let myself be angry.

but i think it's important. one of the most common criticisms lobbed at the newly-vocal atheist community is, "why do you have to be so angry?" so i want to talk about:

1. why atheists are angry;

2. why our anger is valid, valuable, and necessary;

and 3. why it's completely fucked-up to try to take our anger away from us.'

read on...

greta christina on atheism and sexuality

i'm about halfway through this. it's long but highly interesting.
from the video description:

'the sexual morality of traditional religion tends to be based, not on solid ethical principles, but on a set of taboos about what kinds of sex god does and doesn't want people to have. and while the sex-positive community offers a more thoughtful view of sexual morality, it still often frames sexuality as positive by seeing it as a spiritual experience. what are some atheist alternatives to these views? how can atheists view sexual ethics without a belief in god? and how can atheists view sexual transcendence without a belief in the supernatural?'



via pharyngula