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"jesus was actually a radical Palestinian activist of colour" stop trying to sell Christianity by slapping a progressive coat of paint on it. it's still preaching even if you don't recognise that and think you're just trying to fight back against conservatives or whatever. I promise you ~global christendom~ would not be fucking redeemed if everyone just learned the *true* meaning of his message (but for real this time)
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The billboard, prominently displayed in the bustling downtown business district on Cantonments Road near Osu, Accra, reads: “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone.” It affirms the presence of secular individuals in Ghana and beyond. The display is part of an initiative aimed at fostering awareness, encouraging open dialogue about secularism, and supporting the growing community of freethinkers in the region. It features a photo montage of activities that African Atheists have engaged in, even including a picture of group President Roslyn Mould being interviewed by FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor in FFRF’s studio in the United States.
FFRF continues to be fucking awesome. Solidarity with atheists worldwide!
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atheist here! i have in fact eaten frogs.
Weird questions for atheists 3/?
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USPS Discrimination Against Atheism?
A study by the makers of ATHEIST SHOES
We are ATHEIST SHOES – a cadre of shoemakers & artists in Berlin, Germany, who hand-make ridiculously comfortable, Bauhaus-inspired shoes, for people who don’t believe in god(s). We have lots of customers in the USA, but sometimes the shoes we send them take longer than they should to arrive, or even go missing. And, when some of our customers asked us not to use ATHEIST-branded packing tape on their shipments, we started to wonder if the delays were caused by the US Postal Service taking offence at our overt godlessness…
SO, we launched an experiment…
We sent 178 packages to 89 people, in 49 US states. Each person was sent 2 packages; one sealed with ATHEIST-branded packing tape, the other with neutral tape.
They all left Berlin on November 21st, 2012 and, in theory, the branded and un-branded packages should have travelled at exactly the same speed.*
ATHEIST-branded packages took on average 3 days longer to reach their destinations **
9 ATHEIST packages went missing, and just 1 non-branded
ATHEIST-branded packages were 10 times more likely to disappear***
In Michigan, the ATHEIST package arrived 37 days later
The results demonstrate a significant bias, in quality of shipping, against ATHEIST-branded packages…
Having run a series of control tests in Germany and Europe, which demonstrate no such bias, the problem appears to lie in the USA and is likely explained by the differential handling of packages by the employees of the US Postal Service. Interestingly, this seems to be a national problem – traditionally less religious and more liberal states also saw high levels of delay and disappearance. Sadly, many of our customers who took part in this experiment were not surprised by our findings, even though tampering with post is a Federal Offence.
EPILOGUE
We’re no longer using ATHEIST packing-tape on our shipments to the USA and delivery times are already improving – so, please order with confidence, our godless American friends!
*all packages left Berlin via Deutsch Post at the same time on 21.11.12 and were transported to the USA, where they were handed over to the care of USPS for final delivery.
**3.03 days. One sample [illegible] t-test was significant [illegible numbers]. Also [illegible], as data was clumped toards y-axis [illegible] but this was also significant [illegible numbers]
***9.96 times more likely to disappear. [illegible numbers]. [illegible] 2-sided t-test [illegible numbers] 4 participants did not get back to us with their [illegible] and so were not included in the analysis.
Mod note: the American Humanist Association experienced a similar issue with FedEx, where one of their packages was vandalized when someone wrote "God rules" and drew a cross on the box.
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USPS Discrimination Against Atheism?
A study by the makers of ATHEIST SHOES
We are ATHEIST SHOES – a cadre of shoemakers & artists in Berlin, Germany, who hand-make ridiculously comfortable, Bauhaus-inspired shoes, for people who don’t believe in god(s). We have lots of customers in the USA, but sometimes the shoes we send them take longer than they should to arrive, or even go missing. And, when some of our customers asked us not to use ATHEIST-branded packing tape on their shipments, we started to wonder if the delays were caused by the US Postal Service taking offence at our overt godlessness…
SO, we launched an experiment…
We sent 178 packages to 89 people, in 49 US states. Each person was sent 2 packages; one sealed with ATHEIST-branded packing tape, the other with neutral tape.
They all left Berlin on November 21st, 2012 and, in theory, the branded and un-branded packages should have travelled at exactly the same speed.*
ATHEIST-branded packages took on average 3 days longer to reach their destinations **
9 ATHEIST packages went missing, and just 1 non-branded
ATHEIST-branded packages were 10 times more likely to disappear***
In Michigan, the ATHEIST package arrived 37 days later
The results demonstrate a significant bias, in quality of shipping, against ATHEIST-branded packages…
Having run a series of control tests in Germany and Europe, which demonstrate no such bias, the problem appears to lie in the USA and is likely explained by the differential handling of packages by the employees of the US Postal Service. Interestingly, this seems to be a national problem – traditionally less religious and more liberal states also saw high levels of delay and disappearance. Sadly, many of our customers who took part in this experiment were not surprised by our findings, even though tampering with post is a Federal Offence.
EPILOGUE
We’re no longer using ATHEIST packing-tape on our shipments to the USA and delivery times are already improving – so, please order with confidence, our godless American friends!
*all packages left Berlin via Deutsch Post at the same time on 21.11.12 and were transported to the USA, where they were handed over to the care of USPS for final delivery.
**3.03 days. One sample [illegible] t-test was significant [illegible numbers]. Also [illegible], as data was clumped toards y-axis [illegible] but this was also significant [illegible numbers]
***9.96 times more likely to disappear. [illegible numbers]. [illegible] 2-sided t-test [illegible numbers] 4 participants did not get back to us with their [illegible] and so were not included in the analysis.
Mod note: the American Humanist Association experienced a similar issue with FedEx, where one of their packages was vandalized when someone wrote "God rules" and drew a cross on the box.
#atheism#atheist shoes#discrimination#religious discrimination#anti-atheism#anti-atheist discrimination#mail tampering#is a federal offense!#mod note: this story has lived rent-free in my brain since I heard about it & I had to turn it into a post#bigots can be dangerous but sometimes. they get mad at the mail#Apologies for the notes at the bottom! I did my best with transcribing them#atheophobia
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Famous Atheists
Ernst Abbe (1840-1905)
Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he laid the foundation of modern optics. Abbe developed numerous optical instruments.
By a generous scheme of profit-sharing he virtually handed over his business to the workers.
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Joseph McCabe (1945). A Biographical Dictionary of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Freethinkers. Haldeman-Julius Publications. Retrieved 7 April 2013
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Masterpost of Ex-Muslim Resources
Dare to Doubt
Free Hearts Free Minds (provides mental health support to ex muslims in muslim majority countries)
Secular Therapy
Sabatina EV (an ex-muslim organisation in Germany)
Ex Muslims of North America
The Ex-Muslim: The premier destination for Ex-Muslim commentary
Exmuslims of India (ExMIN)
Council of Ex Muslims of Britain
Committee to protect Muslims and Ex-Muslims (CPME)
Atheist Republic
Faith to Faithless
Faithless Hijabi (for ex-muslim women)
Books
Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam - Yasmine Mohammed
Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam - Simon Cottee
Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out - Ibn Warraq
Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Understanding Muhammed and Muslims - Ali Sina
Youtube Channels
Ex Muslims of North America
Mimzy Vidz
Apostate Prophet
Infidel Noodle
Hassan Radwan
Sherif Gaber
The Ex-Muslim
Exmuslim Scandinavia
Ex-Muslims of Norway
ExMuslim TV
Some info about islam, muslims, and ex-muslims
How to help ex-muslims
Misogyny in Islam
Homophobia in Islam
More Muslims are leaving Islam
Hijab is not empowering
Forced Hijab
How to take off your hijab
Muslim beliefs
Muslim extremism
How to survive Ramadan
Tips for ex muslims on social media
How Islam views non-muslims
Iran’s secular shift
This is all I could find for now. If you know of any more resources, please let me know and I will add them to this post
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quitmormon.com (a pro-bono legal team that helps people resign from the church) is fundraising to get a full-time paid lawyer and provide free mental health services to people leaving mormonism (especially LGBTQ+ people and our allies)
link to send support:
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Weird questions for atheists (2/?)
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To be purely secular requires practice and attention. A surprising moment like a sneeze [e.g., “Bless you!”] can demand an improvised response. Bodies and their habits can betray secular people like me who are not properly trained.
Late one evening at the same conference in Amherst, I spent a couple of hours at a bar with the conference organizers and some of the older student leaders who were also graduate students. We had drunk enough that we were in our feelings, so to speak, and we were talking about the experience of being an outsider, which all of us shared. A secular humanist conference in a suburb of Buffalo is, after all, probably not where people who grew up fitting in are likely to find themselves.
Dan, a former Christian and a leader of a secular student group in Illinois, tried to express to us how fortunate he felt to have a college degree and be in graduate school despite having grown up very poor.
He stumbled over his words on his first attempt, and then he did so again. Watching his mouth pantomime a word, I suddenly realized what Dan was avoiding: he wanted to tell us that he felt "blessed." I spoke up and said that it can be hard to find secular words for how we feel when we speak a language and live in a culture that are so thoroughly organized around Christianity. Everyone agreed. But when I suggested that this Christian saturation makes it acceptable to use Christian language sometimes, my sense was that no one else felt comfortable using the b-word.
—Joseph Blankholm, The Secular Paradox: On the Religiosity of the Not Religious
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The Right to Non-Christian Secularity
About ten days ago, I wrote a series of posts regarding the difficulties Jews and people of other minority faiths encounter in western society when it comes to having our holidays respected and recognized. I got a lot of feedback from Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Jains, etc. echoing my sentiments (some of which was absolutely heartbreaking), and I have additionally seen a variety of other posts on the matter that underline my point. When reading all of the notes and comments relevant to these posts, I noticed a very similar theme reappearing time after time:
“I didn’t take off for X holiday because I’m not that religious, but the scheduling was very inconvenient for my more observant friend or family member.”
Indeed, I had previously quoted former MLB player Gabe Kapler, who once made the justification to play baseball on Yom Kippur by saying:
“I am not really a practicing Jew. It would be selfish to be a practicing Jew on only one day.”
It would seem that many people have been led to believe that observing a Jewish or Muslim or Hindu holiday is cheating unless you are sincerely devout.
Well, I have a special message for those people:
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO NON-CHRISTIAN SECULAR OBSERVANCES
This is important, so I’m going to say it again:
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO NON-CHRISTIAN SECULAR OBSERVANCES
Think of all the times you have been chided by secular Christian friends for not celebrating Christmas.
“It’s not really even a religious holiday anymore,” people will tell you. “It’s just a nice time for families to get together and celebrate.”
Well, guess what? So is Rosh Hashanah. So is Eid. So is Diwali.
A secular Jew might not want to go to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to fly home for Rosh Hashanah dinner to be with their family.
A non-practicing Muslim may have lost interest in regular religious practices, but that doesn’t mean they don’t still look forward to Eid celebrations.
A lapsed Hindu can still have fond memories of celebrating Diwali as a youth, and want to continue on with their family traditions.
There is no written rule that says only people from Christian backgrounds can be non-religious and still celebrate their cultural holidays. There is no law that says only Christmas and Easter can be boiled down to family dinners and fun festivities.
BEING A SECULAR PERSON FROM A MINORITY FAITH DOES NOT INVALIDATE YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR OWN CULTURAL BACKGROUND.
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t prayed in years or don’t believe in God. If you want a day off for your holiday, take it. No matter what, it’s still yours.
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Atheists don’t need a reason for why we don’t want to be called “cultural Christians” the fact that we don’t want to be called that is reason enough! When it comes to every other group on this site they are allowed to identify however they want and outsiders don’t get to define them but when it comes to atheists who are ex Christian that rules doesn’t apply for some reason!!! Fuck that!!
Anywhere outside of this site, "cultural Christian" is a *self-identifier* used by people who don't identify as Christian but still feel a connection to the Christian culture they were raised in.
And people try to justify calling individuals "cultural Christians" with "oh, well I don't mean you're ACTUALLY a Christian, I just mean you need to acknowledge that Christianity has influenced your culture and so you need to unpack some of your beliefs!"
Which is true! But it's true of EVERYONE. So if you wouldn't feel comfortable calling an American Jew or Muslim a 'cultural Christian', maybe YOU should unpack why you think atheists are uniquely vulnerable to social influence and therefore subject to being forcibly identified by a religion they've explicitly rejected.
#mod reblogs#apologies for all the posts abt this specific topic! normal vidposting will resume soon#QQ
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#mod reblogs#genuinely and from the bottom of my heart: what the FUCK#never been gladder i wasn't raised religious in my life#QQ
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It's tough to be a black atheist. Derek's experiences and feelings are very common, especially among black ex-christians.
While these hosts don't really seem to grok the historical weight behind black christendom, I love that they ask questions about how to be better allies and provide community resources.
Unfortunately, the Black Freethinkers group no longer seems to exist, and the Crommunist Manifesto is no longer being updated. Black Nonbelievers is the current largest organization I could find focusing on black atheists.
#bipoc voices#atheist experiences#atheism#youtube#vid recs#the atheist experience#black atheists#black non believers#Youtube
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Similarities between being aro/ace and being an atheist:
Huge contingent of people who don’t believe we’re marginalized and don’t belong with the rest of the [queer community/religious minorities]
“But [religion/sex] is what makes us human!”
“It’s so sad that you’re missing out on so much :(”
“Oh, is it because you were traumatized?”
“So you’re basically [Christian/cishet] right?”
“Passing privilege” aka “You can’t be readily identified as “other” so you must not face any systemic discrimination and if you do try to talk about discrimination you’ve experienced then you’re just playing Oppression Olympics”
Other [atheists/aspecs] playing respectability politics and throwing the rest of us under the bus (”Oh I’m not one of Those [angry bitter atheists/prudish celibate aces], I love [religion/having sex]”)
Online communities got absolutely destroyed in the 2010s to the point where it’s still hard to find decent ones
Heavily stereotyped based on internet depictions that have little in common with the actual communities
“This is a white person thing”
“This is just a rebellious phase, you’ll grow out of it”
The dawning realization that media didn’t make that up and people actually do [believe/feel] that
Lateral aggression exists from other marginalized groups via [anti-atheist sentiment from religious people/amatonormativity from queer people] but nobody ever wants to address that
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