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Religious Fervor: the adult teenage computer game

AwenMan | July 15, 2010

   It has been said that the only difference between a child’s game and an adult’s is the price of their toys. Teenagers play fantasy games on a computer and adults play the fantasy game of religion on the world stage. Shakespeare did after all say that all the world’s a stage, and all the [...]

Why Are Theists Bigoted Atheists?

AwenMan | April 6, 2010

   Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times, in a recent book entitled “I Don’t Believe In Atheists” makes the case that many atheists are not much different then radical fundamentalist theists. He says that those who argue strongest for atheism create idols in their own image. An astute observation but [...]

The Christianity Game: Lions 0 Christians 1

AwenMan | March 31, 2010

   As a fan of Tom Harper’s The Pagan Christ I have nevertheless always held a vacant spot to read a rebuttal by knowledgeable academics just to see what they would say as apologists for Christianity. I just came across such a rebuttal book by S.F. Porter and S.J. Bedard called Unmasking the Pagan Christ. [...]

Are People of Religious Conviction Stupid?

AwenMan | January 27, 2010

Are people of religious conviction stupid? Not at all! They are experiencing a “dumb drop.” A dumb drop is the opposite mind phenomenon of the intelligence spike that idiot savants display. An idiot savant is an imbecile individual (or mentally challenged to be politically correct) of well below normal intelligence level who displays a talent, [...]

How the Christians Stole Christmas

AwenMan | December 15, 2009

Now that the Christmas season is upon us I keep reading stories in newspapers and magazines about what are the poor, neglected atheists to do about feeling left out? What’s the problem? Christmas is the holiday invented by Christians because they felt left out of the popular winter solstice celebrations. It is an indisputable historical [...]

Why Religion

AwenMan | July 4, 2009

Religion is an aspect of the conscious expression of our genetic generated moral code. As social animals we could not exist as such if we were not genetically programmed to be such with an ethical code of conduct. We are pack wolves, not lone coyotes. We cannot access directly in a conscious manner what our [...]