It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

I can’t watch the news anymore. I just don’t know what to believe. It seems that all of it is some form of propaganda, left-wing or right-wing sputtering from not just politicians and administration officials (I know, that’s redundant) but the people reporting the so-called news as well. People I used to like watching, thinking they were a refreshing break from the nonsense of the day, appear more and more to me as just paid political hacks trying to gaslight the public into believing whatever it is they’re pushing at the moment (war, economy, etc.). I mean, I’m okay with people being upfront as to their opinions. I watch a variety of videos online that will take different positions on a topic. Like the Iran war, for instance.

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What We Don’t Know, Can’t Hurt Us

Occasionally, I’m asked why I focus my religion-oriented writing toward Christianity. Do I have a specific animus towards Christians or their beliefs? Well, no to both. It’s really very simple: Christianity is the religion I came from and it’s the largest identified religion in the United States. By identified, I mean, most Americans identify as Christian, whether they actually practice it or not.

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It’s Okay to Criticize Islam

 

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One thing I hear from Christians more often than anything else is why atheists always seem to focus on their religious belief and not others, particularly Islam. First, at least in the West, Christianity is the dominant religious belief and in the U.S. alone, some 71% identify with the Christian belief. That doesn’t mean that those same people are actual practicing Christians, it’s just that at least here,  the influence of Christianity vastly outweighs that of any other religious belief.

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Atheists and Islam

 

islamPeople always ask why atheists concentrate so much on Christianity and not on any other religion; notably Islam. I’ve been considering writing on Islam, and it’s not that I have a fear of offending anyone, it’s just a question, for me, of how to present it properly; to give as an objective view as I’m able. Continue reading