By Dave Hitt on Oct 24, 2008 in Atheism, Religion, Things Atheists Didn't Do | 120 Comments
Here’s a list of things atheists didn’t do over the past month or so. An Atheist did not set fire to his 11 year old niece for wearing lipstick. She has burns over 90% of her body and is not expected to survive. No atheist decreed it was OK to kill the owners of Satellite […]
By Dave Hitt on Sep 16, 2008 in Atheism | 0 Comments
I recently signed up as a writer for Ask The Atheists, a place for theists and non-theists to discuss the issue like grownups. Rather than use my moniker “Hittman,” I decided to use you real name to give my replies the appearance of credibility. Most of the answers given by most of the writers are […]
By Dave Hitt on Sep 11, 2008 in Amusing, Atheism | 0 Comments
I like to buy from sites that feature lots of customer reviews. It’s one of the reasons I buy most of my electronic stuff from NewEgg. (The other reasons: their selection is great, their pricing is excellent and their shipping is amazing. Hint: pick the very cheapest shipping, and it still usually arrives the next […]
By Dave Hitt on Sep 7, 2008 in Atheism, Pop Culture | 2 Comments
I was sitting in downtown Atlanta, having a smoke and watching the people go by. This was even more interesting than usual, because it was the middle of DragonCon and quite a few people were in costume. A man and his daughter walked by wearing this t-shirt: …which looked much better in real life than […]
By Dave Hitt on Aug 16, 2008 in Atheism, Religion | 9 Comments
In this article a fundy evangelist expresses the fear that Atheists are coming after his children. There’s no place on the site to add a comment, so I’ll do it here. You think we want to convert your kids to atheism? Are you that afraid of us? Well, guess what, Sparky . . . you’re […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 29, 2008 in Atheism | 1 Comment
By Dave Hitt on Jun 19, 2008 in Atheism, Religion | 34 Comments
According to this article by Professor Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, the smarter a person is, the less likely they are to believe in a god Lynn makes quite a few assumptions in his paper, which compares belief among academics to the general population. The idea that academics are smarter than […]