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Milcom MiasmaSeer Stone... Got it. 😉 Ordinarily I don't do formal book reviews but since they left it in the hotel room for me to read...<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookOfMormon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheism</a>

🌈 ☯️Teresita🐧👭<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheism</a> #21

Mx. Luna CorbdenThis is a long way to say: If you don't understand the effects of cognitive dissonance, and don't unpack your own internal contradictions, you can be more easily manipulated into behaviors and beliefs you would not *consciously* agree with.If you like free agency and are a big fan of free will, this is the sort of thing you need to work on.<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/theism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theism</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exvangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exvangelical</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exvie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exvie</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exmormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exmormon</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exmo</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ReligiousTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReligiousTrauma</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AbuseCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseCulture</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenTheological concepts like "The Problem of Evil" aren't just atheist gotchas. The contradictions within certain theologies can exist unawares within the minds of believers, causing dissonance that comes out in ways that perpetuate and allow harms to continue.For instance, even if a Christian believer has not consciously considered the Problem of Evil, they will still feel this contradiction whenever it is encountered:1. God is good. 2. God is omnipotent. 3. God allows evil to exist.They will have many sideways methods of resolving this discomfort, which will vary from person to person and from situation to situation.They may, for instance, lean on Just World views (the feeling that the world is automatically fair and so if someone is disadvantaged they must have done something to deserve it) when it comes to LGBTQ issues. God is good, and omnipotent, so if a queer person is suffering, it isn't because their church community has stigmatized them or because church doctrines about God's will are wrong (or further, that God might not exist or might not be good), no it must be proof that being queer is sinful and they deserve their suffering. This same formula applies in many other areas, including towards abuse victims.The contradictions within many popular forms of theism are not harmless. They get resolved, usually unconsciously, by organizations and individuals. When they are resolved without mindful consideration of the consequences, people get hurt.For abusers and powertrippers? This is by design, to their benefit, and more likely to be conscious.<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AbuseCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseCulture</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ReligiousTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReligiousTrauma</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exmo</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exmormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exmormon</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exvie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exvie</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/exvangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exvangelical</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/theism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theism</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a>

WenMost of Britain’s non-believers were raised as Christians And the ‘Duhhh’ Award for the most self obvious headline goes to The Times this morning<a href="http://archive.today/2025.03.27-000855/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/most-of-britains-non-believers-were-raised-as-christians-9th0n9hfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/2025.03.27-000855/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/most-of-britains-non-believers-were-raised-as-christians-9th0n9hfb</a> (archive)<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sceptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sceptic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Agnostic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Agnostic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christianity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Religion</a>

Tom CapuderI am against <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a> because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. —Richard Dawkins______________________ <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faith</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#god</a>

Tom CapuderPeople will tell us that without the consolation of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it is a coward’s argument. Nobody but a coward would consciously choose to live in a fool’s paradise. When a man suspects his wife of infidelity, he is not thought the better for shutting his eyes to the evidence. And I cannot see why ignoring evidence should be contemptible in one case and admirable in the other. —Bertrand Russell______________________ <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faith</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#god</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History March 25, 1811: Oxford University expelled Percy Bysshe Shelley for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. Shelley was an English Romantic poet, radical in both his art and his politics. His poem "The Mask of Anarchy," which he wrote in 1819 after the Peterloo Massacre, is one of the first modern descriptions of nonviolent resistance. His admirers included Karl Marx, Gandhi and George Bernard Shaw. He was married to Mary Shelley, author of “Frankenstein.” <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/marx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marx</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/peterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peterloo</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massecre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#massecre</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PercyBisheShelley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PercyBisheShelley</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gandhi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaryShelley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaryShelley</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/frankenstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#frankenstein</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poet</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

Tom CapuderTheists: The same invisible friend who finds your car keys can’t be bothered with dying children? <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SeemsLegit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeemsLegit</a> ______________________ <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faith</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#god</a>

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StarravenHappy Atheist Day to those who celebrate, and especially, to those who can't.Let's take a moment to remember why many countries value the separation between church and state, as it's becoming more and more relevant now.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AtheistDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtheistDay</a>

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Church of Jeff<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Reason" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Reason</a>The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists, atheists, secularists, and freethinkers.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ReligionIsPoison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReligionIsPoison</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DayofReason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DayofReason</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atheist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeThinker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeThinker</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Secular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Secular</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humanism</a>

Sacrilegious DiscourseHow Christian Nationalists Used One Word to Control American Politics For more than a century,... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://f.mtr.cool/yizboihhxs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://f.mtr.cool/yizboihhxs</a>

Court Cantrell will not complyIN HAPPIER HAPPY NEWS,MY NEW BOOK IS OUT. 🎺 🎶 🥁 💃 🥳 🍾 🥂 📚 💖 APPETITE FOR ANTITHESIS: (DE)KNOWING GOD IN A LENTEN PRACTICEForeword by N. Irish philosopher <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeterRollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeterRollins</a>.So, happy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lent</a> a week in -- but it's not too late to give up God for a season. My book can help! 😁Links and book description following in thread!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pyrotheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pyrotheology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RadicalTheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RadicalTheology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeathOfGodTheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeathOfGodTheology</a> 1/

Tom CapuderIf the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible? ―Ruth Hurmence Green______________________ <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faith</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#god</a>

Tom CapuderTheists: If you consider yourself “blessed and highly favored,” then you are using your imagination to feed your narcissism.______________________ <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faith</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#god</a>

William Lindsey :toad:As to atheism and agnosticism, I've said before and will say again: people who see value in religion have a LOT to learn from atheists and agnostics. It's the militancy — on both sides — that's the problem here, the anti-intellectual fundamentalism and the rank sense of superiority that some folks seem to imagine gives them the right to be hateful to and dismissive of others.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/AshWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AshWednesday</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evangelicals</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fundamentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fundamentalism</a> /7

William Lindsey :toad:I, too, experience the behavior she's describing from militant atheists who attack me on social media for monitoring the role religion plays in political life and who want to conclude I'm some kind of right-wing religious operative — which could not be farther from the truth. I don't want fundamentalism of ANY KIND. Start that with me and I'll turn a deaf ear to you faster than you can say Jehovah bless.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/AshWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AshWednesday</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atheism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evangelicals</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fundamentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fundamentalism</a> /6

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