They freed their bodies but continue to enslave their minds.

Ok. Goodbye. Be well.

You telling people to “suck it” seems aggressive. Why are you mad about what I DON’T believe? Be comfortable in your faith enough to leave non-believers alone about it. I am comfortable enough in my non-belief to say “Believe whatever the hell you want. I don’t believe it.” Atheists don’t believe in a god. How does…

It is possible to believe in a higher power without all of the trappings of religion.

That...doesn’t make any sense. You cannot prove a negative. From a scientific perspective, there is no proof of the existence of the Biblical God. There’s no proof of the fantastical elements of the bible, and modern day “miracles” and “prophets” are always proven to be fakes. That doesn’t mean God isn’t real. That…

I’d guess that the majority of atheists aren’t proclaiming that god definitely doesn’t exist, but that they don’t believe that god exists. The distinction between these is important. If you posit a belief, you need to back it up. This is the burden of proof, and there is no proof of god.

I just wrote that I have respect for my family’s belief. I don’t believe it. You can believe whatever you want to believe as long as you don’t think your belief should be the law of the land. I have no problems with belief. Just don’t insist that I have to believe it. I don’t.

Your story is similar to mine. Except that in addition to saying that things in the bible didn’t make sense. I was also privy to the hypocrisy of people in the church talking about others behind their back, Pastors having affairs; and instead of helping people in trouble, they were judged as sinners and shut out from…

1)Alternative options weren’t readily available for most Americans. Especially Black folks.

An appeal to tradition is the same thing racists use to keep their flags and monuments defacing our public grounds.

The misogyny was the stealth kicker. I just wanted one good reason women weren’t allowed in the pulpit or allowed in the sanctuary with pants on. Like I’ll put this choir robe on over my pants so I can spend all of 30 seconds bringing my mom her purse if someone could give me a non-bullshit reason for this. Or why I…

For me it was the constant insistence that women were lesser and also watching a gay atheist serve people better than any Christian I knew.

It was the prison logic, contradictory preaching, the rampant anti-intellectualism, and the pastor groupies at EVERY SINGLE CHURCH that did it for me.

I wasn’t any of the bible stories that got me. 11 year old me did nothing but read SF and Fantasy novels and I had a nebulous grasp on real vs. not real anyway. It was studying History and realizing Henry VIII basically started the church I was forced to go to every Sunday morning solely so he could divorce his wife,…

It is disrepectful to look upon the things that sustained our forebearers with disdain

They should have paid attention to how well the meeting with the HBCUs went and the “great” results that ensued.

There’s a whole wing reserved.

First off....how this a legit question? I thought she lost her Negro/Black/African-America Card® in 2004. Has she gotten one of those Temporary Blackness RushCards® to attend any event?

Until we stop putting butts in chairs and clicks on articles above all else, she and Kellyanne will continue getting invitations to forums where their value add is negative fifty-eleven.

Inviting her was just messy and looking for drama. I heard it was disorganized as hell. Are they taking cues from Trump now?