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Amorth

Religious Claims From Religious Clans

September 2, 2012by kjbatheismni 1 Comment

PIC: Amorth   Imagine you are back in time, in the era of plagues, muddy path ways, cholera and famine. A place almost completely devoid of science and rational thought. […]

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“I’d rather be a rising ape than a falling angel”

August 10, 2012by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

  Solid words from one of the worlds leading fantasy writers, self-professed Humanist and Atheist, Sir Terry Pratchett. Pratchett has spent many years of his life perfecting a deep and […]

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Wrong Place, Wrong Time

February 9, 2012by kjbatheismni 1 Comment

Words:Keith Boe It appears that now in the 21st century, religion and its many uses and hindrances are slowly starting to lose their foot hole with modern-day man.  We see […]

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Jesus Christ It’s Ricky Gervais

January 3, 2012by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

Over the past few weeks, Ricky Gervais has become a target for religious louts.  His twitter feed is constantly filled with replies to various crackpots who feel that tweeting a […]

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Society to Blame?

October 3, 2011by kjbatheismni 1 Comment

Lisburn is now on the verge of losing one of its central High Schools, the reason, politicians say is because of lack of funding and lack of intake, the community […]

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9/11 – Ten Years On

September 11, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

Today on its 10th anniversary, the resounding traumatic bell of 9/11 rings clear in our ears as loud today as it did in 2001.  I, like so many others, remember […]

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Lies Do Not Go Down Well: The arrival of Sally Morgan to Belfast‏

August 28, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

This coming September 12th, an ancient 17th Century form of dark arts will creep upon the wet shores of Belfast, in order to con and trick, bereaved persons into believing […]

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The Wickerman: Pride and Prejudice In Northern Ireland

August 26, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

In the early 70′s, the film The Wicker-man hit screens around the world. It depicted a police detective played by actor Edward Woodward arriving on a village island in search […]

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Agony Uncle

August 1, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

It seems of recent, that thankfully, more and more people are choosing to “come out” as Atheist, therefore denying the existence of gods and the superstition that surrounds the endless […]

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Holy Wars: An atheist perspective on the Norway tragedy

July 28, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

On the 22nd July 2011, many people had yet another horrific memory forever blasted into their minds. Like 9/11 in New York, 7/7 in London and now 22/7 for Norway, […]

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Immortal Beings, Tax Evasion, and the Xmen – Welcome to Scientology 101

July 24, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

You, yes you reading these very words, are likely to be one of the Xmen. Yes that may sound very strange and un-nerving, but don’t be alarmed, your Thetan has […]

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Thou Shall Not Judge

July 22, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

On the busy street of Lisburn City, stood a crowd of T-shirt bearing ladies, each branded with a large blue cross.  One stood rocking from side to side as though […]

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Gotta have Faith, Faith, Faith…

June 13, 2011by kjbatheismni 3 Comments

“Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of […]

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Creation

Show me the evidence…is that a truffle I can smell?

June 9, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

“We can and we WILL find 1,000,000 Creationists by June 2011″
 The above title is in relation to the Facebook page used by Creationists to gain the stated amount of […]

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Oh, Beautiful Canvas

May 31, 2011by kjbatheismni Leave a comment

How can a person see a flower in gray, see a person as bland, see a star and keep walking, not wondering what it truly is, where did it come […]

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