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The US. Especially in the south. There are even some lovely videos on youtube advocating the death penalty for atheists as soon as religion is merged with the state. And obviously in theocratic countries like several islamic states, atheism or apostasy is punishable by the death penalty.

I know women atheists. But here in Canada people are a lot more likely to admit to being atheist because you don't (usually) get death threats at two in the morning or in email for not loving Jesus, so it's safer to be out. Religion is used as a way to dominate women by design though. Sex...

There seem to be two types of agnostics here, so the replies might sort out which people are agnostic, and which people are only agnostic about "THE" god, and absolutely certain Thor doesn't exist.

I wonder if any of the religious or agnostic people would care to comment on the existence of TANGATA-MANU. Where does he fit into your view of the world? Do you give thanks to him during easter egg hunts? Or do you deny that he exists?

Nobody said academia is scrupulous :P

At least my experiment paid off to some degree. After I saw that Hippie's speech patterns made an abrupt change when Brevity goaded him/her. I thought I'd try my own luck. It worked, to a degree. The ambiguity might be handy if one were doing a thesis on how inferred meaning from intentionally...

Heh. I would have brought up the corruption in the Illinois legal system that led to *at least* two dozen innocent people sitting on death row. She probably wouldn't have smiled at that :)

Now with audio! :) DE9x2i8TX5I

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mystical Curiousity is not mysticism. Proteomics would be one of the most interesting. http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/news/file002.html The fact that the US has a lot of Christians doesn't make religion any more valid. It just indicates that...

The amazing thing is that he'll profit off the "error". He'll claim he needs money to fund advanced research into biblical math to adjust his calculations and they will fall for it. Just like Jesus has been "coming back" every year for the last 2000... when there's no reason to believe the man...

The stupid! It burns! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/01/BA8V1AV589.DTL

And ye shall peeketh behind the curtain and findeth the word. And the word shall be: int main void; int universe rnd(256^∞);

Ha! I went looking for Hitchens on Marijuana and found this page: http://atheistsdoitwithreason.com/tag/christopher-hitchens/ First video is a hoot.

Perfect? You mean this habitat that regularly snuffs out the inhabitants? An evolutionary stable system will fall into equilibrium but when something pushes it out of equilibrium, whether it's a bad winter or a texas sized rock falling out of the sky, it's chaotic until it falls back into...

Reasonable. That's the key word. Since it has been reported that 40% of US citizens believe in item number 2, and hundreds of thousands at least believe in item number 1, does that mean I should respect their beliefs? Because they have numbers? Should we created a table and mark the threshold...

Have I ever welcomed you to the chaos? Not sure if I ever did. Welcome :) I'm the bastard. People have faith that if you rape a 10 year old virgin it will cure AIDS. Do I respect that faith? Others have faith that Jesus will come to the world after it is sunk into a world wide conflict, up to...

Well it's simple. If it gets you there it's the "right way". If it doesn't... Of course, you assume that people have a place in the universe to understand....

HA! I just heard a funny anecdote from my father that would make Stephen King's 'IT' have a high potential for existence if we were going by personal anecdotal evidence alone. He had just seen the miniseries and was working in a lift station underground, and a helium balloon on a string came out...

Cool. Maybe Hitchens will google himself, come here, and join the party. That would be awesome. Stephen Fry, Richard Dawkins, if you're googling, come on in!

It doesn't hurt to get faith-based opponents a little angry/worked-up too. If they actually get mad enough to start looking for ammo to support their beliefs, they're thinking. When you're operating on the power of faith alone, you're no longer thinking. You're just absorbing what someone else...