Category: philosophy/religion topics
Curious if the other atheists here on the Zone have favorite blogs they read or podcasts they listen to or other interesting atheist/infidel/non-believer-type websites they go to often? I'm always looking for more things to add to my own small collection, but want to know what people think are good resources.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta
is one of my favorites, and I also love
http://parentingbeyondbelief.com/parents/
Websites:
www.thinkatheist.com
www.scathingatheist.com
www.atheistslut.com
www.godlessbastard.com
the iron chariots wiki.
podcasts:
The atheist experience. "Airs on sundays out of Austin. Hosted by the atheist association of Austin, its a live call in show and is very good."
The Scathing atheist: "Airs on Thursdays out of New York. A harsh look at religion and the religious that uses all the explicit language the subject deserves. Will make you laugh until you pee yourself."
Thank God I'm Atheist: "Airs Saturdays out of salt lake city. Two former mormans sit down to discuss atheist and the world today)
The Think atheist Podcast: (A bit more laid back and gentle, but very intellectual)
Ardent Atheist: "Airs Wednesdays out of LA. A group of comedians discuss issues of atheism and secularism. It does vary a little though. Can sometimes get annoying.)
The Atheist Nexus though I don't have their website handy. They have ex-members of every faith imaginable and their only thing some will find a challenge is most atheist writings have to do with helping the ex-Christians and not the ex-Wiccans or ex-Jews. Speaking of ex-Jews you'll find one with just a google search of ex-Jew.
A very interesting and thought-rovoking read.
Also there is a blogger goes by the name Lungfish, if any of you biologically inclined know what a lungfish is, and he has a lot of interesting and compelling thoughts about what it takes to exodus a religion.
I have relationship / familial ties which keep me marginally connected in the faith arena but I have since my mid 20s for sure very much thought like an atheist, e.g. pure unadulterated critical thought and reason sans dogma, plus having a brother who is a real scientist not a six-day creation lobbyist but a published marine biologist has tended to provide a bit of perspective.
Oh there is also Skepchick.org though I found Elevatorgate and the ensuing femitheist responses to be as dogmatic as the Christians including telling people what to say and how to dress at atheist conferences all too reminiscent of what I have heard about Bible camps.
Anyway on Skepchick you will see everything nonrational to be contended rationally, except the bit about elevator gate and the all-men-rape religious phenomenon, which still strikes me as odd coming from atheists. Their admirable quality to me has always been their spurning of dogmas of any kind.
In short, the atheist community is large and diverse, and unlike what some of us at least used to think, not all are scientists and engineers. I don't even know if that makes up a majority anymore.
To paraphrase what I read on the Atheist Nexus ex-Wiccan forum, the best exodus stories are those which do not involve exchanging one brand of woo for another.
Ah, some very good resources, you guys. I've heard a few of those podcasts and intend to check out the others. Scatheing Atheist is especially funny, and I do like funny with my atheism.