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Chris Hanna
- Jun 30, 2015
- 4 min
Evil Empire: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act for Adoption
Governor Rick Snyder would rather have 13,000 children languish in state sponsored homes and foster care than let any one of them be adopted by two loving men or women. There I said it, we all know thats what he really means. The recently rushed and signed (June 11) bill by the Michigan Governor is essentially the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for adoption and has already drawn the ire of the ACLU. The same derogatory and incendiary language for refusing services based on
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Christopher Tanner
- May 25, 2015
- 4 min
Four Double Standards in the Duggar Scandal
By now you have likely heard the tragic news of the Josh Duggar scandal. Here’s a quick recap: The eldest son of the Duggar family, the stars of TLC’s television series “19 Kids and Counting,” has admitted to sexually abusing several younger sisters and other children as a teenager. As news of the scandal broke from media outlets, some Christians have been quick to come to Josh’s defense. I am disturbed by this, not because Josh is undeserving of compassion and help, but beca
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Christopher Tanner
- Mar 18, 2015
- 3 min
Ignorance Loves Ignorance, the Religious Wall Around You
Religion makes people ignorant, and worse, it trains them to love and adore it. They actively fight to stay ignorant, even to the point that they put their children at risk. Just look at history, read up on the child crusades. Look at the presen; the children who hold up the “God Hates Fags” signs, the children being trained in Africa to be soldiers, or suicide bombers for ISIS. Another example would be creationists in America; they are genuinely setting up their children for
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Christopher Tanner
- Mar 4, 2015
- 3 min
“God is just Ego, Misspelled….My Ego has Better Credentials than your Ego.”
My Anti-theist Friend, Marchal: “God is just Ego, Misspelled….My Ego has Better Credentials than your Ego.” One of my favorite people to converse with about religion is my good buddy, Marchal. I met Marchal in college, and like me, he was getting a bachelors degree in psychology. We lost touch after Heidelberg, but we recently rekindled our friendship. He contacted me after he read a couple blog posts, he was excited to share with me that he too, is an atheist. Marchal has an
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Christopher Tanner
- Feb 2, 2015
- 8 min
Congress Shall Make No Law…
A little over a year ago I ran into the following news item from the land that gave us David Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/parents-outrage-extremist-religious-sect-2254926. I posted it on my Facebook page, thereby precipitating a winding, entertaining, and sometimes heated discussion with a Christian fundamentalist Facebook friend from England. His position is not uncommon, and certainly more prevalent in my country than
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Christopher Tanner
- Jan 22, 2015
- 3 min
To Live and Love, A Woman Bares Her Scars in Defiance
I met this woman a couple days ago in a debate group. She was defending the pro-choice position and she happened to agree with some of my arguments and statements. So I thought I would request to be her friend on facebook. Today, she posted what is below, I read it and was genuinely moved. I think this story, as raw as it is, paints a great picture of a life that even through hardship has come out strong. She has a desire to fight, a desire to love, and she has endured l
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Chris Hanna
- Jan 19, 2015
- 6 min
The Atheist Hell House
Fears of war and pestilence. Fear of loss and failure. Fear the hate of your enemy. Fear your god and savior. Savior? Failure. What do you fear? Fear is your god. Deep and insidious, beneath your consciousness, and just beyond your peripheral vision the horror of sin lies. The most base human fears, materialized with an agenda, and aimed at the young and vulnerable. Instincts derived from over a hundred thousand years of life in hominid form and millions of years before to
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Christopher Tanner
- Jan 15, 2015
- 6 min
The Atheist Hell House
Fears of war and pestilence. Fear of loss and failure. Fear the hate of your enemy. Fear your god and savior. Savior? Failure. What do you fear? Fear is your god. Deep and insidious, beneath your consciousness, and just beyond your peripheral vision the horror of sin lies. The most base human fears, materialized with an agenda, and aimed at the young and vulnerable. Instincts derived from over a hundred thousand years of life in hominid form and millions of years before to
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Christopher Tanner
- Dec 12, 2014
- 4 min
Sex Ed Fail
It was in 4th grade: the day the girls were separated from the boys, and we watched a video about the changes our bodies were about to go through. Not much of it was news to me. I’d started my period months prior and already wore a bra. I didn’t really know why I had my period, though; the video didn’t explain that either. Just a very basic rundown of what to do when it was happening and that it meant we’d all become women. The video went on to explain that now that we were b
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Christopher Tanner
- Dec 11, 2014
- 3 min
Review of Greta Christina’s New Book: Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do
“Let’s stop treating death as though it belongs to religion….” I dig Greta Christina and her writing has been a staple of my atheistic-readings-diet almost since the time of my deconversion, so naturally I was keen as beans to get my hands on her new mini e-book ‘Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing Do with God.’ I won’t lie, I was in two minds about this new book, Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do With God. In spite of my familiarity with G
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Christopher Tanner
- Dec 9, 2014
- 1 min
Godless Offering 12: The War On Christmas
Part 1 – Billboards and Their Meaning Danielle Muscato the PR Director for American Atheists talks about what the billboard says and what it means to American Atheists. This is an important video to share with you friends as it is straight from the mouth of the organization that put up the billboard. Please Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here! Interested in becoming a sponsor? Become a Patreon for as little as $2 #Secularism #Activism #ChristopherTanner #atheistanalysis #bi
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Christopher Tanner
- Nov 20, 2014
- 5 min
Imagination and Indoctrination, A Window Into the Mythical Realms of the Mind Including the Dangers
The most uniquely human feature of our inner life is that dimension of consciousness called “imagination.” The reason it’s called that is because in the exercise of it, our minds create mental images. In some cases, those images have an important shaping influence on our lives; indeed, it is human imagination that has shaped the modern world. This may be illustrated by taking Magritte’s Treachery of Images to what was surely its intended logical conclusion: every painting is
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Chris Hanna
- Oct 21, 2014
- 3 min
Childhood’s End
Where are the soldiers of god for the children in need today. We hear the campaign slogans, protest chants, and Chick tract reiterations for the sanctity of life, the equality of the fetus, and the validity of all life from the moment of conception to birth… But it gets painfully quiet thereafter. The children of the state wander from desolation to squalor within the great absence of morality, permeating the impoverished family unit; mother, father and 1.5 children… Events wi
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Christopher Tanner
- Sep 9, 2014
- 2 min
Take God Out of the Pledge!
As a relatively new atheist, I find myself looking at and questioning the world around me. With such a fresh look at the world around me, figuring out where my stance is on certain issues I never really considered before let alone cared about. Since realizing that there are issues that affect me whether I want them to or not, I am now of the conclusion that I am to do something to help lighten the load of others like minded if I am to be an impact of difference and change. Pl
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Christopher Tanner
- Sep 3, 2014
- 6 min
It’s Child Abuse
I’ll begin this diatribe by directing you to a video of a four-year-old preacher who has become a YouTube sensation: watch here. I have a keen interest in the subject of religious indoctrination. It’s a topic that haunts me almost continually – both in its manifestation in a four-year-old preacher, in the closed opinions of many of my students, in my relationship with my brother and sister, and in the never-ending reverberations of my childhood throughout all the rest of my l
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Christopher Tanner
- Aug 28, 2014
- 8 min
Ten Things They Hate About Us.
America’s favorite grifter Joshua Feuerstein posted this article from Christian Today on his facebook page recently; and while I was strongly inclined to overlook it just like all of the other presuppositional hogwash that so frequently finds its way into my Facebook news feed I thought the author of the article made one very important point. “Some Questions Atheist Cannot Truly and Honestly REALLY Answer! (sic) Which leads to some interesting conclusions…” The fastest grow
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Christopher Tanner
- Aug 12, 2014
- 4 min
The Death of a Hero: Reflections on Changing the Future
As I sit here typing, feeling the words flow from me, I feel anguish, horror, anger, resentment, despair and an overwhelming need for a hug. Last Wednesday, we had Rebecca Hensler from Grief Beyond Belief on our show. The night was an emotional one as we learned about dealing with grief as a nonbeliever. I delved into the latter part of the show with a slightly emotional story about my father in law and his passing this year from a sudden heart attack. He was only 65 years ol
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Chris Hanna
- May 13, 2014
- 4 min
Ignorant Worship and the Worship of Ignorance: The Death of a Tiny Mind.
“There he is! Over there! Get him! He cant go far or fast with that pack full of stupid books!
Four kids take off running through the schoolyard with signs of motion in the distance at the end of the parking lot.
‘He is gonna learn that he better stop doing all that extra credit or answering questions in class ’cause he makes us look bad.” Spoke a crackling prepubescent voice.
A quick stop, breathing hard and searching, gasping between words.
‘Stupid nerd, he is gonna ta
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