A Flowchart for Choosing Your Religion

Have you ever wanted to follow a religion but been unsure as to which one? Well, debate no more! Included is an easy flowchart to help you decide which religion to follow in an easy and scientific manner.

Flowchart for Choosing a Religion

Personally, I think that Mayan religion would be cool.

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Islam: Penalty for Apostasy? Answer via Richard Dawkins

Have you ever wondered what the penalty for apostasy is in Islam? Well, here with a very simple answer is a clip from a debate involving Richard Dawkins and an Imam of the Muslim faith.



So, the penalty for apostasy in Islam is death -- a fact readily admitted to by the Imam.

This is one reason why Islam is actually a very scary religion: they still believe in all of this killing apostates crap.

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Will the Mormon church ever cease to exist?

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This has actually been one of the topics with regards to religion that I have been thinking about a lot lately: will the Mormon church and religion in general ever disappear entirely? My answer is that I think it will, given enough time. Here are some reasons:

1. Statistically speaking, most religions that people have ever believed in have gone "extinct", just like most species that have ever existed on the earth are now extinct. Based on sheer probability alone, the chances of the Mormon religion surviving another 500 or 1000 years are pretty slim.

2. I think that all religions are in trouble of extinction due to advancements in science. To me, the push of science will continue to constrict the space that religion is able to exist in until most of the supernatural parts of religion are eliminated. It used to be that people accepted religion because they wanted answers: why do we have lighting? why do people do bad things? what happens when we die? Before science, the only source of the tough answers to questions like these was from religion. Now, we have already answered many of these questions, including the one about lighting. And, we're on the cusp of answering many more of these question.

A specific example of this that I'm reminded of comes from FMRI studies of the brain. The amount that this field has progressed in the last 10 years or so is astonishing, and it continues to advance every day.  Among other things, scientist who study the brain using FMRI (among whom I have many colleagues) have been able to show quantitative differences in the brains of people with autism, depression, and schizophrenia. Remarkably, scientists have even been able to show differences in the brains of people with conditions once ascribed to "personal choice", like sexual promiscuity -- which calls into question how much conscious control people have over conditions like sexual addiction.

The point is that, as more and more of these questions -- particularly moral ones -- end up with scientific answers, religion is going to have a harder and harder time finding a niche, especially as this information is made increasingly accessible to the public and the public in general becomes better educated (especially in developing nations).

3. The Mormon church has the unique and undesirable position of having it's origins in recent history. While other religions, like the Protestants and general Christianity, have the cloak of time to protect them somewhat from scrutiny, most of the events of the Mormon origin story happened recently enough that written records were prevalent.

So, my guess is that Mormonism will one day cease to exist. It will be interesting to see if time proves me wrong or right.

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Why Atheists laugh at religion

Ever wondered why atheists laugh at religion? Well, this next video explains some of the reasons quite clearly.

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Crazy Lady Rebukes Security Guard in The Name of Jesus

Shalalalala in the name of Jesus!


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I just love the look on this guy's face when he is like, "WTF with this lady?" I don't think I would have been that patient.

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Exclusive: Richard Dawkins Converts to Christianity (or not)

Watch this incredible video of Richard Dawkins (or someone who sounds a lot like him) calls the Atheist Experience, a television show from Texas where atheists argue with religious people, and talks about his conversion to Christianity ... among other things.



Yes, I think that Faith Hill shouldn't be part of the conversation at all. I think that her and her songs have nothing to do with it.

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54 Ways to Piss Off An Atheist

Just to appease the theists, I've decided to post this video of 54 ways to piss off an atheist. I hope that you enjoy it.



Theists: How many of these methods have you actually tried out in life before?

Atheists: How many times have you heard these arguments?

I suspect that it's a lot. Having been on both sides of the fence (atheist, former theist and Christian) I have heard or used all of these arguments at one time or another.

As a side note, based on reason 54, I wouldn't be surprised if the guy who made this video is Mormon or at least knows some Mormons. That point, about having a Protestant religion founded in the 19th century be the "only true way", was probably directed straight at them.
The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader

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Oscar Worthy Movie

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After watching The Boy in Striped Pajamas, I've decided to make my own “Oscar Worthy” movie. I only need the following five things.

1. Actors with a British accent
2. Evil Nazis doing evil things
3. A boy coming of age
4. A father betraying a son's trust
5. Dramatic music

If all of those things don't work, I might throw in a random hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold, some drug use, the first sexual experience of a small town girl, and random violence that is really a commentary on privileged, white society. 

Any movie with at least one homosexual character is also a plus (preferably lesbians though since not as many people will pay to see two guys kissing). 

Also, anything that makes fun of religion or religious people is also gold. I am not religious, but I also call hypocrisy on this when it comes to Hollywood. Hollywood has no problem making money off religious people, just with giving them a positive portrayal in movies.

Lets make a movie :)

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Islam: The Religion of Pigs

In keeping with my cultural upbringing of a Christian background severely tempered by the enlightenment (including a strong science background), I honestly seek to find good things in every religion. However, sometimes I see a video so blatantly disgusting that it makes me reevaluate that stance. Here is one such video about what I believe to be the most disgusting, the most dangerous religion in the world: Islam. In this video, a pig of a man is a polygamist with four wives at the same time. His justification for taking so many wives simultaneously? Well, the first two wives were too jealous, so he took wives three and four. Maybe they saw you for the dirty, filthy creature that you really are.





Whether there is a God, and by extension a Satan, I am not sure. However, I do know this much: if there really is a Satan, and he had hypothetically set up a disgusting, false, and oppressive religion to torment the world, I am sure that religion would be Islam. What do you think?

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