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El Salvador - A nation where abortion is illegal has become a living hell for innocent women serving life sentences for miscarriages.
Apparently, it's most often young and/or poor women that are convicted of homicide when they have had a miscarriage.
"In 2013 the Ministry of Health reported that almost a third of pregnancies in El Salvador are among adolescents, the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Latin America."
"In Teodora del Carmen Vásquez’s case, she lost consciousness the moment she gave birth unexpectedly in the bathroom of her workplace. “I don’t know if my baby was alive when it was born,” she said."
"Vásquez’s prosecutor sought a jail sentence of 75 years, the maximum at the time. Sentenced to 30 years, she has served almost eight."
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/22/in-el-salvador-a-pregnan...
Totally sick.
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore bans same-sex marriage
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/01/07/alabama-chief-ju...
American Family Association Distributes Graphic with Fake Founding Father Quotation
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/01/07/american-family-...
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Apparently there are those who do a lot better job of keeping track of the damage religion causes, then I do...
Religion's contribution to 2015, an image collage with captions (by Dargo200).
*** WARNING: Some of the images are gruesome http://imgur.com/a/kIGw5 ***
There are six images in a row, each containing multiple captioned images covering 2 month periods, each of the six images can be zoomed. Links to some 600 articles that are the sources for the image collage: https://www.reddit.com/r/harmdestroysthegood/new/
If you DON'T think religion is a problem, please take the time to look at all the pictures and read their captions (if you have the stomach for looking at photos from war zones).
One of my "favorite" images to show the horrifying, complete heartlessness and complete disconnect that religion allows people to have:
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"A lawyer representing 231 people has alleged that his clients faced abuse by adults working with the Domspatzen, a Catholic choir in Bavaria."
"I have here 231 reports of physical abuse.", "These ranged from beatings to food deprivation, sexual assault and rape"
"The Domspatzen is a 1,000-year-old choir in Bavaria's Regensburg. It was first shaken by the massive sexual abuse scandal in 2010 , when former pupils alleged abuse by adults in the Catholic Church. The choir was run by Pope Benedict's elder brother, Georg Ratzinger"
"Weber told reporters that the events were "internally known and criticized, but they had almost no consequences." Most of the cases can no longer be pursued in court, because they happened too long ago."
"The diocese had previously offered to pay victims 2,500 euros each ($2,730 at today's exchange) in damages."
http://www.dw.com/en/prosecutors-raid-bavarian-monastery-school-over-cla...
Seems like another case of good intentions combined with delusion:
"Woman accused in 4-year-old's death faces up to three years in prison"
"authorities are calling it intentional because they maintain that Cook d̲i̲d̲n̲’̲t̲ s̲e̲e̲k̲ m̲e̲d̲i̲c̲a̲l̲ a̲t̲t̲e̲n̲t̲i̲o̲n̲ for Alicia when the child was cold and barely breathing..."
"I̲n̲s̲t̲e̲a̲d̲, Cook took out a Bible and b̲e̲ga̲n̲ pr̲a̲yi̲n̲g o̲v̲e̲r̲ t̲h̲e̲ c̲h̲i̲l̲d̲. She realized Alicia was dead an hour and a half later"
http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/woman-accused-in--year-old-s-death-faces...
Televangelists Kenneth Copeland and Jesse Duplantis, try to justify why they NEED to have private jets.
"That’s why we’re on that airplane. We can talk to God."
"Now Oral [Roberts] used to fly airlines.", "you can’t manage that today, this dope-filled world, and get in a long tube with a bunch of demons, and it’s deadly"
Seriously? They need a private jet to talk to their god? And flying commercial is to "get in a long tube of demons"?
https://youtu.be/AdH2DGSXjss
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/12/31/listen-to-two-ch...
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"Laura Reid was visiting a disabled man in his home. At one point, police say, Reid asked the victim if he believed in God, and he jokingly replied that he did not."
"she picked up his metal cane and began beating him on the head and body, hitting him so hard that the cane broke."
"Reid stayed there for three hours after the assault. When she finally left, she allegedly took the man's cell phone, keys, $50 cash and a wallet containing credit cards."
"the man eventually crawled to a nearby gas station, where police and EMS were called."
He had to crawl there with a "concussion, a broken arm, multiple bruises, as well as cuts and abrasions."
http://www.wdrb.com/story/30897934/louisville-woman-accused-of-assaultin...
"The Catholic archdiocese of Melbourne is still financially supporting six former priests who have been convicted for committing sex crimes against children."
"The Catholic Church has spent millions of dollars providing pensions, housing, and private medical insurance to convicted paedophile priests"
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/catholic-church-spent-millions-providi...
"Suspected paedophile priest Ronald Pickering received $200,000 from the Archdiocese of Melbourne after he evaded authorities and went on the run."
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/church-funds-priest-on-the-run-2016010...
Pakistan: A 15yo boy accused of blasphemy by raising his hand at the wrong time, cut off his hand.
""When I raised my right hand unwittingly, I realised I had committed blasphemy and needed to atone for this," he told the BBC."
""I came back home and went to the grass-cutting machine, but found the place dark so I took my uncle's phone to point some light at my hand. I placed it under the machine and chopped it off in a single swirl."
Qaiser picked his severed hand up from under the machine and, bleeding profusely, placed it on a tray and took it back to the mosque, less than 100 metres from his home."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35341256
I used to think it was fine for an atheist to not be an antitheist. I've changed my mind.
I've seen what happens to children's thinking and self-esteem when they are taught about hell and magical nonsense.
My mother's priest told me that children's brains are like mashed potatoes and religion needs to be mixed in so the kids grow up to be obedient Catholics. He also called my niece a devil baby because she wasn't baptized. (She is now.)
I'm sure most of you on this thread have your own horror stories.
We must fight against religion. It is our moral imperative as atheists.
This is quite the most vicious and perverse act so far:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabias-highes...
Saudi Arabia's highest religious cleric has declared chess “haram”, meaning it is forbidden for Muslims, while claiming the game shows “enmity and hatred”.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin-Abdullah al-Sheikh, the Grand Mufti, made the proclamation while taking questions during his weekly television show.
“The game of chess is a waste of time and an opportunity to squander money. It causes enmity and hatred between people,” he said.
Interesting perspective they have, considering all their other activities of execution and brutality. I'm sure those bring people together in harmony and love.
sounds like someone lost a chess game :P
(trying to catch up with the news...)
"Taliban Attack at Bacha Khan University in Pakistan"
"At least four Taliban attackers stormed a university campus in another northwestern town, gunning down at least 20 people, most of them students and teachers."
"Schools, as all-in-one symbols of government authority and a modernist view of the future that jihadists loathe, provided easy targets and maximal shock value."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/world/asia/bacha-khan-university-attac...
Pakistan: "A Christian girl has been killed after she and two friends shrugged of the advances of some young drunken Muslim men"
"How dare you run away from us, Christian girls are only meant for one thing the pleasure of Muslim men."
"The inebriated men drove aggressively after the girls and crashed their car into them.",
"...caused Shamroza to break several ribs and Sumble broke her hip. Kiran was even more unfortunate as the impact of the car lifted her off the ground and on to the bonnet of the car, where she thumped the windscreen. The young men continued to laugh in their drunken stupour and increased their speed, finally braking...",
"...she cracked her head open and smashed numerous bones, the resulting internal bleeding killed her within minutes. "
http://www.britishpakistanichristians.org/blog/christian-girl-killed-for...
"Afghanistan: Man cut off wife's nose when she protested his plans for second marriage to a six-year-old"
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/afghanistan-man-cut-off-wifes-nose-when-she-pro...
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"Oklahoma Legislator Introduces Yet Another Bill to Permit Teaching of Creationism in Public Schools"
That crap like this is going on in the United States of America, the most powerful nation on Earth, a modern industrialized and technologically advanced nation in the 21 century! It's scary as hell.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/01/22/oklahoma-legisla...
I never saw this... Anyone have the time and stomach to watch this?
"Brainwashing Children: A Camp Jesus Documentary" - 1:24:34.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy_u4U7-cn8
Also... "Bill Maher Discussion about Jesus Camp"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGceAojHR6o
Oh yeah, I've seen it.
I tried, but it gets too sickening to watch organized brainwashing of innocent children.
"Father John Gallagher says he was punished by Catholic Church for blowing the whistle on on a priest who showed pornographic photos to a minor."
"Gallagher said he has been “frozen out” by the Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach, which changed the locks on his parochial house...", "...and placed him on medical leave."
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/whistleblower-priest-claims-pal...
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Irish-Catholic-priest-frozen-out-Florid...
"Rapper B.o.B. Says the World is Flat and He’s Got the Evidence to Prove It"
One can only hope he is just spoofing...
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/01/26/rapper-b-o-b-say...
This is pretty harrowing:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3420620/Iranian-women-jail-awa...
Sleeping in squalid conditions, queuing for hours on end for food and struggling to care for a newborn baby are just some of the horrifying challenges girls in Iran's grim prison's face.
Dozens of juvenile offenders - some of whom are just nine years old - are languishing on death row for crimes such as murder, drug trafficking and armed robbery.
In Iran, the second-biggest user of capital punishment in the world, young women can be hanged for crimes, following unfair trials, including those based on forced confessions extracted through torture and other ill-treatment.
The frightened girls are imprisoned in a Juvenile Delinquents Correction Centre after their sentence verdict and a large number of the inmates are then killed when they reach 18.
Last year there was a disturbing escalation in the use of the death penalty in Iran, with at least 830 people executed between 1 January and 1 November 2015. There were reports that at least four of these were juvenile offenders.
F****** b*******
Seems like they have created hell on Earth...
"Good" thing they let the Clergy come in and have congregational prayers and talk about the correct upbringing methods for girls and pray to God to forgive them. That'll fix it.
"Doctor Says His Bible-Based Program Will Change Your Body Chemistry and Prevent Chronic Disease"
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/01/27/doctor-says-his-...
Isn't this kind of quack medicine illegal? The guy should be arrested.
Illegal? I don't know, but it should be. Arrested? Absolutely.
It is logically impossible to prove that a deity created existence, that the universe is divine, or that humans possess divinity inside themselves, because the very concept commits several fallacies.
First fallacy—Empirical incompatibility: if a divine entity created existence, then it preexisted in a primordial location. No physical scientific instrument can measure primordialism. Thus, a divine entity are primordialism are impossible to measure or verify. It requires pure faith, which is belief without evidence.
Second Fallacy – Infinite regression - If a deity created the universe, than who created the deity? The question descends into an infinite regression.
Third Fallacy – Causal Contradiction – If a divine entity exists then it cannot subsequently creat existence because existence already exists.
If the hypothetical divine entity commands a sacred morality, then it is not a moral, it is a law. And anyone who violates it, suffers punishment. Thus, divine law is a form of coercion, or tyranny, not a voluntary ethic. In the incisive words of late atheist Christopher Hitchens, "Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong."
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