Thank you, The Thinking Atheist, for addressing “Grieving without God.”

I wish I could’ve taken part in this, but I was too busy sleeping after a very long week. The Thinking Atheist hosted a podcast on grieving for non-believers.

Casual life is generally dominated by religious bullshit. From “god” on the money to judges attempting to place stone blocks inscribed with the Ten Commandments on public land to the President asking God to bless America, it’s everywhere. Thankfully, we non-believers usually have the Constitution and legal precedent on our side when in need of fighting whatever religious bullshit we need to fight.

When it comes to loss, we’re kinda fucked…

For those who think that there •may be• validity to the bullshit concept of the human soul.

This comes via Common Sense Atheism. The whole thing is great, but the bit I’m specifically concerned with occurs at approximately 4:40-9:20.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the claim that there is a human soul (but it’s been a lot). Even from some atheists! Every time, without exception, when I ask what the asserter defines the soul to be and how the asserter knows, I’m ALWAYS met with floundering rationalization. Some paraphrased, based-on-actual examples:

If you’ve ever made the claim that “under God” has •always• been in the Pledge of Allegiance…

Take a look at THIS! (Thanks to The Mormon Atheist)

Eat THAT First Amendment hater revisionists!