Carnival of the Godless #80

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Carnival of the Godless #80 is up at The Jesus Myth.

My pieces in this Carnival: True or False? Helpful or Harmful? The Two Different Arguments About Religion, and If You Weren’t An Atheist, What Would You Be?.

My favorite other pieces in this Carnival:

More Perspective on the Pledge from Atheist Ethicist — an absolutely brilliant “parallel universe” piece, reminiscent of Douglas Hofstadter, that makes vividly clear what, exactly, is wrong with the “under God” part of the Pledge of Allegiance. Pull quote: “Then, 50 years ago, Congress added the word white to the Pledge of Allegiance. We are supposed to be one white nation, indivisible.”

And The Grinch and the True Meaning of Christmas (plus the piece on Christmas traditions that it links to) from Letters from a Broad. She says a lot of how I feel about Christmas — both the fucked-up parts and the neat parts.

The next Carnival of the Godless will be on December 23. If you’re a godless blogger and want a piece of the carnival action, here’s the submission form. Happy reading, and happy blogging!

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Carnival of the Godless #80
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4 thoughts on “Carnival of the Godless #80

  1. 1

    Thanks, I’m glad you liked my thoughts on Christmas!!! 😀
    And you are so right about that story about the pledge. It actually brought a tear to my eye. I would have highlighted it myself, but I put up my “carnivals” post before I read it. But I’m saving the link, and I’ll highlight it next time I write a “Kids, be a leader,” post for the young people. 😀

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    I liked the parallel universe “More Perspective on the Pledge” piece except I thought the premise was a bit flawed.
    Technically, one can choose to be atheist, just as one can choose to be theist. But one can’t choose their race.
    There’s the arguments of “I can’t make myself believe in something that I just don’t believe in”, which, of course are true. Theists can argue the same thing.
    And I’m not saying that I support “under God” being in the Pledge. Actually, I went to a protest against it, when Newdow testified in front of the Supreme Court. I just like to point out flaws in arguments, even if it’s on my own side. It’s the best way to form a good defense.

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