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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>My name is Marco Lara. I am a Humanist Atheist and this is my blog.</description><title>Labeled an Atheist</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @atheistmarco)</generator><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>There is no God</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I would have to say that I am fairly confident that there is no god. I personally take into account that there is no proof of any cosmic creator so therefore I am about 99.9999% sure that there is no god. Even science does not allow for 100%. Space is not 100% vacuum, even water can only be purified to 99.999999999&amp;#160;% or so. I&amp;#8217;m just as positive that the gods as described in the bible, the quran, the scrolls, the hieroglyphs, etc., can not exist. The origin of gods are &amp;#8220;documented&amp;#8221; in history&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;God is nothing more than a concept.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17656808806</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17656808806</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:18:20 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>atheism</category><category>Religion</category><category>reason</category><category>reality</category><category>God</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzc1oyAj4x1rn1mqdo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17549471146</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17549471146</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:05:22 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>Christianity</category><category>adolph Hitler</category><category>Religion</category><category>Christian</category><category>atheism</category></item><item><title>The Universe Science and You  </title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I feel safe from the empty void and chaotic nature of space. I know because of science the earth keeps us safe&amp;#8230;.It is like the universe screams in your face, &amp;#8220;You know what I am, how grand I am, how old I am, can you even comprehend what I am? What are you compared to me?&amp;#8221; and when you know enough science you can just smile up at the universe and reply &amp;#8220;Dude I am you&amp;#8221;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17484546993</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17484546993</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:05:38 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The United States of America a Living Oxymoron</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The United States of America; a living oxymoron:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Founded on secularism, dominated by religion,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;technologically advancing, cognitively dragging.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17412664099</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17412664099</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:49:45 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>secularism</category><category>Religion</category><category>religious</category><category>oxymoron</category></item><item><title>Religion the Mistaken Belief</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Daniel Dennett talks about in his book &amp;#8220;Breaking the Spell.&amp;#8221; He argues that the essential baselessness of religion, the fact that it&amp;#8217;s unsupported by solid evidence or logic, the fact that it&amp;#8217;s essentially a shared opinion rather than a body of knowledge&amp;#8230;.actually makes people cling to it more tightly, defend it more vehemently, get more upset and angry when the ideas are questioned. And it makes people more likely to build elaborate cultural defense mechanisms around it: from the tacit understanding that questioning religion is ill-mannered, to the codification of religious beliefs and practices into harshly&amp;#8230;enforced law.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many atheist don’t just want a world where believers and atheists get along and let each other practice their religion or lack thereof in peace. Many of us want a world where there’s no religion. We don’t want to see this happen by law or violence or any kind of force, of course. But we think religion isn&amp;#8217;t just mistaken. We think it’s harmful. Some of us think it’s appallingly harmful. Some of us think it’s inherently harmful: that the very qualities that make religion unique are exactly what make it capable of doing terrible harm. What’s more, we see religion as not just hurting atheists. We see it as hurting billions of believers. So we’re working towards a world where it no longer exists. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And some of us I’m one of them actually think persuading people out of religion is a more achievable goal than persuading believers to tolerate and accept atheists. We think that the very nature of religion makes it difficult for believers to accept people with different beliefs… and damn near impossible for them to accept people with no beliefs. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17340082756</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17340082756</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:18:52 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>atheism</category><category>Religion</category><category>religious</category><category>reality</category><category>facts</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz4baz5IDN1rn1mqdo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17312425179</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17312425179</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:52:11 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>Religion</category><category>religious</category><category>faith</category><category>reason</category><category>reality</category></item><item><title>Hey man, thanks for the reply on my blog. I'm not 23, I am 37 :D I mean I have been in the Army for 13 years. Cheers!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;That’s great :) I always had a lot of respect for people in the military you guys and gals are very hardworking.  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17246633669</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17246633669</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:21:17 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyz5pt9l641r61f58o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17198292707</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17198292707</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:31:07 -0500</pubDate><category>humanist</category><category>atheist</category><category>carl sagan</category><category>god</category><category>delusion</category><category>Religion</category><category>reality</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsbfepxDEB1qljp8to1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17134755410</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17134755410</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:29 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>God</category><category>enjoy life</category><category>Religion</category></item><item><title>With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/h3qLv-l0Cwc?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Inspired by Carl Sagan, Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a “Baloney Detection Kit,” ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17117572980</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17117572980</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:20:01 -0500</pubDate><category>atheism</category><category>atheist</category><category>skeptic</category><category>carl sagan</category><category>Michael Shermer</category><category>Skeptic Magazine</category><category>science</category><category>Free Thinker</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxspvExvA1rn1mqdo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17110231170</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17110231170</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:25:07 -0500</pubDate><category>atheism</category><category>atheist</category><category>Religion</category><category>religious</category><category>reality</category><category>faith</category><category>science</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyww6dR8nH1robtyjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17084321182</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17084321182</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:25:47 -0500</pubDate><category>sam harris</category><category>atheist</category><category>atheism</category><category>God</category><category>Religion</category><category>human rights</category></item><item><title>B-Shock a Christian rapper and Christian chapman a pastor. This...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OroiFsPhEpk?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;B-Shock a Christian rapper and Christian chapman a pastor. This is one example of &lt;span&gt;proselytizing&lt;/span&gt; that goes on in the United States. This is not only unlawful but preaching their views in a public middle school shows blatant disregard to non Christians and non believers. Big thanks to&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/american_civil_liberties_union/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)"&gt;American Civil Liberties Union&lt;/a&gt; for bringing this to light and they &lt;span&gt;filed a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aclu.org/religion-belief/anderson-v-chesterfield-county-school-district-complaint" title="Complaint filed Dec. 8, 2011"&gt; lawsuit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; on behalf of an atheist student.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17061647520</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17061647520</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:47:25 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>B-Shock</category><category>Christian Chapman</category><category>Religion</category><category>violation of human rights</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category></item><item><title>10 ways Right-Wing Christian Groups Will Likely Shove Religion Down Your Throat in 2012</title><description>&lt;a href="http://churchandstate.org.uk/2012/01/10-ways-right-wing-christian-groups-will-likely-shove-religion-down-your-throat-this-year/"&gt;10 ways Right-Wing Christian Groups Will Likely Shove Religion Down Your Throat in 2012&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17054453079</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17054453079</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:34:17 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>atheism</category><category>christian</category><category>right wing</category><category>church and state</category><category>inhumane</category></item><item><title>The God Poem</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;God&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who is he or she? Is God real? Which God or Goddess is real? Is God imaginary? Can you touch God? Can you hear God? Can you sense God? Can you see God?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Religions worship Gods Why? Because Gods demand worship? Because God is Good? Because God is Evil? Because God is Law?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;So&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Killing in a Gods name ok? Should you kill yourself for a God? Should you kill your child for a God? Should you kill strangers for a God? Should you kill an animal for a God?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Odd&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Which Religious Book is real? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bhagavad Gita? The Egyptian Book of the Dead? Qur&amp;#8217;an? Torah? Book of Mormon? The Analects? Tao Te Ching? Adi Granth? Holy Bible?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;So&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Does God suffer? Does God inflict pain? Does God kill? Does God Love? Does God Hate? Does God Care?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unreal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who is the main &lt;strong&gt;source&lt;/strong&gt; of hate in this world?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Religion&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;God&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17043126359</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/17043126359</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:07:35 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>atheism</category><category>Religion</category><category>Free Thinker</category><category>questions</category><category>God</category><category>critical thinking</category></item><item><title>Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster is a thought experiment,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyudqgHk0p1rn1mqdo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Church of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Flying Spaghetti Monster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; is a thought experiment, satire, illustrating that Intelligent Design is not science, but rather a pseudoscience manufactured by Christians to push Creationism into public schools.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16999716560</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16999716560</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:08:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Flying Spaghetti Monster</category><category>Pastafarianism</category><category>Religion</category><category>atheism</category><category>atheist</category><category>Intelligent Design</category></item><item><title>Richard Dawkins reads from his book ‘Unweaving the...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IOXMjCnKwb4?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richard Dawkins reads from his book ‘Unweaving the Rainbow’&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16968700538</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16968700538</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:05:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Richard Dawkins</category><category>atheism</category><category>atheist</category><category>awesome</category><category>reason</category><category>Unweaving Rainbow</category></item><item><title>Goes without saying when you don’t have religious ideals...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VdtwTeBPYQA?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Goes without saying when you don’t have religious ideals forced on your citizens crime does go down. Like I always said religion should be a very private thing and not forced on other people.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16963228755</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16963228755</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:24:09 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>Nations</category><category>facts</category><category>reality</category><category>peaceful</category></item><item><title>The Atheist Code</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Reason, not superstition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ethics, not dogma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Respect, not worship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Courage, not fear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fact, not myth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Morality, not religion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Clarity, not delusion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Good, not god&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Skeptic, not cynic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Rationality, not ideology&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;Logic shall set me free&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16890766720</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16890766720</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:23:23 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>star wars</category><category>humor</category><category>humanism</category><category>jedi code</category><category>Atheist code</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyn4xp1RKh1r7qpeho1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16818806198</link><guid>http://atheistmarco.tumblr.com/post/16818806198</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:43:05 -0500</pubDate><category>atheist</category><category>religious</category><category>spiritual</category><category>Religion</category><category>inspire</category></item></channel></rss>
