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I stumbled on this cartoon from Wellington Grey .net and I think it’s hilarious…and true of course. (click to enlarge)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Religion:

1. Ignorance
2. Stagnation
3. Proselytism
4. Anhedonia
5. Blindness
6. Intransigence
7. Hypocrisy

Comedy website Something Awful have a load of photoshopped reverse magazines that PZ Myers pointed out. A “reverse magazine” is the process of taking a well known magazine (New Scientist etc) and rewording the title / front cover so it covers exactly the opposite of what it should. There are quite a few religion / belief based ones which I found amusing.

1. New Scientist to Old Scientist, with the great science behind Flat Earth. Alas the last gathering of online Flat Earthers (or FE’rs as they liked to be called) have abandoned ship, but their website and forums can still be viewed in the Wayback Machine.

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I recently entered the Friendly Atheist “motivational poster” competition and came 10th. It might be last place, but at least it’s at the top of the page! My submission was one that only made sense with the picture so in some ways it was quite deep. It was inspired by one of my favourite atheist quotes:

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

Anyway, here is my submission:

I’ve entered the latest competition as well, because I really want a Friendly Atheist wristband, and I encourage anyone else to do the same.

I lost my faith in Christianity (and religion in general) at the age of 11. At the time I had just started attending secondary school (high school) that was located next to the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral. The school was founded by a Bishop of the cathedral, and was an all boys school. It is quite appropriate to say that whilst worshiping at Salisbury Cathedral, I lost my faith.

However, the building itself is remarkable, and nobody could deny the fact that it is beautiful. The medieval architecture, combined with the tower and spire (the tallest in Britain) makes for great tourism and photography. I recently went on a amateur photography course at the cathedral which was great fun. I have been playing around with WordPress image galleries, and I have uploaded the photos for anyone who wishes to have a look.

The best way to view them is to let the page load completely, and then click on the first image thumbnail. The screen will darken and the image should load. You should then be able to go through the images by clicking on the arrows at the bottom.

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Ewan (guy who looks after the server) found this earlier today and I couldn’t resist posting it: