The Atheist Blogger

A couple of days ago, DisComforting Ignorance started a 7 part debunk of the Living Waters “Atheist Test“. The test is a rather silly way of converting atheists into theists. It uses quite a few irrational arguments, including the “buildings have a builder” argument, and of course the standard “banana argument“. It was this banana argument that DisComforting Ignorance addressed in the first part.

The article did the standard debunk of the banana, and added what he supposed was the “theists nightmare”

The coconut — the theist’s nightmare.

Although the meat and water is pleasing to our taste buds, note that the coconut:

1. Is not shaped for human hand
2. When it has ripened, it doesn’t detach for a few months, at which point the coconut water has become bitter. If you want coconut water, you have to get it while it’s still unripened.
3. When it detaches, it falls from tall palms, injuring people.
4. Has no tab for removal of wrapper
5. Has no perforation on wrapper.
6. You have to whack it many times about its circumference with a tool.
7. It is not shaped for human mouth
8. Has no point at top for ease of entry
9. Removing the meat from the shell is a laborious process, even with a tool.
10. Is not curved towards the face to make eating process easy

I posted a comment saying that the coconut does fit nicely in the human hand, and that atheist author Nick Gisburne had already suggested the Pineapple as the theists nightmare. The full video is below:

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A question asked and answered by members of a new Facebook group, aimed at being the opposite of the countless groups like “I bet I can find 1,000,000 Christians”. This group wants to find at least a quarter of a million non-believers on Facebook and unite them in one place.

Currently the group has just over 950 members, and needs people to join up and help them reach their goal. Since there are over 70 million registered users on Facebook, finding 250,000 atheists amongst them should be an easy feat.

If you want to learn more about the group and the guy helping to run it, visit his blog.

In other news, my exams are over. Prepare for a load of updating and information concerning the book club discussion in the next few days!

Friendly Atheist found a blog listing the stuff Christians like, and suggested people start making lists of “stuff atheists like”. So far two blogs have been set up, and they have listed a few things. Instead of setting up a blog to do this, I thought it fair better as a forum thread. That way people can easily suggest things and they can be added to the list.

If the list gets too big I might make a page for it here, but for now it should be quite a fun activity for anyone who wants to join the forums!

An interesting CBS story on atheists in America, and why they have started “lashing out” in society:

From RichardDawkins.net

A great video that uses the list at Celebrity Atheists to provide a visual representation of the more well known atheists in society.

Thanks to Friendly Atheist for the link.