Glenn Greenwald: Liberty and Justice for Some

Glenn Greenwald speaks about America's two-tiered justice system and why he wrote his latest book, With Liberty and Justice for Some: Ho...

Dumb and Dumber Fail Again

Introduction I had responded to a ridiculous post at a website called Real Men Have Spoken. The moronic author of that post responded and th...

The Vatican is Bullshit!

I've been catching up on the final seasons of Penn and Teller's Bullshit and I just finished season seven. I found out that on the D...

Willfully Ignorant, Shameful, or Just Plain Stupid? Part II

Nearly a year and a half ago a blogger who goes by the name of Makarios wrote a blog post that was so ignorant I blasted him for it. Now, ab...

Obama Will Go Down In History As The President Who Enshrined Indefinite Detention Into Law

I've warned people for years about the governments' increasing power grabs. Read it and weep. Literally weep. The bill of rights are...

The Failure of the Iraq War

The war on Iraq was begun on March 20, 2003 and “officially” ended December 15, 2011. After the lies by Bush about Saddam Hussein and weapon...

A Blogger Recommends My Review of The Truth Behind the New Atheism

I was browsing the internet and came across a post discussing David Marshall's book The Truth Behind the New Atheism. At James' Thou...

We Will Miss You Christopher Hitchens

I read today that the well-known author and opponent of religion, Christopher Hitchens, has died yesterday. He was 62. Hitchens, who had bee...

The 'New' Atheism: 10 Arguments That Don't Hold Water?: A Refutation

IntroductionI am at it again. I've set my sights on yet another Christian author who has published one more in a long line of books seek...

The Lucifer Effect – December 2011

Here are this month's picks for police brutality videos. On Democracy Now I learned that after this attack took place three students had...

Varieties of Statism

A statist is defined as someone who favors the “concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized govern...

Real Men Don't Murder People

Introduction A while back I received a comment on my post titled Why I Do Not Support the Troops by a seemingly illogical, hateful, and sexi...

Arizona Atheist vs. David Marshall

In October of this year I decided to copy a document I'd written titled 10 Errors in the Truth Behind the New Atheism into the Customer ...

Thanksgiving Day: Another Day of Shame

Several years ago I recall watching an episode of Roseanne where Roseanne Barr's character was watching a school play featuring her son,...

A Slave to Incompetence: The Truth Behind David Marshall’s Research on Slavery by Dr. Hector Avalos

This was posted to John Loftus' blog Debunking Christianity on July 15, 2010 by Hector Avalos, author of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the ...

Debating Anarchism: November 2011

I had a discussion about anarchism with Bret who blogs at anythingbuttheist.blogspot.com. This discussion took place on November 13th, 2011 ...

Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Ethics of Biblical Scholarship: A Review

The most recent book by noted biblical scholar Hector Avalos is his Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Ethics of Biblical Scholarship. In this b...

Illegal and Immoral Eviction Upon Occupy Wall Street

Today in the early morning hours police arrived at Zuccotti Park in New York with dump trucks in their attempts to clear the encampment of t...

Anarchy Unbound, or: Why Self-Governance Works Better than You Think, by Peter T. Leeson

I came upon the work of economist Peter T. Leeson after reading the interesting book The Legal Foundations of Free Markets, edited by Stephe...

My Deconversion: From Statist to Anarchist

IntroductionI have blog posts dedicated to why I became an atheist and an anarchist, but I've never explained in much detail the thought...

Occupy Wall Street: The Sequel

I'd like to begin this piece by quoting a protester:Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the peo...

William Lane Craig's Arguments for God Refuted In Translation

Daniel, who blogs at the Spanish skeptics website called Chile Skeptic, had asked to translate what is probably one of my most viewed posts...

Autism and Atheism

A new study appeared recently that looks to initially show that atheism is linked with Asperger’s syndrome, a type of high-functioning autis...

Why I Do Not Support the Troops

I found this video called Why I Do Not Support the Troops on Youtube today. It was linked to by a family member whose husband is in the mili...

Why the Bible Cannot Be the Word of God: A Review

Why the Bible Cannot Be the Word of God., by Andre JacobsAuthorHouse, 2011Softcover, 107 pagesISBN: 978-1-4567-2276-0At just a little over o...

The Lucifer Effect – November 2011

Dancing is a crime?! Since when?! Here is an example of police misconduct when a cop arrests someone for video taping him. This video showca...

David Berlinski's Delusion

I bought David Berlinski's book The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions and instead of doing a thorough review ...

Steven J. Baum and Associates are Immoral, Heartless Assholes

UPDATE: I have learned that Steven J. Baum and Associates, after these photos were leaked, has went under. Justice has been served. Accordin...

Police Protect the Banks' Interests

At Occupy Wall Street numerous customers decide to close their Bank of America accounts in protest of the bank's immoral actions. Unfort...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Conclusion

- Revised on July 18, 2012 I hope this series has been informative and clear for all who've decided to read it. My goal with the series ...

FOX News Lies

I was watching FOX News the other night because I've been curious how they might twist any happenings at the protests that are taking pl...

Civic Literacy Exam: My Results

A while back I discovered the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's Civic Literacy Exam. Having only a high school education and my vast l...

The Truth Behind the New Atheism: The Definitive Refutation

Introduction The following is a refutation of the book by Christian apologist David Marshall titled The Truth Behind the New Atheism:‭ ‬Resp...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: The Meaning of Life

In the Beginning...At just seventeen years of age I was thrown into a deep depression due to the teasing I had endured throughout my middle ...

Debating Anarchism, July 2009

On an older post comparing Statism to Theism (which I've since updated here) I had a good debate with an anonymous fellow who respectful...

Arizona Atheist's Comment Policy

I genuinely enjoy debate and discussion, which is one of the reasons why I blog in the first place. Unfortunately, there are those who do no...

From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy The World

Because the mainstream media neglects to cover the protests taking place I thought I would share today's Democracy Now! broadcast so all...

Kirk Cameron's Sad Birthday "Party"

On Yahoo.com they've reported a story about Kirk Cameron, co-host of the Way of the Master television series, and about how a picture o...

Readers: Which Book Would You Want Reviewed Next?

Dear Readers,I'm considering doing one final book review (of course, there might be more... I've said I would be done in the past bu...

Columbus Day: A Day of Shame

Today is Columbus Day. A day that has become a national holiday. Even though it's somewhat well known what Christopher Columbus did to t...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Enforcement of the Social Contract

In a previous post I explained the role of the social contract in a society and looked at some examples of how it might be applied. In this ...

Fellow Atheists: Why Don't You Believe in God?

FELLOW ATHEISTS:Many atheists have told their de-conversion stories on their websites and blogs and I've even written about mine right h...

The Lucifer Effect - October 2011

This man was allegedly tasered and beaten for not removing his hat. I liked what this man had to say. I agree entirely. Here, cops arrest a ...

Democracy Now! November 28, 2011

I normally haven’t put any entire news stories by Democracy Now! on my blog but this one I felt was important to see and there may also be s...

Evolution and Global Warming Denialism: How the Public is Misled

This is a talk by NCSE's Eugenie Scott about the similar tactics of the evolution and global warming deniers. This took place September ...

Police Brutality on Wall Street

Over at OccupyWallStreet they show video of a cop pepper spraying a group of unarmed, innocent women as they were pinned inside of a police ...

A Message to Florida "pastor" Michael Stahl

REDACTED: Stop the Murder of Troy Anthony Davis!

Update 9-22-11: A little over two years after I wrote this post I am horribly saddened and angered to report that Troy Davis has been murder...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: The Social Contract

The social contract is an idea that's been around for centuries and has been expounded by some of the world's greatest thinkers: Rou...

Noam Chomsky On 9/11

From chomsky.info,Was There an Alternative? Looking Back on 9/11 a Decade Later, by Noam ChomskyWe are approaching the 10th anniversary of t...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: The Subjectivity of Morality

The debate over whether or not morality is subjective or objective is a long one and with this post it is my goal is to explain the reasons ...

ACLU Report: A Call to Courage: Reclaiming Our Liberties Ten Years after 9/11

The American Civil Liberties Union has recently released a report highlighting the dangers of government on our freedoms since the September...

Writing The Tao of Arizona Atheist Has Been an Enlightening Experience

Since March of 2011 I've been compiling a series of posts I've decided to call The Tao of Arizona Atheist. It is a series that I hop...

Beltaine’s Fire

I was contacted by a member of the atheist/anarchist band called Beltaine’s Fire. Their style of music isn't quite the kind I listen to ...

The Lucifer Effect – September 2011

The police beat a homeless and mentally ill man to death and refuse to release the tape of the beating, despite much public protest. Here is...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Is the State Necessary?

To the vast majority of individuals the above question seems absurd. “Of course we need government,” they argue, and for various reasons. Th...

Hitler Was No Atheist...Just Ask Him Yourself

Thanks to Open Parachute for this one. This is funny!

The Tao of Arizona Atheist

The Tao of Arizona Atheist is a series that outlines and defends my personal philosophy. The individual posts are written in a specific orde...

"Celebrate Science"

“CELEBRATE SCIENCE” LAUNCHES IN AUGUST: A NATIONAL TOUR TO KEEP SCIENCE IN AND CREATIONISM OUT OF OUR NATION’S SCHOOLS New York, NY – July 2...

A New ‘Libertarian’ Experiment

It’s been many years since the days of ”Equity,” “Utopia,” and “Modern Times,” Josiah Warren’s planned anarchist communities in the 1800‘s b...

A Review of God, No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales

God, No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales, by Penn Jillette. Simon & Schuster Hardcover, 256 pages ISBN-10: 1...

You Gotta Admire That 'Christian Love!'

A Yahoo News article tells how Fox News pulled comments from their online article about their interview with Blair Scott, the American Athei...

Calling All Bloggers!

I've decided to take a page out of another atheist's blog who had a post asking for any and all to promote their blogs, so with thi...

The Lucifer Effect – August 2011

In this first video it's hard to see it but at approximately 19 seconds into the video you can see the cop on the right side kick the ma...

David Marshall Responds to My Review of His Book....Sort Of

I am indeed shocked. That was my first thought when I received a notification from David Marshall in the comments that he has addressed my r...

Debunking the Kalam Cosmological Argument of William Lane Craig

I was notified today of this excellent video by "skydivephil" on YouTube that does a fantastic job of debunking William Lane Craig...

Can't Get Enough of that New Car...Surveillance?!

For those of you who can't avoid having to buy a new car after June 1, 2011 will from then on be watched more closely by law enforcement...

Arizona Atheist Included in the Top 50 in Atheist Blogs

This is the second time I’ve been notified by an unknown website claiming that I’ve been one of the chosen out of the thousands of atheist b...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Prime and Private Property

The subject of this Tao of Arizona Atheist is about how Prime is linked to private property and other issues that go along with that, such a...

The Lucifer Effect – July 2011

From Seattle, Washington comes a sad story about a cop, Ian Birk, who brutally shot and killed a partially deaf man for carrying a pocket kn...

David Marshall is Refuted Again

Over at David Marshall's blog he's written a series of posts about how Christianity has supposedly raised the status and well-being ...

“Atheist Watch” Censorship

Joe Hinman, a.k.a. “Metacrock” continues to refuse to publish my comments on his blog when I try to (politely) criticize something he says a...

Group Who Feeds Hungry and Poor People Arrested...For Feeding the Poor!

A group who calls themselves Food Not Bombs was recently arrested in an Orlando park because they lacked the permits “necessary” to be able ...

Researching Anarchism

For the longest time I wasn't aware that there were books by anarchists who answered the many criticisms of anarchism and I've recen...

Government Fines a Childrens’ Lemonade Stand

Now I’ve heard it all. In Maryland the government has decided to fine innocent children because their lemonade stand did not have a vender’s...

Two Updates About My Review of The Irrational Atheist

I’ve got some good news for all my readers.First, I’ve recently finished my review of The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity ...

David Marshall and My Refutation of His Work

The following is an updated and revised version of the original post. I have decided to update it due to new developments and projects that ...

A Reader Gives Kudos On My Review of The Truth Behind the New Atheism

An atheist who goes by the name of “Dr. H” has recently emailed me after I asked him to read my review of David Marshall’s The Truth Behind ...

David Aikman and My Refutation of His Work

In 1979 David Aikman wrote his doctoral dissertation titled The Role of Atheism in the Marxist Tradition, where he attempted to lay blame fo...

And They Say Atheism, Not Religion, Is the Problem...

I’ve just read a news story about an Arizona man who said he lit several fires because of his “duty to god.” From azcentral.com:Jun. 2, 2011...

The Lucifer Effect – June 2011

Before I get to this month's Lucifer Effect I wanted to restate my reasons for posting these videos. I began this series on August 1, 20...

Defending Victor J. Stenger and Myself From the Attacks of a Dishonest Critic

Back in April I was browsing reviews of Victor J. Stenger’s book The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason when I came across a...

The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: A Review

Since I've written one actual review already I thought I'd write another and help promote this excellent book.This latest book by Vi...

The Speed Cameras Are Back in Az

Well, it's happened. The “will” of the people was ignored by the greedy government who began using unmarked cars on city streets, and ev...

Atheists Care

I was sent an email by the head of a new campaign that seeks to help the victims of the recent tornadoes in Alabama that is located in Tempe...

The Anatomy of the State, by Murray N. Rothbard

I found a very good article by Murray Rothbard about the history and role of the government in peoples' lives. While a bit long, this is...

Chris Rodda Gives Liars for Jesus For Free

I was surprised when I read Chris Rodda’s Huffington Post piece today where she’s decided to create a free downloadable version of her excel...

Comment Moderation: OFF

I wanted to give everyone a heads up. I recently changed my blog’s setting a bit. I decided to turn off any comment moderation. I believe I’...

Atheism and Naturalism: A Review

Many of my readers are probably familiar with the many reviews I've written refuting and rebutting various theistic authors such as Vox...

The Lucifer Effect – May 2011

It's that time of the month again! In the following video a cop pepper sprays a defenseless squirrel at Kimbrough Middle School in Mesqu...

Is God a Moral Compromiser? by Thom Stark

I came across Thom Stark’s excellent and exhaustive book length review of Paul Copan’s Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testa...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Atheist Hypocrisy

One of the interesting things about being an atheist and anarchist is I have the chance to debate and study both subjects. Because I spend s...

Why I’ve Become More Moral Since Becoming An Atheist

The above statement might shock some, but I believe it’s entirely true. Despite the mountain of propaganda and religious close-mindedness to...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Prime

In the last piece I explained what anarchism was and in this third part of the Tao of Arizona Atheist series will explain how my friend Bob ...

The Lucifer Effect - April 2011

Sorry folks but I’ve been very busy as of late and I forgot all about April’s post. Here is a horrible video of a teenager being beaten for ...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Anarchism

In the first piece of this series I looked at the way in which I view atheism and briefly how I became an atheist. Atheism is the first pill...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Atheism

- Revised on February 13, 2012 Atheism is defined, according to its Greek roots, as the lack of belief in gods: a “without” or “not” and the...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Introduction

I’ve decided to begin a new series of posts I’ll call The Tao of Arizona Atheist. The tao is a Chinese word that means “the way” so the titl...

Some Atheists Are Wrong about Communism

In my opinion there is a large error being made my some atheists when they discuss Communism and any role atheism may have played in their a...

Police Can Be Very Stupid Sometimes 2

The Associated Press via Yahoo.com has released information about an incident where a man doused himself in gasolene during a domestic viole...

David Marshall and I: The Saga Ends

A few days ago I noted a few comments about me and my review of The Truth Behind the New Atheism in the comments of David Marshall’s blog. I...

David Marshall and I: The Saga Continues

I thought I had finally been done with Marshall but I was doing an internet search for any mention of me or my blog and I came across a shor...

The Lucifer Effect - March 2011

In this video a man is savagely beaten by police even though not a single time did he even attempt to “resist” arrest. I also want to make n...

The Irrational Atheist: A Refutation

Introduction I think of this book, The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens (BenBella Books, I...

An Update on My New Review and a Request for My Readers

Dear Readers,My review of The Irrational Atheist is 99% complete. The only sections I left for later were the ones dealing with the Crusades...

Dumping Religion During Adolescence

While I’m finishing up my review of Vox Day’s The Irrational Atheist, I was compelled to write about an argument I’ve read on Vox’s blog and...

The Irrational Theist

Dear Readers,I’ve decided to announce the newest book review I’m currently working on. I’ve got the book The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting ...

I Would Believe in God If...

Theists ask all the time what it would take for an atheist to believe in god. They argue that we atheists always tear down arguments we don...

An Update for You All...

Hi all, I’m sorry I haven’t written much lately...I just realized the other day I missed this month’s Lucifer Effect even! The reason is bec...

Reasonable Faith Q&A on Arizona Atheist

Someone was nice enough to leave a comment on my post critiquing William Lane Craig telling me that someone wrote in to Craig asking him a...

Martin Luther King Jr. is Now One of My Heros

With it being Martin Luther King Day today and I've been reading King's autobiography I thought I'd write a little bit about my ...

God: The Evidence: A Retrospective and Refutation

Introduction This review will be a little bit different than the others I've written. God: The Evidence: A Reconciliation of Faith and R...

My Favorite Posts of 2010

2010 seemed to go by so fast. I hope 2011 will be another good year. I also have something planned in 2011 for my readers but it’s a surpris...

The Religious Antagonist

So far he’s only got two videos up on YouTube but they are entertaining and interesting. I’m curious what other videos he’ll post. Go take a...

A Much Needed Update

Dear Readers,I thank you all who've subscribed to my blog and I'm shocked that at least 58 people (only through Google's Followi...

The Lucifer Effect - January 2011

Happy New Year! I’ll start off this new year on Arizona Atheist with a sad news story about a seventeen year old boy who somehow ended up fa...