Stand By Me

"Stand by Me" performed by musicians around the world from SKAT on Vimeo.

"If this video doesn't bring a tear to your eyes and makes you smile for the rest of the day, you are a cold hearted bastard. Watch it from beginning to end—you won't regret it.

This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added some metal percussion to it.

And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones."

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Why do you believe in God?

This is an experiment. There will be no ridicule.

If you are a religious individual, and follow a religion that worships a single god (christianity, judaism, islam, etc.), I want to know how you would respond to the following question were you asked in conversation:

"Why do you believe in God?"

You may reply anonymously if you so choose. All I ask is that you leave a truthful, responsible answer. It can be as short or as lengthy as you choose.

If you are still asking, "Why should I tell an atheist like you why I believe in my god?", please understand that this is simply an experiment. I do not need to know who you are or your background history or anything else for that matter. I just want to hear the average religious individual's reason for believing in something I find incredibly impossible to believe in. I am not trying to 'find god' or anything close to it.

To leave your response, simply click on the comments link below this post and leave your answer. Thank you to anyone who participates.

UPDATE: Comments left that are not related to the subject presented will be deleted to keep an on topic atmosphere for this experiment.

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If Atheists Ruled the World...

All of the dialogue in the following video is taken directly, word for word, from online Christian fundamentalist forums. That is the horrifying truth. I wish everyone would allow their eyes to be opened and see how detrimental these fundamentalist Christians are to our very existence. Typically, when something is present that slows down positive progression, like too much weight on a race car, it is removed permanently. So how do we take care of this infestation that's putting too much weight on humanity to progress effectively? Fellow atheists, agnostics, rationalists, WHATEVER, need to come out of the closet and make a stand. The USA is NOT a christian nation. It is a nation that is supposed to be free from religious labels. That's why our forefathers left Britain to begin with. Now enjoy the scary film:

Church Mice

Very subtle, yet hilarious spoof. I wish we could replace all traveling christians trying to spread the word of jesus with cheese salesmen. The world would be a better, and cheesier, place!

Did You Know?

I can't decide if this is entertaining or strictly depressing.

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