I mentioned American Atheists may be putting up a new ad in anticipation of their national convention… and it’s now up! (Five of them!) Can you believe it’s causing some controversy…? “Even within the atheist community, the idea of ‘You know there is no God’, there are various difference of opinion about how far that goes — if it’s too far, not far enough — but that’s the objective. Get people thinking, catch the eye and create some dialogue,” said… Read more
In the latest issue of Rolling Stone (full article not available online), comedian Ricky Gervais talks about his atheism. That’s not new. I just like this accompanying picture: I’m pretty sure that’s what fundamentalist Christians think about when they hear the word “atheist”… Gervais isn’t alone in talking about his atheism, though. He’s joined by Kari Byron from Mythbusters, who discusses it in an interview at Suicide Girls: Keith Daniels: Well one thing I’m curious about. Do you believe in… Read more
I love how Creationist “logic” works when faced with someone armed with the facts… First, a Christian website posted this ridiculous cartoon: Of course, we know the two situations are completely different. Snakes don’t talk. Neither do amoebas. We do, now, after billions of years of evolutionary progress. You’re crazy if you think a snake actually existed and actually spoke to an actual Adam and an actual Eve. Several commenters point this out to the author of the post, C… Read more
This is what happens when you express doubt in the religious world: Even when you get the chance to ask a question to a pastor, the response is usually full of bullshit — the meaningless recitation of some Bible verse or a made-up answer that has no basis in the truth. The church doesn’t know how to reconcile its beliefs with an often harsh reality, so instead of saying “I don’t know the answer,” they overcompensate by saying “Christianity has… Read more
Reader Alex has several questions about the supposed Islamic belief in men receiving 72 virgins in the afterlife: Where do these 72 virgins come from? Does anyone specify that these virgins are all female? Assuming they are, are they supposed to be the souls of women who died before having sex in their mortal life? Or is there some virgin factory in heaven producing females for the sole purpose of having sex with dead men? Doesn’t that make god a… Read more
