Last October, the Freedom From Religion Foundation went live with an atheist ad campaign featuring relatively unknown, local freethinkers from Madison, Wisconson. I thought it was a strong campaign with beautifully-designed billboards. Now, they’re doing it again in Raleigh, North Carolina. This time, 12 billboards will go up on behalf of the Triangle Freethought Society. They went up today and they’ll be there through the end of April (PDF). Here are the new designs: “It worked for the gay rights… Read more
There’s been plenty of controversy over Pastor Rob Bell’s latest book Love Wins and the question of whether or not hell exists (Rob says it does). But it raises an interesting question: How many pastors really believe in hell? Sure, we often hear about those who preach hellfire, but why is it that the concept of Hell seems to disappear when someone dies? Caleb Wilde, a funeral director, puts it this way (emphasis his): I have worked about 3,000 funerals… Read more
After posting a lot about schools in which teacher-preachers aren’t really punished, it’s nice to hear about schools where incidents like these are put to rest immediately. Reader Andrew shared this story with me via email. It takes place during his senior year of high school in 2002: I was taking two periods of band, one in the morning and one later in the day… We had a sub in band that day. Usually that meant that we had an… Read more
Canadians in Alberta, what the hell is going on in your education system? It’s not like most American schools are anything to brag about, but at least the notion of secular education isn’t up for debate: The Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division will conduct a survey to determine how many people in Morinville want their children to receive a secular education. … The Greater St. Albert Regional Catholic Division runs all four schools in the town north of Edmonton:… Read more
