If you’re within a 823,432 mile radius of Orland Park, IL, then consider coming to an I Sold My Soul on eBay book signing/discussion/hoedown Saturday evening! The event will take place at the Barnes & Noble starting at 7:00 p.m. The building is two floors, and apparently, this reading will occur in the space in front of the escalator. Good times 🙂 Hopefully, the questions asked will be better than a “question” I had at the most recent book signing,… Read more
Esra’a (from Bahrain) at Mideast Youth posted an interview with a 23-year-old Arab atheist. His answers to a lot of questions are not too different from what you might hear an American atheist say. I posted some of the more interested questions and answers below. Q: … you said that you’re an atheist shortly before you tried to convince me that you’re not anti-Arab. Explain to me why you feel the need to do that? A: Because non-Muslim Arabs are… Read more
According to the Associated Press, here are some church abuse statistics that should frighten everyone: Three companies that insure the majority of Protestant churches in America say they typically receive upward of 260 reports each year of people under 18 being sexually abused by clergy, church staff, volunteers or congregation members. That’s an underestimate, since the denominations aren’t centralized and not every instance is reported. How does the Catholic Church do in comparison? The Roman Catholic Church has said there… Read more
Ed Brayton gives you the backstory about what’s happening in the Albemarle School District in Virginia: … Most schools have a system for sending home flyers to parents informing them of school events. Most schools also allow outside groups, like the Scouts or the YMCA, use that system to get the word out about summer camps and the like. In 2001, a Christian group tried to use a school’s system to inform parents of one of their events and they… Read more
