This is almost too good… The man picked as Adam by a museum based on the Bible’s version of Earth’s history led quite a different life outside the Garden of Eden, flaunting his sexual exploits online and modeling for a line of clothing with an explicit mascot. Registration records show that Eric Linden, who portrays Adam taking his first breath in a film at the newly opened Creation Museum, owns a graphic Web site called Bedroom Acrobat. He has been… Read more
Duas Quartuncias has a wonderful summary of how Ken Ham (the Creation Museum guy) came to be sued, including the full background and a collection of further reading. It gives you a great summary of the case if you don’t know what’s going on Check it out here. [tags]atheist, atheism, Duas Quartuncias, Ken Ham, Creation Museum[/tags] Read more
I think this is the funniest serious article I’ve read in a long time… I didn’t know this. But I guess I’m not surprised. If you’re Catholic, you need to send the Church a formal letter (the “actus defectionis”) in order to officially leave the faith. One such letter, downloaded 30,000 times, is the main attraction at the Italian Union of Rationalists and Agnostics, or UAAR, website. … The actus defectionis must be snail-mailed to the parish where baptism took… Read more
Atheism is the featured article on Wikipedia today! We now join the ranks of other recent featured article subjects, like the Battle of Midway, Jupiter, and Frank Klepacki (?!?). I think it’s safe to say more damage will be done to atheism today than ever before. No one’s laughing…? Damn. (Thanks to Don for the link!) [tags]atheist, atheism, Wikipedia, Battle of Midway, Jupiter, Frank Klepacki[/tags] Read more
I got to meet Nica, the author of Nothing: Something to Believe In at a book signing tonight. There was a nice sized crowd there, too, which was fun to see. It was bigger than the crowd at my most recent book signing… (*Hemant shakes fists at you*) By the way, Nica also recently took part in Book Expo America, where she was part of a panel on the “rise of atheism as a religious subcategory in publishing.” Christopher Hitchens… Read more
