Remember the story of the atheist student who taped his history teacher raving about Creationism? Then remember how the school board solved the problem by banning tape recorders in the classroom? Here’s the case in a nutshell: Matthew [LaClair] recorded his history teacher, David Paszkiewicz, making comments in class in September, including remarks that only Christians had a place in heaven, that the Big Bang and evolution theories were not scientific and that dinosaurs were on Noah’s Ark. After the… Read more
My eBay “soul buyer” Jim Henderson will be featured in the Christian Science Monitor tomorrow. He moderated a dialogue with Christians and atheists titled “God – for people who hate church.” 🙂 What prompted this dialogue? Jane Lampman writes: Some Christians, concerned that millions of Americans never cross the threshold of a church, want to understand why, as well as learn what it is in evangelistic efforts that turns people off. Some atheists, worried that polls show they are the… Read more
What was that? That was awful. The editing. The quick cutaways. The posing of questions, but not showing the responses… They did show: Kelly’s comment about Jesus possibly not even being a man. (There were so many decent responses to the question of what atheists do with “Jesus”… this was not one of the better ones.) Kirk Cameron showing pictures of “transitional fossils” we should be seeing… like a literal Bull-Frog. And other things that just proved he never actually… Read more
I had written previously about the low attendance for the National Day of Prayer events. As for the National Day of Reason, there were atheists who gathered to talk about separation of church and state, or who donated blood, but virtually no media covered it (with the exception of a British newspaper). Why is this the case? Tim Stiffler brings this question up at the eBay atheist blog. He also asks why we need a day like this at all…. Read more
ABC seems to have realized discussing atheism boosts the ratings. So they’re doing it again this Friday. On a 20/20 episode this Friday at 9:00 (EST) titled “Seeing and Believing: The Power of Faith,” the show will mention the story of Chuck and Nicole Smalkowski. In a nutshell, here’s their story (via NoGodBlog): … Nicole Smalkowski was expelled from public school on false charges when she refused to stand in a circle on the auditorium floor with the girls’ basketball… Read more
