On Monday, May 28, at 9:00 a.m. (local time) a peaceful Rally for Reason will be taking place outside Ken Ham’s Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky. It’s not just atheists. It’ll be atheists, Christians, science advocates, and everyone else who sees this “museum” as a travesty against human knowledge. This isn’t a protest against the rights of Answers in Genesis (Ham’s group) to present their views. As American Atheists Legal Director Edwin Kagin so succinctly says: “They can teach that… Read more
The debate between Kirk Cameron/Ray Comfort (Christians) and Brian/Kelly (atheists) was taped last night. You won’t be able to see it until Wednesday (on ABC News Now, online, at 2:00 p.m. (EST) and on Nightline, televised, at 11:35 p.m. (EST)). But Brian Sapient did make a few comments to me about how it went down: On 4 separate occassions the audience erupted in applause upon Kirk and Ray being destroyed. … It was ugly, we wanted to hug Kirk and… Read more
The O Project was conceived by Hamish MacPherson in 2005. Its mission is twofold: To champion the contributions that humanists and other non believers make to wider society in the fields of social justice, equality and human rights. To promote good relations and cooperation between believers and non believers. This isn’t about trying to convert people to atheism; rather, the project aims to increase good relations and respect between religious and non-religious people. There are atheists who think religious thinking… Read more
Unfortunately, there has been very little coverage of the National Day of Reason in the American mainstream media, which is unfortunate. But guess who did cover the event, using it as a starting point to discuss the rise of atheism in our country? A British newspaper, of course. The Sunday Telegraph manages to tie together the rise in atheist literature, the names of several national secular organizations, Pete Stark, a questionable quotation by George Bush Sr., and a picture of… Read more
The Harvest Show is an “internationally syndicated live, hour-long, daily television program” for Christian audiences. I’m going to be appearing as a guest on Tuesday morning to talk about I Sold My Soul on eBay. If you’d like to watch the episode, here’s the list of where the show airs! [tags]atheist, atheism, Christian, The Harvest Show, I Sold My Soul on eBay[/tags] Read more
