Cacy Cantwell was hired as a manager for Maine Contract Farming in 2003. Maine Contract Farming is a subsidiary of DeCoster farms, which is the “region’s largest brown egg producer.” Cantwell was fired in 2006 for “poor job performance,” even though he had never received any written warnings about this. What was the real reason he got fired? According to the Maine Human Rights Commission, there are reasonable grounds to think Cantwell was fired because he was an atheist. The… Read more
Brian Flemming summarizes how books with an atheist perspective are negatively received by Publishers Weekly, a very influential publication in the literary world. (Besides being highly respected, PW reviews are often the first ones you see on Amazon.) He cites negative reviews (or at least negative aspects) of God is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens), The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins), and The End of Faith (Sam Harris). Flemming throws I Sold My Soul on eBay in the mix as well. Austin… Read more
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post has a terrific article about attendance at various National Day of Prayer events in Washington, D.C. (By the way, he uses the term “Let us pray” as a rhetorical tool… he’s not preaching to you.) The emphases are mine: Let us pray that, on next year’s National Day of Prayer, there is better attendance at the “Bible Reading Marathon” on the West Front of the Capitol. Organizers put out 600 folding chairs on the… Read more
The Daily Herald (Central Utah) reported on the recent convention for Utah County’s Republicans: Utah County Republicans ended their convention on Saturday by debating Satan’s influence on illegal immigrants. … Don Larsen, chairman of legislative District 65 for the Utah County Republican Party, had submitted a resolution warning that Satan’s minions want to eliminate national borders and do away with sovereignty. Wait. It gets better: Republican officials then allowed speakers to defend and refute the resolution. One speaker, who was… Read more
I am guest on the most recent Point of Inquiry podcast! Point of Inquiry is a weekly online radio show put out through the Center for Inquiry. You can download the MP3 through this link. Or better yet, subscribe to the show through iTunes and just listen to them each week. It’s the best podcast out there for non-religious people– You’ll be glad you listened. [tags]atheist, atheism, Point of Inquiry, Center for Inquiry, iTunes[/tags] Read more
