Jimmy Li in the Harvard Crimson newspaper has an article in today’s paper about coming out as atheists. He uses the “Pissed Catholic Mother” video as a starting point: “Pissed Catholic Mother” is shocking and disturbing to say the least, and it’s probably safe to assume that most parents would not respond with such hurtful and abusive language if their child were to tell them he or she is an atheist. Perhaps what is more unsettling, however, is that the… Read more
There are dozens of national/international organizations out there for non-religious people. For a newcomer to the scene, it’s often hard to keep track of which groups there are and how they are connected to each other. August Brunsman, Executive Director of the Secular Student Alliance, made a chart (a first draft, anyway) to help you out. Click on the image below to see it in full size: And now it all makes sense, right? This chart will go through a… Read more
Remember the banana video that “proved” God’s existence? The two guys in the video were Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort. After the Blasphemy Challenge people were on Nightline back in January, Comfort called up ABC and “offered to prove God’s existence, absolutely, scientifically, without mentioning the Bible or faith.” According to the Living Waters (Comfort’s ministry) press release: ABC loved the idea, and will host a debate in New York City on May 5, 2007. Moderated by Martin Bashir, the… Read more
For one thing, Britain’s Channel 4 aired the Richard Dawkins documentary The Root of All Evil?, a film which would never see airtime in America. Besides that, British blogger Nicole says this about a BBC show called Waterloo Road about a struggling school: A recent storyline involved the school receiving funding from a local businessman, who proceeds to bring in an American fundamentalist. They try to force the school to teach creationism and hold daily prayer meetings. The most recent… Read more
TimeOut Chicago magazine has a review of the book in their upcoming issue! Or at least an article that functions as a review. You can read the article by clicking the thumbnail below or going to the TimeOut Chicago website. By the way, perhaps you noticed that the article about my book is 3/4 of the page. Who takes up the other 1/4? Could that be Christopher Hitchens? Hell, yes! I’ve made it. His book, God is Not Great, gets… Read more
