The American Humanist Association’s honorary president for the past several years had been Kurt Vonnegut. That post had previously been held by people such as Isaac Asimov and Corliss Lamont. With Vonnegut’s passing, someone will have to take his place. Any suggestions as to who it should be? The AHA hasn’t decided yet, so they’re willing to hear suggestions! [tags]atheist, atheism, American Humanist Association, Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov, Corliss Lamont[/tags] Read more
Last week, Barry Saunders, a columnist for The News & Observer, wrote an article in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre. Here’s how he began that article: No atheists in foxholes? Maybe not, but there are probably no atheists anywhere when Americans hear that college students, studying to make the world and themselves better, have been massacred. Was I the only person from whose throat escaped an involuntary “Oh, Lord” upon hearing of the campus carnage at Virginia Tech?… Read more
Clark Adams wrote a biting critique of The New Humanism conference on the Internet Infidels Discussion Board (IIDB), though he prefaces his remarks with the following: I greatly admire and respect Greg Epstein, Tom Ferrick and others who established and run the Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy. I think all major universities should have one, especially when tragedies like the one at Virginia Tech occur. Only a few universities in the US have one (Harvard, Columbia and Adelphi). That said, here’s his… Read more
They’re gay. One of them is Christian. The other is not, but he’ll go to church if the other guy sleeps with him. The Christians says ok. The two guys grope each other. Everyone’s happy. Except me. Because I’m confused. What just happened? … You can read the short comic book at the WeHoChurch (not a typo) website. (Thanks to Logos for the link) [tags]atheist, atheism, gay, Christian, WeHoChurch[/tags] Read more
Here’s a link to the video of Richard Dawkins on the O’Reilly Factor. O’Reilly, like many other Christians that interview atheists, doesn’t stray from the usual, refutable, stop-using-them-because-they-don’t-work arguments. As OneGoodMove writes: Apparently Bill’s only standard for truth is that he believes it. My only complaint, it was too short. EvolutionBlog provides an unofficial (but accurate) transcript of the interview. (Thanks to Joe for the picture) [tags]atheist, atheism, Richard Dawkins O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly, OneGoodMove, EvolutionBlog[/tags] Read more
