As people post reviews of I Sold My Soul on eBay, I’ll be putting them up in the Book Reviews section of the sidebar. Frequent commenter (and Christian) Mike Clawson has a positive, in-depth review of the book on his blog. Go check it out! And if you have a review of the book on your site, please let me know! [tags]Hemant Mehta, Mike Clawson, I Sold My Soul on eBay[/tags] Read more
The shorter review: Go read Nica Lalli’s new book Nothing: Something to Believe in! You’ll love it. The longer review: There are a lot of books out there written by academics who can give you a philosophical explanation of why we shouldn’t believe in God. There are an increasing number of books out there (mine included) that discuss becoming an atheist after having been raised with religion. But I had yet to read an autobiography from the perspective of someone… Read more
During the American Atheists convention, we were given a slip of paper that asked us what question we would like to ask God (if there was one). Those who chose to do so wrote a question down, put the slip of paper in a box, and then forgot all about it. Then, during dinner one night, guess who graced us with a visit?! Jesus H. Christ. He pulled our questions out of the box one-by-one and began to answer them…… Read more
On Sunday afternoon at 1:30 pm (CST), I’ll be speaking to the Minnesota Atheists group at Roseville Public Library (in Roseville, MN). If you’re in the area, please come by! Detailed information can be found here. Some other interesting notes: One member of MN Atheists is August Berkshire, who wrote the popular “18 Unconvincing Arguments for God” list. If you go to the Minnesota Atheists home page and look on the right side toward the top, you can see videos… Read more
Roland Martin is a syndicated columnist and former editor of the Chicago Defender, an influential black newspaper. If you’re unfamiliar with him, you may remember this exchange on legacy admissions (which essentially mean you got into a good college because daddy went there and now gives the school money) he once had with President Bush– it made national headlines: Roland Martin: So, the colleges should get rid of legacy. President Bush: Well, I think so, yeah. It should be based… Read more
