As I wrote last week, I’m offering free copies of I Sold My Soul on eBay to anyone who can publicize the book in some way: a blog, a website, a church, an atheism discussion group, etc. Many of you have some great ideas and I’m excited to see them come to fruition. There are still a few copies left to give, but I need to hear from you in the next two days if you’re interested in participating! If… Read more
The Barna Group released a report yesterday claiming that the “Unchurched Population Nears 100 Million in the U.S.” It would be fun if atheists could take some credit for this. But the rate hasn’t statistically changed since 1994, says the report. Still, “unchurched” people represent approximately 1/3 of the people in the country. What else does the Barna report tell us? 47% of political liberals are unchurched, more than twice the percentage found among political conservatives (19%). [W]hile about one-third… Read more
After all that has been written about Congressman Pete Stark’s coming out as a nontheist, the one thing that was left out was who actually won the Secular Coalition for America’s contest. Who nominated Pete Stark as the highest ranking, elected, nontheistic public official? In fact, two people had nominated Stark, and since this wasn’t a race to see who could nominate someone the fastest, both had a chance for the $1,000 prize. A coin was flipped to determine the… Read more
Dan over at Gimme Back My God! has an idea. He got it after reading this post by Saint Gasoline. Saint Gasoline writes: Intelligent Design books like Behe’s Darwin’s Black Box or Wells’ Icons of Evolution can be found in the science section of these book stores, along with real science books… … Simply because the books are about science doesn’t necessarily make them science books, for the same reason that a fictional story based upon an historical event isn’t… Read more
