Sam Harris is holding a contest where the prizes are autographed copies of his books and $100. He writes in Free Inquiry: While I heard many silly retorts to atheism at [a recent] conference, here is a list of those most in need of deflation by freethinkers: Even though I’m an atheist, my friends are atheists, and we all get along fine without pretending to know that one of our books was written by the Creator of the universe, other… Read more
… is called Venus Magazine. It used to cater to African-American gays and lesbians. But then the publisher, Charlene Cothran, became “redeemed” and is no longer gay. Now, the mission of the magazine has changed to the following: The new mission of Venus Magazine is to encourage, educate and assist those who desire to leave a life of homosexuality. Our ultimate mission is to win souls for Christ, and to do so by showing love to all God’s people. We… Read more
Darwin Day is over, but gasmonso at Religious Freaks tells us that the audiobook version of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species is now available for free downloading! It’s been available in libraries and bookstores for over a century and more recently as a free eBook on the Intertubes. Of course all of these solutions had one major flaw though. You needed to be literate and willing to read the book in the first place. Well those days are long… Read more
