I’m getting sick of hearing about Jim Carrey’s new movie, The Number 23. Not coincidentally, it opens this Friday, the 23rd. It’s about how Carrey’s character gets obsessed with the number 23 and starts seeing it everywhere he goes. Of course, this is all a coincidence. If I asked you to look specifically for the number 55, you’d start seeing it everywhere you went. In fact, pick a random number. Look for it. Count how many times you see it…. Read more
Humanist Mama Stephanie’s little boy is my new favorite person. He catches on pretty quickly. And I’m guessing one day, he’ll save his mom from an awkward “birds and the bees” conversation, too. Read about his channel-surfing adventures here. [tags]atheist, atheism, Jesus, Christian[/tags] Read more
After the 2002 “Godless Americans March On Washington,” Paul Geisert was upset. … the choice of the name “Godless” for the march [distressed Geisert]… and he [searched] feverishly for an alternative name to use in unifying such a gamut of individuals. Not long after the march, Geisert coined a new term for this group of people: Brights. (That link also explains the grammatical difference between lower-case “bright” and upper-case “Bright.”) What is a Bright? A person with a naturalistic worldview,… Read more
Here’s some black history you never heard about in school. Many of the great African-American leaders of the early 20th century were not religious people! This was surprising to me when I heard it considering the level of religiosity you see in the black community now. Mike Estes, a wonderful speaker, goes into detail about this history using the leaders’ own words and writings in this episode (mp3) of the Infidel Guy radio show. Go listen! [tags]black history month, African-American,… Read more
Over at the Skepchick blog, the results of the Darwin-themed pick-up lines contest are in! And they’re hilarious. Some examples: Why don’t you unzip my pants and let me show you the descent of man? Girl, you so fine, you make me want to do a Cambrian explosion between your strata. Without you, my organ would become vestigial. I’m not even going to mention #1. The full thread of submissions can be read here. That was a fun idea. Go… Read more
