Ladies and gentlemen, your moment of zen: The brand new painting (Morals vs. Ethics) is by atheists’ favorite artist Joel Pelletier, who also painted the incredibly-detailed and much-discussed American Fundamentalists (2004). [tags]Morals vs. Ethics, Joel Pelletier, American Fundamentalists, atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
I just spent a lot of time writing about how incredible I think Barack Obama is. And then I deleted it. You’ve already heard the hype; why bother restating it. The point of it all was this: I am thrilled that he’s in the race. PZ Myers thinks otherwise, though. He says Obama is “too pious and too unaccomplished.” Too unaccomplished? There are plenty of “accomplished” people that have led the country down the wrong path. Democrats included. Even if… Read more
I conducted this little experiment on an Indian matrimonial website… Some background: I’m a macaca. And just like Jewish people have JDate, Indian people have Shaadi.com. Shaadi.com claims 710,000+ success stories. Some of these are arranged marriages (your profile can be created by your parents, siblings, or friends). Of course, you can also put up your own ad to potentially meet a spouse. It’s not a dating site like Match or Craigslist. When you register, they ask you for your… Read more
New Jersey recently became the third state to approve civil unions. Much of the opposition to this came from religious groups. However, that opposition may be dissipating. The state’s attorney general, Stuart Rabner, said last Thursday that members of the clergy will not be required to perform the ceremonies. Everyone else will have to abide by the anti-discrimination laws. They must perform all ceremonies or none. I’m not sure what the “news” is. Churches have never been forced to perform… Read more
NPR’s Morning Edition ran an interesting piece a couple days ago. Correspondent Judy Woodruff has been speaking to members of Generation Next. In this case, she spoke to them about religion. One student, Gillian Siple of Davidson College in North Carolina, spoke about how even though she was raised as a Christian, she felt a urge to explore other faiths. She is pursuing a religion major, after all. What led her to learn about other religions? Here’s what Gillian said… Read more
