***Update: If you would like to pose questions to Brian Sapient, Rational Response Squad co-founder (and thus, one of the leaders of the Blasphemy Challenge project), please write them in the comments. An interview with Sapient is forthcoming*** Even Newsweek is getting in on the action. The Blasphemy Challenge is where people submit videos to YouTube saying the catch phrase “I deny the Holy Spirit” in exchange for a free copy of The God Who Wasn’t There. For some reason,… Read more
The American Atheists (Founders) scholarship of $2000 is given annually to a student who has proven his/her activism in the atheist community. What constitutes activism? Maybe you wrote letters-to-the-editor to your local newspaper that were published or you started/led a local atheist group. You can also write an essay if you’d like. It’s all acceptable as part of your application. There is also a separate $1000 (Chinn) scholarship for an outstanding gay/lesbian atheist– the same requirements as stated above apply…. Read more
Yes, says Jonah Goldberg, Editor-at-Large of National Review Online. Read his article here. They printed this column in the commentary page of yesterday’s Chicago Tribune. It ruined my breakfast, I tell you. Goldberg says the following: The further to the left you are — particularly to the secular left — the less likely you are to donate your time or money to charity. Imagine two demographically identical people, except that Joe goes to church regularly and rejects the idea that… Read more
This weekend, the PBS show Religion and Ethics Newsweekly will air a special segment on atheism in America. Included in the segment are Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Julia Sweeney, and Paul Kurtz. You can check the PBS website for when the show airs in your local area. Everything will be available to download next week by clicking here. [tags]PBS, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, atheism, atheist, Betty Rollin, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Julia Sweeney, Paul Kurtz[/tags] Read more
Remember the uproar than ensued when Pat Robertson not-so-subtlely called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez…? So I was watching one of my favorite televangelist podcasts last night: Jack Van Impe Presents. (You can watch it, too. The audio can be downloaded here and video can be downloaded here.) That’s when I heard Jack make this comment (At the 5:53 mark of the video): … that’s the corruption that goes on in the United Nations. And there have been 50… Read more
