I sent in my student membership dues a while ago, and last week, I finally received my “Thanks for joining” package from American Atheists! Very exciting. What does one get when joining an atheist organization, you ask? — A notepad with the AA logo. (To leave notes for your coworkers… before you get fired.) — The AA Magazine. (Cover story: “The Value of Being a Pain in the Ass” which talks about how we need to stand together and complain when… Read more
David Cross is an atheist comedian who might be best known for his work on the show Arrested Development. However, his stand-up routine includes several bits on religion. If you haven’t seen him yet, watch this clip. More postings coming soon![tags]David Cross, Arrested Development, religion, atheism, standup, comedy, atheist, Christianity[/tags] Read more
The Institute for Humanist Studies publishes an e-zine each week. This past Saturday, the website Fark.com, which provides links to entertaining and important news stories on a continual basis, linked to an article from the e-zine. That article discussed a study showing that religion was linked to bad behavior. Strangely enough, the article was first published last November. Still, the number of hits to the Humanist Network News website along with the article author’s website skyrocketed. In the current IHS e-zine, a graph… Read more
***Update (8/23/06) The author of the beliefnet.com article referred to below, Rebecca Phillips, sent me a link to a video of the Colbert mention. See it here!*** Recently, I talked about Stephen Colbert mentioning Camp Quest (the atheist summer camp) on his show. Well, last night on the Colbert Report, he mentioned another wonderful organization: the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers. I couldn’t find a video link, so I copied down the transcript… The other day, I logged onto beliefnet.com. (I always head… Read more
