An atheist family lives in the panhandle of Oklahoma. The daughter is on her public school’s basketball team. Before a game, she refuses to say a prayer in the locker room. She also did not join the team in the on-court prayer before a game. She gets kicked off the team as a result. As the atheist, she has rumors about her spread around school. The dad goes to talk to the principal about all this, and the principal strikes… Read more
I’ve made mention before of how much I loved seeing the one-woman show by Julia Sweeney (a.k.a. Pat from Saturday Night Live). The show is called “Letting Go of God” and it’s one of the best stories I know of someone going from religion to atheism. If you haven’t heard it yet, an excerpt was broadcast on NPR’s “This American Life” a while ago and you can hear it here: [tags]Julia, Sweeney, Letting Go of God, God, NPR, This American… Read more
Yesterday, my senator Barack Obama made a speech about how Democrats need to embrace faith. The speech is here. Already, I’ve received a couple emails from Atheist organizations opposing the comments he made. For them, any expression of faith in the public square is anathema to their own agenda. What did Obama say? Definitely not that we should merge church and state. Instead, he said: (more…) Read more
