Sometimes the Christian Right wins a battle… only to have it backfire on them. For example, they were the ones who pushed to have Christian clubs in public high schools, and that’s the main reason Secular Student Alliance groups are now able to exist (and I predict they’ll spread quickly). Here’s another perfect example of that idea in action. There’s a (privately funded) Veteran’s Memorial in (publicly funded) Central Park in King, North Carolina. Since 2004, a Christian flag has… Read more
It hasn’t even been a week since gay marriage was legalized in New York, but already you have people of faith complaining that they won’t be able to do their jobs: Barbara MacEwen, the town clerk in upstate Volney who is responsible for signing marriage licenses in the town, said she’s morally opposed to same-sex weddings and does not intend to affix her signature to any marriage documents for gay or lesbian couples. … “If there’s any possible way to… Read more
I know we have sexism problems in our own movements — women aren’t always treated with respect and I’ve been to conferences that feature a dearth of female speakers. But because of people speaking out against this kind of thing, I have hopes we’ll get better in time. All that said, at least we’re not as bad as some Baptist groups: Apparently, women and non-white people aren’t qualified to speak about the Bible. Were they even considered…? Note to all… Read more
If there’s a better explanation of the difference between religion and science, I’d like to see it… Science figures things out, piece by piece. It’s not always easy, but you’ll occasionally have a breakthrough that allows you to fill in more pieces. The bigger picture ultimately becomes clear, even if the details aren’t complete. Religion just assigns an automatic explanation to everything. There’s no need to question. Nothing to figure out. Just accept it, move along, don’t bother putting any… Read more
There are lots of games to play with this Periodic Table of Atheists and Antitheists by Ungodly News: Who was left off the list? What do the letters stand for if not the person’s initials? And why are the bloggers relegated to the part of the Periodic Table no one ever cares about? *Sniff* I see how it is… Read more
