What’s worse than Rebecca Black’s “Friday” video? The Christian version of it… called “Sunday” (of course). … and the church that made it is located only miles from where I live. *Double face p(s)alm* … You know you want the lyrics… (I tried to transcribe it. My fault if there are any errors) Eight a.m., waking up in the morning Gotta be sharp, gotta do my hair Can’t find a bowl, no time for cereal End of the weekend, the… Read more
I know Greta Christina put this out a little while ago, but I wanted to promote it here: A gigantic list of atheists of color. If you’re helping to organize an atheist conference, and you want your conference to be more diverse and more reflective of the makeup of the atheist community? If you’re an atheist writer or activist, and you want your quotations/citations/blogroll/etc. to be more diverse and more reflective of the makeup of the atheist community? If you’re… Read more
Joe Zamecki has been an atheist activist for years… which is why it makes perfect sense that he attended Catholic school for eight years. He’s written a book about his time there called Leaving the Quiet Room. It hasn’t yet been published, but Joe has provided me with an excerpt: In fifth grade, my class had Ms. McNabb for a homeroom teacher. Actually she was one of the first lay teachers we called Ms. and not Mrs. We knew what… Read more
Remember Dee Wampler, the Christian lawyer who is on a quest to have the phrase “IN GOD WE TRUST” posted in every City Hall in the state of Missouri? Now, we know why he’s doing it: “Especially with all the new people coming to the country that are hyphenated Americans, it’s important for them to know what our history and our culture and our tradition is,” he said. Well, there’s a new euphemism for non-white people… Wampler has no business… Read more
David Hayward, who is known on this site for his thought-provoking nakedpastor cartoons, has a serious post up on his site that deserves a read. He used to be a church pastor who was welcoming to gay people. But that didn’t stop other members of his church from holding views that ran the spectrum from outright bigotry to complete acceptance. That can’t be an easy group of people to lead… (And good luck discussing the issue of homosexuality in the… Read more
