Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
In 2008, Focus on the Family released a document called “Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America” warning people against the horrors that would result if John McCain and Sarah Palin didn’t win the election. My colleague Libby Anne revisited that letter in 2012 and she’s done it again now, just to see how the letter played out after a second Obama term. Read more
According to various news reports from shady-as-hell sources like the Daily Mail and Anonymous Mexico, an HIV-infected Catholic priest who raped 30 girls between the ages of 5 and 10 was let off the hook by the Archdiocese of Mexico. Just one problem: Father Jose Garcia Ataulfo may not exist. Read more
I don’t remember what I was doing that night when I accidentally stumbled upon the comments section of a Bible page on Amazon.com (English Standard Version, Single Column Journaling edition, Trutone, Chestnut, Leaves Design, Jesus-approved), but inspiration finds you when you least expect it, right? What I do remember is that there wasn’t a single honest, fair review of the Christian holy text from a literary perspective. As someone who went to college for English and Religious Studies, I felt I was up to the task. Read more
Brian McLaren, long known as a leading voice for the Religious Left, has a must-read piece at Religion News Service about why he’s breaking up with what he calls the “Conservative Evangelical Project.” That is, the Christians who more or less demand that everyone vote for the Republican candidate, no matter what. Read more