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.
Norwegian journalist Even Gran spent a year in the U.S. not too long ago and he used the opportunity to dive into our nation’s problems with church/state separation. He spoke with a couple of the students I’ve written about extensively on this site — Jessica Ahlquist and Damon Fowler — and the result is his book Rise of the Seculars: Read more
Here’s an entertaining thought experiment: If I told you there was a man with supernatural powers, who people looked to in times of need, who was thought of as a savior, who was immortalized in books and films, and who had scores of enemies, would you say this person was real or fictional? Superman is fictional. Catwoman is fictional. The X-Men are fictional. But when the superhero is Jesus, suddenly everyone thinks he’s real. That’s the premise of a documentary called Batman & Jesus. It’ll be out next year, but the trailer is up right now: Read more
Christian Hate-Pastor Steven Anderson’s diatribes celebrating the deaths of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando certainly struck a nerve with people amazed how anyone could have so much hate in his heart. I think, just as with Westboro Baptist Church, it’s obvious that most Christians would disavow his words without hesitation. Still, it was nice to see Charisma’s Michael Brown, the conservative commentator we frequently condemn on this site, criticize Anderson so forcefully. But that’s the only nice thing I can say since Brown has done everything in his power to make life a living hell for LGBT people. Read more