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.
Back in December, I posted about all the legal violations taking place at Delta Middle School in Colorado. Here’s the situation: Students in a social studies class were taken to the library to do some work. When they arrived, their teacher told them there were bibles on a table in the main doorway, and they could pick one up as they left. So you know what comes next. Everyone say hello to The Satanic Temple coloring books! Read more
We all know evangelical Christian churches and the Republican Party have a tight bond. They both support policies that hurt women, block rights to LGBT people, deny science, etc. And even though that conservative bent may be pushing many young Christians out of the pews, the mindset isn’t changing. We all know that. But Christians hate talking about it. They think of themselves as being above politics. They may align with Republicans on the issues, but pastors are concerned with our eternal lives, while politicians only care about this one. Got it? But when a caller asked Family Research Council President Tony Perkins what she should do about her Obama-supporting pastor, Perkins didn’t follow the script. Instead, he had enough information to tell that caller to get out of her church: Read more
A self-proclaimed “prophet” thought God wanted to test his faith, so he decided to get in a battle with a lion. And the lion won. You have to take this story with a grain of salt, but GhanaWeb reports that Prophet Alec Ndiwane’s encounter took place at Kruger National Park in South Africa. Read more