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.
After five years, more than two million followers, a book (that was the origin for this), and a Broadway show, @TheTweetofGod has decided to fade back into non-existence. Writer David Javerbaum is moving on to other projects, he told KPCC radio in Los Angeles. It follows a weekend in which the account got hacked and comedian Stephen Fry decided to quit the Twitter cesspool. In his honor, let’s celebrate some of our favorite tweets from the only God worth following. Read more
In a brief but fascinating interview with Staks Rosch at Publishers Weekly, author Susan Jacoby talks about her new book Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion: She explained why people change their faith — and wouldn’t you know it, logic and reason aren’t always the primary reasons. Read more
In June of 2014, the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center sent a letter to the Douglas County School District in Colorado detailing extensive evidence that officials at Highlands Ranch High School and Cougar Run Elementary School, in their capacities as district employees, were promoting Christianity and raising money for a Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ mission trip. Read more
