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.
Earlier this year, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released results from their 2014 Religious Landscape Study. There was so much information in it that it’s all still being parsed. The most recent update focuses on what Christians think about homosexuality. And the trend is very clear: More Christians than ever before accept homosexuality… whatever that means. And not only do most American Christians (54%) now say that “homosexuality should be accepted by society,” that percentage goes up for just about every major denomination: Read more
The good news: Even Sarah Palin says she’d vote for an atheist! The bad news: She’d only do that if the other candidate was a Muslim terrorist… So we’re not the worst people on the planet… according to someone who makes Donald Trump seem rational by comparison. Palin made the comments during an interview yesterday with CNN’s Michael Smerconish: Read more
