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.
I don’t know how he did it, but Vic Berger found a way to make televangelist Jim Bakker even creepier than usual. It involves the giant buckets of food Bakker is selling to his fellow Christians for when the world collapses during the Last Days and grocery stores become obsolete. It’ll also make you ridiculously queasy. Because any food eaten with a shovel is, by definition, disgusting. Read more
Echoing statements made by people like Sam Harris and Bill Maher, activist Maajid Nawaz criticizes those on the “Regressive Left” who refuse to call out Islam even when that condemnation is warranted — like when women are treated as second class citizens or cultural practices would never be accepted in other contexts. Read more
Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court formally took a stand against the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gay adult leaders by saying that state court judges could not participate in the organization. Anyone who did faced removal from the bench. Now that the BSA has reversed its stance, the Court’s Ethics Advisory Committee has reversed its position. But there’s still a problem. Read more
