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.
Ball Bearings is a magazine produced by students at Ball State University and their latest issue is focused on Millennials and religion. One of the featured articles, by Alex Kincaid, is all about a student on campus who rejected her faith in part because she realized how much money the local church was taking in: Read more
Forget Bobby Jindal. I thought it was bad when the Presidential candidate said anyone who opposes gay marriage is going to jail. Pat Robertson, never one to be outdone when it comes to outlandish comments, said on The 700 Club today that anyone who believes in God is being put behind bars now: Read more
We can add Bobby Jindal to the ever-growing list of Republican Presidential candidates who gleefully distort how the law works in order to butter up the base. Speaking of Kim Davis, Jindal told Iowa talk radio host Simon Conway, incorrectly, that Christians who oppose marriage equality are being sent to jail: Read more
If you have a heroin epidemic in your town, how do you solve the problem? Maybe make it a priority for law enforcement officials, or educate younger citizens on the harm of the drug, or create a public service advertisement? If you’re Tom Palecek, the President of the Wadsworth City Council in Ohio, you skip right over those silly “useful” approaches. Instead, you jump right to Jesus: Read more
