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.
For anyone living near Cranford, New Jersey (including folks in New York City), American Atheists is looking to hire a full-time Public Relations Director: Reporting to the President, the Public Relations Director will set and guide the strategy for all communications, including but not limited to, website content, blogging, Facebook content, Twitter messages, and other social media as well as public relations messages and collateral to consistently articulate American Atheists’ mission. The Public Relations Director will ensure that American Atheists… Read more
I’ve posted before about how one of the major reasons pastors leave the pulpit is because they realize they’re no longer preaching the truth. So why would people remain pastors once they realize the Bible is no longer credible? Lots of reasons. Uncertainty about a new career is only one of the issues. David Hayward (a.k.a. nakedpastor) left the ministry (even though he’s still a Christian) and he knows firsthand how hard it is to leave a church. He listed… Read more
The New York Times has the scoop on two items that might be of interest to all of you: 1) Richard Dawkins’ next book — “the story of his intellectual evolution and his work as an atheist” — is slated to be published in the fall of 2014. 2) He’s switching publishers. His last two books, The Greatest Show on Earth (2009) and The Magic of Reality (2011), were published by Free Press. His next book, which has no title… Read more
The town of Warren, Michigan put up a Nativity Scene in the Atrium of City Hall this past winter, so, naturally, the Freedom From Religion Foundation asked Mayor James R. Fouts to put up one of their own signs: “At this season of the Winter Solstice, let reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.” Fouts… Read more