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.
Catherine Dunphy was trained as a Roman Catholic Chaplain before becoming an atheist, and she is now a graduate and board member of The Clergy Project. On May 6th, she delivered the following sermon about her deconversion at West Hill United Church (a relatively Humanistic church) in Toronto, Ontario. *** I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for inviting me to spend this Sunday at West Hill — and for graciously welcoming me. The theme for… Read more
This is pretty vile. The Liberty Institute (a Christian group) is co-opting Memorial Day in order to convince people that religious emblems (like the Mount Soledad Cross) ought to exist on public land. Specifically, they’re promoting this video called “Don’t Tear Me Down”: The video basically implies if you support church-state separation, you have some sort of grudge against the troops. Of course, all these religious monuments are already allowed on church lawns or private grounds. That’s not what the… Read more
Reader Ryan alerted me to a San Francisco-based band called Dangermaker. They have a song on their album Black Dream called “Faith” and its lyrics are pretty atheist-friendly: Faith by DANGERMAKER Open your eyes, Somebody’s watching you. Change your mind, Change it to something new. Don’t let it fall apart, Let it fall apart (something I can’t make out here) Now do you believe… in god? I don’t believe I don’t believe in faith I don’t believe in you Faith…… Read more
I know former clergy members have a difficult time finding work after they leave the pulpit… but when you were kicked out of the Church for molesting kids, it seems obvious that you shouldn’t be allowed to have a job where you may be asked to frisk people (including children)… The [Philadelphia International Airport’s] security checkpoint between Terminals D and E is a busy place where thousands of people — including lots of kids — pass through every day. But… Read more