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.
Marc Barnes at Bad Catholic thinks atheists need to stop using certain arguments… but he misses the point of each argument entirely: 1) Babies are atheists Barnes says that religion is innate! Babies believe in the supernatural from early on! One study showed it! So there! How dare all the atheists equate religious indoctrination with child abuse!? Well, babies don’t believe in god the same way that many adults do… so we’re not actually off base. Still, no atheist ever… Read more
When Mitt Romney gave the commencement address at Liberty University, he made a not-totally-evil reference to people without religious faith: Someone once observed that the great drama of Christianity is not a crowd shot, following the movements of collectives or even nations. The drama is always personal, individual, unfolding in one’s own life. We’re not alone in sensing this. Men and women of every faith, and good people with none at all, sincerely strive to do right and lead a… Read more
Ex-pastor Jerry DeWitt, the first graduate of the Clergy Project, is working through that transition period between making a living (and lying) behind the pulpit and finding work outside of the church world. The Kansas City Atheist Coalition is chipping in to help him out and they’ve already raised a significant amount, but you can chip in here if you find it worthwhile (and I hope you do): Read more
Tony Perkins, the head Christian at the Family Research Council, made news this week when he appeared on Piers Morgan’s show and said this incredibly stupid thing: Morgan: You have five kids, right? Perkins: Yes, I do. Morgan: What would you do if one of them came home and said, dad, I’m gay? Perkins: Well, we would have a conversation about it. I doubt that would happen with my children, as we are teaching them the right ways that they… Read more