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.
Focus on the Family is promoting the Day of Dialogue (a.k.a. The day to tell gay kids they’re going to hell if they don’t accept Jesus in their lives) by asking students to hand out these cards: Because every conversation begins with this look: Does anyone actually think the Christians who participate in this event want to have a conversation? Not a chance. They want to preach and convert. They have no desire to hear your arguments against their beliefs…. Read more
Rachel Held Evans left her church (but not Christianity) when she was 27. Now, she’s 30 and trying to find a new one. She wrote a great post explaining 15 reasons she left her church years ago: 3. I left the church because my questions were seen as liabilities. 4. I left the church because sometimes it felt like a cult, or a country club, and I wasn’t sure which was worse. 5. I left the church because I believe… Read more
How would you like to see this when you walk into your public high school every day? That’s the Ten Commandments monument sitting outside Valley High School in New Kensington, Pennsylvania (not far from Pittsburgh). How does that even *happen*?! (Won’t someone think of the lawsuits?!) The Freedom From Religious Foundation is — They sent a letter (PDF) to the district’s superintendent on Tuesday telling him to remove the monument immediately: In addition to the unconstitutional purpose, prominent placement of… Read more