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.
GUTS Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma has a youth program they call Sub30. (Because, you know, that name’s so hip, you *have* to join!) One of the ways the group celebrates God is by having a regular Fight Night. It’s exactly what you think it is… They even celebrated their latest event on Twitter: Ok, so they box for Jesus. The whole point is to do something catering to younger people so they eventually become tithing church members. I have no… Read more
Fresh off their ripping-up-photocopied-Bible-Verses publicity stunt, Bruce Gleason and the Backyard Skeptics have put up two billboards in the Orange County area. The first one encourages readers to reject all religious superstitions (not just everyone else’s): Good luck reading all that while you drive… It’s reminiscent of the “Extraordinary Claims” campaign that went up in Canada last year: The second billboard the Backyard Skeptics are putting up has a simple message on it: “Faith has no answers. It only impedes… Read more
If you’re a non-violent criminal in Bay Minette, Alabama, you now have an option for how you’d like to handle your punishment: Stay behind bars… or attend the church of your choice. Operation Restore Our Community or “ROC”…begins next week. The city judge will either let [misdemeanor] offenders work off their sentences in jail and pay a fine or go to church every Sunday for a year. If offenders elect church, they’re allowed to pick the place of worship, but… Read more
Gordon Maples is the President of the Alabama Atheists and Agnostics at the University of Alabama (in Tuscaloosa). He gave a talk at the 2011 Secular Student Alliance conference on “Expanding Your Group in Harsh Territory”… by which he means The South 🙂 Gordon also wears the greatest hat *ever* during his talk. Check it out! If anything, check out the 5:30 mark for the chalkings they drew on campus. Beautiful! Read more
I have no idea what just happened to me while I watched dogmaticCURE’s latest video, but I suddenly feel inspired to grab a weapon, scream “THEY WILL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!” and charge after my enemies. Damn, that’s inspiring. (YouTube commenters rightly point out that the collage of brilliant minds beginning at 6:17 consist only of men. That’s an unfortunate oversight.) Read more
