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 my stalkers: I’m traveling around the country a little bit this fall and a whole lot more in the spring — my schedule is here. Right now, plans include visiting South Carolina, North Carolina, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Washington, DC. If your campus or local group is interested in having me give a talk, there are a few open dates left remaining on my calendar for this school year. (With rare exceptions, I can’t go anywhere between November and… Read more
Adnan Oktar (a.k.a. Harun Yahya), the Islamic Creationist nut, has put up bus ads in London that read “Modern Science Demonstrates That GOD EXISTS” — the ad includes his picture and a link to his clearly-hasn’t-been-updated-since-1998 website: Somehow, I don’t think the ad will gather anywhere close to the level of traction or publicity that the original Atheist Bus Campaign had. (via New Humanist) Read more
Remember how there was a PDF making the rounds recently called “100 Facts Every Atheist Teen Must Know”? There was some interesting information in there, but a lot of it was unnecessary and irrelevant. So, with your help, I want to compile a better list. What are the most important facts atheists should know? (Not just teenagers, either. This is for anyone.) One example could be: “The phrase ‘Under God’ was not added to the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954.”… Read more
In a country where religious warfare gets all the headlines, it’s rare to see people who are not religious banding together. But that’s what a group of people are doing in Pakistan: The Pakistani Atheists & Agnostics have a few key goals for their group: First of all, we’ll mend the rusted image of faithless people among Pakistanis in general. In the past, Pakistani atheists have criticized Islam more for their hatred than to helping Muslims finding the big holes… Read more
