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.
Coming out as an atheist to her family provoked an unsurprising response from reader Amanda’s mother: My husband and I came out to our respective families two weeks ago (Yay! No more needless pressure to pretend anymore! No more paranoia over what their reactions would be!) and my mom very sternly suggested that I read [Lee Strobel’s] The Case for Christ “with an open mind and heart.” So Amanda read the book. She had actually read a version of it… Read more
Reader Nic shares this story (via email) about how Christians seem to get special parking privileges in Philadelphia: I used to live just two blocks from Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, and I remember how the streets would fill with cars on Sunday mornings, all of them conspicuously parked in areas that would otherwise be off limits during the rest of the week (like, for instance, in one of the city’s few reserved bike lanes). They would all have a… Read more
… then I don’t think I qualify in either category. I totes want to jump on that trampoline. What does that suggest…? Anyway, if any man living near the Grapevine, Texas area can convince me why he should attend this conference, I’ll cover the registration costs for you. You just have to promise to write a guest post about what went down afterwards so we can all live vicariously through you 🙂 Let me know if you’re interested… (via Christian… Read more
WAIT! Don’t go away yet. This is worth it. This is a local group taking a controversial issue and addressing it directly. The Fellowship of Freethought Dallas had their monthly meeting last Sunday (August 21st). According to Meetup, 83 people were signed up (but the actual number could vary quite a bit). They provided childcare for attendees (so bring the kids!) and had a potluck lunch after the meeting to keep the conversation going. The backdrop was set for the… Read more
