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.
A week ago, in Ireland, the Cloyne report (PDF) was published. The report discussed how the Catholic Church responded to abuse allegations in recent years — recent! — and it turns out (surprise!) they haven’t changed one bit. Among the findings: [The church authorities] failed to: Report cases of abuse to the civil authorities as required Put a system of support for victims in place Appoint an independent advisory panel Properly record cases of sex abuse Despicable. And it gets… Read more
Jen McCreight is doing her annual 24-hour Blogathon to raise money for the Secular Student Alliance this weekend. She’s starting at 7:00a (PST) on Saturday and posting something every 30 minutes. It’s all for a good cause, so if you want to help create and support college and high school atheist groups, feel free to chip in: I suspect it’ll get *really* fun around 3:00a the next morning… By the way, if you’re one of the top ten donors by… Read more
What do you do when saying “I accept evolution” doesn’t convey the overwhelming weight of the evidence to support it? You can read the punchline here, by the way. … Every high school science teacher should just put the same question at the end of every test, regardless of the chapter: “In the scientific community, what does ‘theory’ mean?” Maybe then, it would sink in… (via Calamities of Nature — thanks to J B for the link!) Read more
Myq Kaplan is one of the smartest comedians you’ll hear and he appeared on Conan last night. The whole clip is awesome, but around the 2:23 mark in the clip below, he gets into some hilarious material about homosexuality and the Bible 🙂 You can read my interview with Myq from just after his run on Last Comic Standing right here. Read more
I’ll set you up: A church near New Orleans was given $250,000 to help build “low-income housing for recovering addicts.” Take a wiiiiiild guess how this story ends. Yep! You’re right. Not all the money was used for the intended purpose! In fact, most of it went right back into the church itself. And into the wallet of its leader. Shocking, isn’t it…? The Living Witness Church of God in Christ in Central City, Louisiana received all that money to… Read more
