Like most Christian apologist arguments, this one’s quickly dismantled by the facts: (via SMBC) Read more
This morning, on Dan Caplis’ KNUS radio show in Colorado, the host was discussing the (alleged) racist comments made by L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling. And in the process, he argued that all racists had to be atheists. You have to hear this to believe it. Read more
Lifetime will soon be taping a series called The Sisterhood about five women who are considering becoming nuns: Read more
Extremist Muslims kill other Muslims about as often as they do Western targets. The next slaughter of Allah fans by their fellow believers may well occur in seemingly peaceful Indonesia, if this report by Rahat Husain at Communities Digital News is any guide. Read more
There have been plenty of TV shows that take a look at the young lives of famous adults. Smallville examined a young Superman, Bates Motel looks at a young pre-stabby Norman Bates, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles chronicled the young Indiana Jones… You know what else these shows have in common? I’ve never watched them. But I’ll tell you what show is going to be appointment TV for this gal: Nazareth. Read more
Earlier this month, Hemant reported how the largest school district in Idaho saw fit to ban Sherman Alexie’s celebrated youth novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian on account of it being “obscene” and anti-Christian. The second-best response to the whole affair came from Gretchen Caserotti, a librarian in Meridian, Idaho, who noted dryly that thanks to the unnecessary controversy, the book is now in high demand in local public libraries such as hers. But for the best response, we turn to Mountain View High School junior Brady Kissel. Read more
Over the weekend, the University of North Georgia’s Dahlonega campus held a Memorial Retreat for its Corps of Cadets. While most of the retreat went well, one portion of the ceremony stood out to the skeptics in attendance. When a chaplain delivered the invocation prayer, it was purely sectarian, made “in Jesus’ name.” This would be a problem if that happened at a city council meeting — the Supreme Court will be ruling on that very issue soon — and it’s a problem here, too. At a public university, any invocations must be offered in a non-denominational way. Thankfully, Saara Wintersgill of the UNG Students for Secular Freedom was in attendance and shot this video of the prayer: Read more
Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and leader in the Anglican church, was asked in an interview this weekend whether Britain is a Christian nation (as Prime Minister David Cameron recently alleged). Williams’ response was very revealing: Read more
It’s about time that bad lip-reading trend hit the Mormon Church. In the video below, Phil Eger lets us know what Thomas Monson, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, really said at a recent conference: Read more
You know how religious people think everyone else’s beliefs are weird? Brian Doyle reminds them that they (like himself) ought to take a look in the mirror: Read more
