Recently, Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, told a British newspaper that Prime Minister David Cameron had no business saying religious leaders should “stand up and oppose aggressive secularization” when a recent poll showed that two-thirds of Christians believe they are part of a “persecuted minority.” In response, The Daily Mash (A British version of The Onion) created a questionnaire so Brits can find out how persecuted they really are: [More…] Read more
It’s Easter and Google is celebrating by having a front page doodle of… labor leader Cesar Chavez who would have celebrated his 86th birthday today: Of course, the right wing mouthpieces are flipping out and tweeting up a storm… [More…] Read more
Less than a month after his group had its first-ever convention, Troy Boyle, the co-founder and President of the National Atheist Party, abruptly resigned from his position on Saturday: He made the announcement on Facebook and explained the reason why in the comments: [More…] Read more
The rest of the cartoon is here 🙂 If you’re offended, send your angry emails to, um, PZ Myers. Read more
In case you forgot, some evil trying-to-be-funny punk decided that tomorrow would be “Jesus, Take The Wheel” Day: [More…] Read more
Over the next two weeks, as we close upon $1,000,000 donated to various charities, Foundation Beyond Belief would like to double our membership. And we have incentives galore to help you recruit new members! Read more
Continuing the previous discussion: One reader feels that atheism and Alcoholics Anonymous are incompatible… but there may still be a way to merge the two worlds: Read more
In the Washington Post, columnist Michael Gerson observes that while we’re still a country that takes religious seriously, the “Nones” are indeed on the rise and most of us vote Democratic. That leads him to draw this conclusion: But the main tension is emerging between the parties. Religious conservatives remain the largest constituency within the Republican Party. So America is moving in the direction of having one secular party and one religious party, bringing polarization to a new level of intensity. This is movement in the direction of Europe, which has been cursed by the conflict between anticlerical parties and religious parties. For America, this could be a dangerous source of social division, with each side viewing the other as theocrats or pagans. There is no contempt like the contempt of the true believer or the militant skeptic. Let’s put aside the nonsensical/falsely-dichotomized “militant skeptic” comment for a moment… Gerson makes a mistake that many pundits are making. He assumes that the Democratic party is the party of the non-religious while the Republican Party is the home of the hyper-religious. He’s half right and half wrong. It’s true that the GOP is the home of GOD (at least as far as rabid believers go)… but the Democratic party does not have a comparable atheist base. Remember what happened last September when the DNC released the party platform? [More…] Read more
Add this to your List of Albums You Never Knew You Wanted Until Now: The Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA is about to release a solo album called “Dark Matter” on which he raps about… well… just watch: [More…] Read more
