Back in October of 2011, Richard Dawkins was scheduled to make an appearance at the Wyndgate Country Club in Rochester Hills, Michigan to promote his new-at-the-time book The Magic of Reality. In April of 2011, CFI filed a lawsuit against the country club. Yesterday, it was announced that CFI came out on top: Read more
Forget academic papers. You’re not a real scientist these days unless you’ve been autotuned: Read more
What happens when journalism students attend a Christian college? Both believe the truth will set you free, but both have very different ways of achieving that end. Jeremiah Lewis and Greg Piper believe those two worlds colliding would make for a fascinating TV show — they’re calling it COPY — and they’re trying to raise money to produce episodes of it: Read more
Last fall, I posted about an event in Milwaukee called Mexican Fiesta, a celebration that’s taken place for over 30 years and was occurring that weekend on public grounds. The promoters of the event had said that the cost to enter was $13/person… unless you attend Mass, in which case it was only $5: Read more
An anti-gay attorney this week penned a letter to LGBT teenagers telling them, among other things, that they are not “gay” — just “flawed.” And his argument fails on every level. Read more
Earlier this month, the Stiefel Freethought Foundation made a huge contribution to The Clergy Project to the tune of $100,000. The purpose: To help pastors-turned-atheists leave the ministry for good and learn skills that will help them transition into a secular career: The first recipient of an “Employment Transition Assistance Grant” has now been announced on the Clergy Project’s website: It’s “Adam,” a closeted atheist and current pastor: Read more
Here’s the setup: Patterson High School (a public school) was playing Parkview Baptist School in a division 3A second-round playoff basketball game in Louisiana. Obviously, both teams have a lot of pressure on them and fans on both sides want their schools to win. Lots of energy and tension in the air. As you might expect, some of the fans from Patterson made signs to support their team. But the one that’s getting all the attention seems to be this one: Where do you even start with a sign like that…? Read more
The Big Questions is a BBC show that tackles you-know-what. The most recent episode asked “Does Hell Exist?” You can watch the show below: Read more
The Skeptic and Atheists of Durango (in Colorado) along with the Fort Lewis College Philosophy Club recently hosted Dr. Dugald Owen who gave a talk about “Living Deeper Without God.” They did what I would hope any local/college group does and videotaped the lecture so that the rest of us could experience it, too: Read more
This video runs down the method for choosing the next Pope — it’s actually very helpful with just the right amount of snark. If you ever needed proof that we just make this whole “religion” thing up as we go along, just take a look: Read more
