Just FYI, Christopher Hitchens’ final book, Mortality, is now available: Vanity Fair summarizes it like this: Mortality encompasses extended versions of seven essays written for Vanity Fair about Hitchens’s experiences with a terminal illness. The final chapter is a collection of Hitchens’s shorthand notes to himself, offering a glimpse into his thought process while writing his final, powerful pieces. You can catch excerpts from the final chapter — scattered, yet very- Hitch-like — here. Read more
Normally I do my best to ignore what is going on in the world of Clemson University athletics at least until November (go Gamecocks!), but this article managed to catch my eye yesterday. One of their football players, junior DeAndre Hopkins, was baptized in front of his teammates recently after practice. Their wide receivers’ coach and recruiting coordinator, Jeff Scott, tweeted this picture of the event: Everyone in the photo, including Hopkins, appears to still be in uniform. The article mentions that this… Read more
This marks the 193812031st craziest thing Chuck Norris has ever said. (via Christian Nightmares — Thanks to Maurice for the link!) Read more
Women of Reason — Dallas is playing host to the “Feminine Faces of Freethought Conference” on Saturday, September 15th. Speakers include Noelle George (Foundation Beyond Belief), Bridget Gaudette (Secular Woman), and Dorian Mooneyham (Trans and Godless). There are discounts for students and childcare will be provided! If you can make it, these are great speakers to listen to. You can purchase tickets here. Read more
After introducing himself by saying, “I’m Jewish, I’m gay… but first and foremost… I’m an American,” Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) spoke at the Democratic National Convention earlier tonight and gave a shout-out to “nonbelievers”: … Ladies and gentlemen, now is our chance to tell the dividers, “No.” To tell the special interests and cynical Washington insiders, “No.” To tell the lobbyists and PACs, “No.” And to tell our fellow countrymen and countrywomen; gay and straight; Christians, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, and… Read more
It was bad enough when Dr. David Menton and Dr. Georgia Purdom of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum responded to Bill Nye the Science Guy with a video all about how evolution makes no sense. Now, Creation Museum founder Ken Ham himself is jumping into the fray: Ham talks about Bill Nye’s “agenda” (teaching science!), uses Nye’s Humanism as a strike against him, and attacks Nye for being an engineer who promotes science (as if there’s no connection… Read more
Atheist blogger JT Eberhard posted a glowing review of new game “Guild Wars 2” and called for a Godless Guild. I’m not a gamer myself, but I do find them fascinating. Humanists are trying to remake the world without deference for religious tradition or authority. There are obviously adjustments to physics in the video game world, but the best worlds build culture, society, and ethics within which people build new lives. Progressive Humanists who would like to fiddle with the culture… Read more
Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Hi Richard, When we married, my husband and I held similar religious beliefs. Through the years, however, we have taken different paths. My husband is atheist and believes that religion and faith are not only limiting to the human experience, but dangerous. I have a deeply rooted belief in God and believe that faith and religious participation are crucial to what it means to be human. Having already been on… Read more
As we all know, Muslims everywhere are on a mission to take over the entire world. They are relentless, merciless, and show a total disregard for the rights of Christians to make openly racists remarks at their expense. It seems the latest battle lines have been drawn in Tennessee — soon to be (cue sarcasm) the next caliphate to fall into the hands of the evil Muslim imperialists. At least if Lee Douglas is to be believed, it is. And… Read more
