Reader Alan can’t figure out why anyone would use Leviticus 20:13 (below) to condemn homosexuality: If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. This is his argument (which may have been made in other places before): In what way does a gay man lie with a woman? He doesn’t. He’s gay… So he’s not committing… Read more
Irish comedian David O’Doherty recently had a stand up special on Comedy Central. Being quite the fan of the D.O.D., I tuned in and was delighted by his thoughts on God: Jokes.comDavid O’Doherty – Irish Historycomedians.comedycentral.comJokesJoke of the DayFunny Jokes God used to be huge where I come from. Like bigger than MySpace or R.Kelly. Not so much anymore. I think, to be honest, whatever people used to get from the Lord, I just get the same thing now from… Read more
Back in February, the conservative group One Million Moms (Facebook membership: 48,488), famously called for a boycott of JC Penney’s for choosing Worlds-Most-Likable-Person Ellen DeGeneres as their spokeswoman. Why? Because she is a scary, icky lesbian, of course! Of course, their plan totally backfired in their bigoted faces. Since then, they have also leveled their teeny, tiny sword of influence at Oreos (*yawn*) and now they have found something new to annoy us with! This fall, NBC is debuting a new show called “The… Read more
Ever seen people walk across hot coals? They can do it because coal is a poor conductor of heat and, if you walk fast enough, you should be ok. Richard Wiseman offers a brief explanation here: New age-y motivational speaker Tony Robbins uses the demonstration in many of his seminars. On Thursday night, at an event attended by 6,000 people, 21 of them were injured after they tried to walk across coals that were between 1,200-2,000 degrees: Jonathan Correll, 25,… Read more
A couple weeks ago, I told you about an awesome project from TheGoodAtheist.net called Bible Stories. For those of you who don’t follow my articles as compulsively as my mom does (although let’s all be honest, she doesn’t read my articles either. Mom, if you’re reading this right now, I owe you a dirty martini), let me refresh your memory! Blogger and podcaster Jacob Fortin is translating the Bible into something more, let’s say, reader friendly. Here’s hoping there are fewer begats than the… Read more
Following the trend of having more local events for atheists, the Pennsylvania Nonbelievers are hosting their own conference September 29th-30th: Speakers include Dan Barker, Dave Silverman, and Sharon Hill. More information is forthcoming, but the basics are here. (via Justin Vacula) Read more
More Christian “leaders” are giving us their wisdom as to why the Colorado shootings happened. This time, it’s Fred Jackson, the news director for the American Family Association, speaking with Jerry Newcombe of Truth in Action Ministries (courtesy of Right Wing Watch, which has audio clips). I’ve highlighted all the reasons they offer as to why the shooter committed this crime — the shooter himself? Guns? Insanity? Not on the list. Jackson: In the community there were community standards that… Read more
Sergeant Nicholas Amann was recently re-enlisted as a chaplain’s assistant. During the ceremony, he gave a speech in which he refers to his atheism and standing up for gay members of the military: Beautiful speech. Love this line: “People are more important than beliefs. You can lose your beliefs in the time it takes you to snap your fingers, but the people you hurt with your ideologies will always be there, and your punishment will be to watch them suffer… Read more
We interrupt our regularly scheduled ranting about religion to bring you this awesome (and, according to physicists in the comments thread, accurate) song: The lyrics are below, in case you’d like to sing along: A quark can never exist by itself in isolation Something very odd happens when you try to sepparate them The energy it takes, to break up those two best friends is just enough to create two more to join back up with them A photon has… Read more
