Reader Ryan alerted me to a San Francisco-based band called Dangermaker. They have a song on their album Black Dream called “Faith” and its lyrics are pretty atheist-friendly: Faith by DANGERMAKER Open your eyes, Somebody’s watching you. Change your mind, Change it to something new. Don’t let it fall apart, Let it fall apart (something I can’t make out here) Now do you believe… in god? I don’t believe I don’t believe in faith I don’t believe in you Faith…… Read more
A known issue which plagues almost every individual is the mental, emotional and physical tension known as stress. We do all kinds of things to be relieved of the Stress Monster: Turn to alcohol and drugs, watch television, exercise, eat comfort food, spend time with loved ones… You get the idea. People make a living off studying stress and creating ways for us to escape from it. As it turns out, I have an easy way to eliminate your stress… Read more
In his talk at the Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne, Daniel Dennett gave a talk on “How To Tell You’re An Atheist”: As always, if there are any bits we should pay special attention to, just leave the timestamp and a summary in the comments. Read more
I know former clergy members have a difficult time finding work after they leave the pulpit… but when you were kicked out of the Church for molesting kids, it seems obvious that you shouldn’t be allowed to have a job where you may be asked to frisk people (including children)… The [Philadelphia International Airport’s] security checkpoint between Terminals D and E is a busy place where thousands of people — including lots of kids — pass through every day. But… Read more
Over at Cyanide & Happiness, you can see the full strip and the response we all have for Jesus. Read more
Kenyan Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey believes that continuing advancements in science will finally end skepticism about evolution: “If you get to the stage where you can persuade people on the evidence, that it’s solid, that we are all African, that color is superficial, that stages of development of culture are all interactive,” Leakey says, “then I think we have a chance of a world that will respond better to global challenges.” Though, admittedly, he puts the time-frame for such a change… Read more
Mike Smith lives in the Bible Belt. Which makes everything I’m about to tell you a bit of a shocker. He is an out atheist, the president of LaGrange Humanists. Just a few days ago, he qualified as a Democratic candidate for the District 69 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives. He’s running on a campaign of marijuana legalization, campaign finance reform, and opposition to war (including the war on women, he specifies). His opponent, Randy Nix, is the… Read more
You know what’s better than watching Bibleman? Watching Brad Jones, The Cinema Snob provide commentary 🙂 (Possibly NSFW language… but it’s hilarious) (Thanks to Patrick for the link!) Read more
