Our friend Edward Tarte, who had made plans to donate his body to a local medical school if the situation ever presented itself, has some good news: He’s cancer-free! Glad you’re healthy, Edward 🙂 Read more
That’s the first of several panels. The ending features young atheists in action 🙂 Don’t forget to click on the red dot at the end! (via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) Read more
You might remember Sanal Edamaruku — the “Indian James Randi,” if you will — from when he gave famed “tantric guru” Pandit Surender Sharma the chance to kill him using only his mind, something the guru claimed he could do: I love how Edamaruku laughs during the entire exchange 🙂 For Edamaruku’s latest debunking, he went to the site of a “miracle cross” where water was seen trickling down Jesus’ feet… Turns out there was a perfectly logical explanation: Sanal… Read more
Christians love to talk about the beautiful, graceful, redemptive power of God, but this is pretty much what I hear, too: (via The Atheist Pig) Read more
In an attempt to “humanize” someone who doesn’t always get treated that way, Thompson Rivers University (Canada) art student Sooraya Graham took this picture: The idea (to me, anyway) is that no matter what we wear on the outside, we still wear similar things underneath. Turns out that picture — THAT picture — is too offensive for some: A faculty member did not agree, going so far as to tear down the image from the wall in an exhibition of… Read more
The Christian Right group, Liberty Counsel, points out that “the key to graduation prayer is that the school should remain neutral — neither commanding nor prohibiting voluntary prayer or religious viewpoints.” And so they’re letting Christians everyone know the legal loopholes (PDF) so that students can proselytize during graduation ceremonies without getting into legal trouble: If a school does not place “prayer” on the agenda and does not select a clergy for the sole purpose of delivering a prayer, it… Read more
Congratulations to Prophet Bobby Henderson and Team Flying Spaghetti Monster (Team FSM) on Kiva for crossing the $1,000,000 in loans mark today! Meanwhile, Team Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists and the Non-Religious is still #1 on the all-time rankings list, having loaned out a total of $6,832,950. Read more
The (Australian based) Christian newspaper Eternity recently published a special issue focusing on atheism. It featured an article by Bible Society Australia CEO Greg Clarke in which he talked about “Ten Key Propositions for Atheists and Christians Today” — basically, ten things atheists ought to know about Christians: If you look carefully at #7, though, Clarke may have accidentally told the truth… I’ll second that. Christians have definitely done more harm than good. Oh, sure, Clarke will call that a… Read more
I tried this a while ago and I learned quite a bit about what works and what doesn’t. Now, I’m ready to do it again. Consider this an open call for contributors to the site. I’m looking for readers who have a lot to say about religion/atheism/babies/etc. and who know how to write about it effectively. What’s in it for you? The chance to write for a large readership of awesome people. Also, you’d get paid. Nothing crazy, but you… Read more
