This is a guest post by Spencer Mulesky. Spencer is an undergraduate Philosophy major studying at Indiana University and a Co-Founder of the Atheist and Agnostic Club of North High School (Evansville, IN). A response follows his piece. … Stephen Fry, a supporter of the British Humanist Association and a public voice for atheism, said just last year: It would be impertinent and wrong of me to express any antagonism towards any individual who wishes to find salvation in whatever… Read more
Thomas Lawson recently published the book Letters from an Atheist Nation: Godless Voices of America in 1903. It transcribes articles that were written for the Blue Grass Blade, a freethought newspaper that’s over a century old, articles that answer the question, “Why are you an atheist?” Check out the trailer: It’s amazing that our great-grandparents were fighting the good fight over 100 years ago. (Well, not mine… because they were… you know… brown.) In some areas, we’ve made huge strides,… Read more
dogmaticCURE is back with a new inspiring video, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, about the history of space exploration: Makes you want to look out into a telescope, doesn’t it? Read more
Remember the atheist billboard about slavery? Recently, one Catholic tried to look for a rebuttal showing that the Bible wasn’t really pro-slavery. Not having any luck, the person wrote to Mark Shea of the National Catholic Register for advice. Shea responded with the following… and it’s a doozy: I think that atheists like your friend really need to break free of fundamentalist magical thinking and learn to read books written by and for grownups. Wait, what?! We’re the ones guilty… Read more
It might sound stupid, but this blog post came about because I saw The Lorax yesterday with my kids. I am fortunate enough to have a job that allows me to work from home, which in turn allows me to homeschool my kids. We began homeschooling this past fall because there was a bullying issue at our public school, and we decided to not put up with it any longer. At the beginning of my oldest’s 6th grade year, compounding his dwindling… Read more
Last week, the Atheist Agenda campus group at the University of Texas at San Antonio ran their now-annual “Smut for Smut” campaign, in which holy books could be exchanged for hard-core pornography. “The point is not to hand out porn, but rather the primary purpose is to get people to come talk to us so we can get our message out,” Kyle Bush, the group’s president, said. “We want to spread atheism and bring it more to the spotlight. We… Read more
As I mentioned before, photographer Chris Johnson is working on a project that features 100 atheists (myself included) talking about what gives them joy and meaning in this life: Each portrait will be paired with a short message from the subject about some aspect of joy, meaning or passion in life. It could focus on the love of a beautiful relationship, the joy of a rewarding career, the pleasure of a treasured pastime, the impact of a powerful experience, or… Read more
Jeremy Lin, the Christian basketball player sidelined by injury, earlier tonight: Jeremy Lin, 1.5 hours later: Looks like he came to his senses and thanked the people who actually deserved it 🙂 Read more
Remember when Budget Travel was taking nominations for their list of “15 places kids should see before 15”? The Creation Museum had topped the list thanks to constant voting from Ken Ham’s readers. (And golf claps to them for out-Pharyngulating us.) Now, the article based off the poll is out… and the Creation Museum didn’t make the cut 🙂 Our nominations process was fierce and brought out the full range of emotions in our audience — passion, joy, sadness, anger…. Read more
