A few years ago, a former Saturday Night Live cast member began spewing some vicious bile online: Obama legally kills babies and now he can legally kill Grandmas! Hitler did this. He killed the weak, the sick, the old, and babies and races/religions he didn’t like. Hitler also controlled the media. (Where’s the public debate between scientists on “Climate Change/Global Warming?”) Hitler had the VW bug invented as the state car. What will O’s nationalized car be? So… kill off… Read more
Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Dear Richard, I have been a fence sitter for a long time. It’s only been this last year that I came to terms with my disbelief. Saying I’m an atheist hasn’t been easy. Most people still don’t know. The subject doesn’t come up. Which I guess I’m fortunate in that respect. I am not outspoken or any sort of activist. But here’s the problem: my boyfriend of 3 years says… Read more
If you weren’t able to go to the Southeastern Collegiate Atheist Alliance (SECAA) and Alabama Atheists & Agnostics (AAA) event this weekend, you missed hearing some great young activists: Jessica Ahlquist, JT Eberhard, and Duncan Henderson. I think Gordon Maples’ introduction of Jessica is perfect: Some say that she’s an ‘Evil Little Thing’… and I think that’s all I really have to say. Duncan spoke about the group he began at his junior high school: At some point, I assume… Read more
***Edit***: Comments were accidentally turned off on this post, but they’re back on now. My apologies. … Local newspapers love to publish opinion pieces written by community members. It gives the writers a little more investment in the newspaper (“Hey, look! I got published!”) and the newspaper gets free content that tends to generate a lot of comments online. Tim Lee is writing a series of guest columns on life after death for the Knoxville News Sentinel and his goal… Read more
Beyond the universe there is nothing and within the universe the supernatural does not and cannot exist. Of all deceivers who have plagued mankind, none are so deeply ruinous to human happiness as those impostors who pretend to lead by a light above nature. Science has never killed or persecuted a single person for doubting or denying its teachings, and most of these teachings have been true; but religion has murdered millions for doubting or denying her dogmas, and most… Read more
Tired of seeing that Cranston High School West banner? Well, Richard Brum created a Banner generator so you can make your own version! It’s almost too easy to use… What can you do with it? 🙂 Read more
It’s old, but hilarious. Watch the whole thing for full impact, but if you want to jump to the anti-climax, go to the 3:30 mark to hear Louie Giglio talk about how the protein laminin somehow justifies his wacky beliefs: Yep. If it looks like that, then Jesus must have come back to life. Concrete proof. Obviously. Reminds me of the time Dale McGowan saw an image like this in his daughter’s classroom: Anyway, don’t you love how some Christians… Read more
A few years ago, Guy P. Harrison wrote a book called 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God — it was an excellent primer for new atheists trying to figure out how to respond to popular Christian arguments. Now, Harrison is back with a new book called 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True. (Details for how you can win a copy of the book are at the bottom of this post!) Not surprisingly, the book offers… Read more
