Jeffrey Weston at Ape, Not Monkey explores how it would play out if god were a superhero: You can read the rest of the strip here 🙂 I wonder what his Kryptonite would be… People who think critically? Read more
The Melbourne Leader newspaper in Australia has a brief-but-favorable article about Cristina Rad — better known to YouTube viewers at ZOMGitsCriss — in anticipation of her upcoming visit to the country: “I have no friends who share my world views … as soon as something serious comes up in conversation I just cringe at the mentality around me,” said Rad… “I hear people hating on other people just for being different — anybody not straight, not white, not a Christian,… Read more
According to an article in The Daily Utah Chronicle, some students at Brigham Young University are meeting in secret to talk about their lack of faith: Andrew Johnson, a junior in biotechnology at Utah Valley University, founded The Group in October 2010 as a safe place for secular humanists, agnostics and freethinkers in Utah County. Johnson started the group after returning from a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Indiana, disenchanted with the faith. “I… Read more
The Secular Student Alliance at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is now an official student organization… but that almost didn’t happen. The Undergraduate Student Government voted against their existence earlier this week: At the USG meeting Tuesday, five senators voted no to the approval, three voted yes and two abstained from taking a stance. Spencer Tribble, USG vice-president, said he believes the senators may have allowed their religious beliefs to get in the way of voting objectively. … Benjamin Warren, a… Read more
Milestone Church in Keller, Texas is planning a special event soon just for men. You know how I know it’s just for men? Because I saw this banner on their website… (If I’m opposed to all three of those things, what does that make me…?) Anyway, YEAH! MEN! We kill shit! And then we offer it up to Jesus while we PRAY! And then we’re gonna have a FOOD FIGHT! SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Oh. And then there was also this… Read more
In response to DC Comics’ recent “reboot” (in which the publisher reset all 52 of its recurring series at Issue #1), Ryan Sohmer and Joe Eisma at Gutters (a comic book parody site) show us what would happen if the Christian myth were also “reboot”: You can read the rest of the page here 🙂 You could rewrite the Bible all you want to fix the problems within it and it still wouldn’t make sense. I’m sure the diehard fans… Read more
The Backyard Skeptics in Orange County, California have gotten great publicity over the past few months for putting up billboards with positive messages: Now, they’re getting publicity for going after religion much more directly. This Saturday at 2:00p, group members plan to gather at Huntington Beach to tear certain pages out of the Bible. “We’re not there to burn the Bible or desecrate,” Bruce Gleason, director of Backyard Skeptics, said. “There are plenty verses in the Bible that if you… Read more
Tim Tebow used to send Biblical messages via his eyes when he played for the University of Florida: Now, he’s a third string quarterback for the Denver Broncos, behind Kyle Orton (who’s starting) and Brady Quinn (#2). You could arguably place him #4 behind practice squad quarterback Adam Weber, too. Fans — mostly Christian ones, I presume — are not taking that lightly. Gregg Doyel at CBSSports.com explains: Tim Tebow is a chemistry killer, a cancer, on an NFL team…. Read more
Reader Jessica went to her daughter’s public elementary school in Wichita, Kansas yesterday for a book fair. What she found was something of a shock to her: She writes: They had a whole section of Christian books geared towards children. There were no other books of any other religion at the book fair. It was held in the cafeteria, the money goes to the school, and they were being sold directly to elementary school children. The Freedom From Religion Foundation… Read more
At least we know what alligators and crocodiles have in common. They’re both obviously atheists. (Thanks to Dan for the link!) Read more
