You know who you are. I’ll be speaking at a few upcoming conferences in case you’re interested/able to attend! The Amaz!ng Meeting 9 (Las Vegas, NV) July 14th – 17th (Expensive, sold-out) I’ll be live-blogging the conference on this site for those who can’t make it! (And you can always follow the #TAM9 hashtag on Twitter.) I’m certain nothing controversial will happen all weekend. … Secular Student Alliance conference (Columbus, OH) July 29th – 31th (Relatively inexpensive, not sold-out, come!)… Read more
Popular anti-gay Christian pastor Mark Driscoll is no stranger to controversy or saying crazy things (Avatar is a “demonic, Satanic film”), but he managed to piss off a lot of Christians yesterday with a question he asked on Facebook: So, what story do you have about the most effeminate anatomically male worship leader you’ve ever personally witnessed? Right… you know, those guys who aren’t macho or manly or What God Wants. I don’t know if this is supposed to be… Read more
Here’s an interesting experiment: Leah at Unequally Yoked asked a group of 15 people (a mix of Christians and atheists) to answer a number of questions about god and religion. The atheists were told to answer the questions honestly. The Christians were told to answer the questions as if they were atheists. Can you tell the difference between the two groups? Do we really know how the “other side” thinks? That’s what she wants to find out. It’s modeled after… Read more
It’s good to know that God’s priorities are always in the right order: (via the always entertaining DarkMatter2525) Read more
If you use dating websites and you’d like to meet other atheists, there are really two options: One is to go to a traditional site (like Match or OKCupid… anything but eHarmony, really) and search specifically for other atheists. Because of the sheer numbers, you’re bound to find other like-minded people. (Whether you’re a good match or not is a different question.) The other option is to go to atheist-only dating sites. So far, these ventures haven’t fared as well…. Read more
The other day, I made a post about how the NYC Atheists are considering suing over a street sign that reads “Seven in Heaven.” My feeling was that this would be a disaster in the making (just from a PR standpoint). Even if they were right on principle, I’m not convinced they could win a legal challenge. Even if they won, it may cause more harm than good. Jane Everhart (their director of communications) wanted to respond to the points… Read more
Dylan Galos can’t catch a break. His billboard for the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Out of the Closet” campaign in Columbus, Ohio looked great: Unfortunately, it turned out that billboard was placed on church property, so it was taken down and moved elsewhere. The billboard… has been relocated to East Main St., west of Alum Creek Dr., facing west. Guess what? A business owner has complained about the billboard’s new location. And now it has to be moved again. The… Read more
We’re so used to atheists going after prayer in public schools that it’s a pleasant shock when any other group leads the charge against it. But that’s what’s happening in Toronto: A Hindu group [Canadian Hindu Advocacy] that regularly criticizes Islam is going after a Toronto school for holding prayer sessions for Muslim students on Friday afternoons, arguing that it violates principles of secularism in the public school system. For about three years, Valley Park Middle School on Overlea Boulevard… Read more
Kyle Rogers is trying to make a film called Genesis 51:33-51 about how god is irrelevant when it comes to human ethics and how we ought to treat each other. He needs some help from anyone who might be interested: If you’d like to see his project come to fruition, he has a fundraising drive over at Kickstarter. Your money is taken only if he raises the full amount, so consider helping him out. Bonus Internet points if you can… Read more
Reader Sheila’s “NO SOLICITATION” sign wasn’t preventing the unwanted religious visitors from stopping by her house, so she now has this message on her door: Think it’ll work? 🙂 Read more
