It’s not everyday I get to say this, but I was quoted in the cover story for July’s issue of Christianity Today. It involves the future of the Christian group Focus on the Family now that James Dobson has stepped down. A bit of background: Jen McCreight and I attended a Focus event last August. This is what I wrote then: We were there for over two hours. You know what? There wasn’t a single mention of Prop 8 or… Read more
The Secular Student Alliance has two job openings: Event Specialist — This position involves a lot of (SSA-paid) travel! Alumni Director — This position involves engaging and keeping track of secular students after they graduate! Both positions are full-time and based out of the SSA offices near Columbus, Ohio. Applications are due in mid-July (click on the links for more details). On a personal note: the staff is incredible and you’d be helping a great cause in a growing movement…. Read more
Oh man, the folks at ChristWire are on to my wicked plans! They know that I teach ungodly things like “irrational numbers” to my students: Public schools are dens of sin where gothemo girls will try to rub their milk sacs all over your son. But advances from titful harlots are not the only dangers–even the teachers in public schools try to force sin on the young. The fabricated devil science of “evolution” has long been recognized by Christians as… Read more
St Matthew-in-the-City church in Auckland, New Zealand always comes up with funny, gay-friendly ad campaigns — seriously: check them out here. Their latest is no exception: Before you all start making jokes about gay priests and Anglican-on-Anglican action, understand what the purpose of the billboard is: St Matthew-in-the-City put up a billboard outside its central Auckland church yesterday, designed to call attention to what it said was discrimination by the Anglican Church. … St Matthew’s vicar Glynn Cardy said New… Read more
One of the falsehoods some Christians love to spread is that “atheism is a religion.” That, of course, is incredibly ignorant to say. You show me real evidence of a miracle, you get your god to talk to me, you convince me the supernatural world exists, and I’m willing to change my mind. On the other hand, how many times have religious people said they would stick to their beliefs regardless of what the evidence shows? Creationists do it all… Read more
This is the day for interviews. Daniel Fincke, who writes the always interesting and challenging blog Camels With Hammers recently interviewed me via instant messaging for a few evenings. He will be publishing it in installments over the next several days. You can read the first installment here, where he asks me about my background, the development of my atheism, and how the Ask Richard column got started. In the next section he will ask me about anger in families… Read more
It’s not unheard of to see flying overhead banners touting churches or theism: American Atheists, riding off the success of their “You KNOW It’s a Myth” billboard campaign, are now trying to do something similar by purchasing overhead ribbons that read: God-LESS America — atheists.org Or: Atheism is Patriotic — atheists.org “The purpose of the banners is to highlight the fact that atheists are everywhere, in every parade, on every beach, and in every state, city, and town,” said Dave… Read more
I recently did an interview with The Angry Atheist and you can hear the exchange on his site! (Spoiler: He’s actually very nice.) Read more
I’ve mentioned on here before that I’m the chair of an organization called Foundation Beyond Belief. It’s a group that puts Humanist values in action, by selecting a variety of charities each month for our members and allowing them to choose how much of their donations go to each one. If you really like the charity in our Peace category, you can give more of your donation to them. If you don’t want to support the charity in our “Challenge… Read more
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This is the Bible you wish you had as a little girl. Right? Right. Because otherwise, you’re clearly a bad Christian and not very feminine at all… Discuss: A full-text Bible in sparkling pink binding appeals to the inner princess of every girl. With a princess presentation section in the front and four-page color section in the back, this Bible in the New King James Translation will be an instant favorite. Jeweled snap-flap closure. Read more
