It was barely a week ago when the Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy announced they had given their Humanist of the Year award to Family Guy and American Dad! creator Seth MacFarlane. They scheduled his acceptance speech for the night of June 14th. Then, citing a scheduling conflict, the date was changed to June 4th and tickets went on sale. And now, it appears the date has changed again… … However, when Seth got in touch this week and offered to reschedule… Read more
I received an email from a recent widow — my heart goes out to her — and I’m hoping some of you might have a better response than anything I could come up with: I’m 44 years old and was widowed this month. My husband of two and a half years died of an infection. I would like to find secular online conversation with other widowed people. So far, I’ve only seen chats that consist mostly of a lot of… Read more
I think I’d be fine leading my classes in this version of the Pledge of Allegiance (courtesy of The Whitest Kids U’ Know): I pledge allegiance To the flag Of the United States of America Thank you very, very much for letting us little kids live here. It really, really was nice of you. You didn’t have to do it. And it’s really not freaky that us little, little kids Mindlessly recite this anthem Every day And pledge their life… Read more
This is why pastors keep telling their congregations stories about Biblical characters… It works, too. Ken Ham, the man behind the Creation Museum, really believes that a literal “Adam” and “Eve” existed. (If you go to his museum, you can see their statues… near the dinosaurs…) In fact, he’s pissed off that some Christian academics are even questioning what the Book of Genesis says in the cover story of June’s Christianity Today magazine: … the secular world will not and… Read more
It’s not every day you see a Christian going to a group of atheists for advice, but that’s what one did over at Think Atheist. She’s a Christian, her friend’s an atheist, and that difference might be ruining their friendship: My best friend Rachel, whom I’ve known since the 2nd grade turned atheist about a year ago. We’ve joked about how she’s turned to the “dark side,” but it seems as though it’s becoming less and less of a joking… Read more
Just thought you’d all like to know… The Damon Fowler fund ended last night at $30,845.40 (including some money donated outside of ChipIn). Because this is such a large amount of money, and there may be legal issues with simply handing over a check to Damon (or his brother), I’m in the process of talking to a lawyer about establishing a trust fund (or something of that nature). Even though I know many of you have told me you don’t… Read more
There are only a couple hours left to donate to Team Diversity/Team Underdog/Team Beat PZ Myers! And Todd Stiefel with the Stiefel Freethought Foundation has just upped the ante. Everything above $11,681.33 for Team Beat PZ and $11,376.01 for Team PZ will be matched by SFF up to $5,000 per team! The contest ends at 2:00p (ET) which gives you just a little more time to make a huge difference for the kids attending Camp Quest! Let Team Beat PZ… Read more
The is the ad the Central Arkansas Coalition of Reason wanted to put up near Little Rock to launch their group: The ad would have been placed on 18 buses at a cost of $5,620. You won’t be seeing them, though, because the Central Arkansas Transit Authority (CATA) and its advertising agent, On the Move Advertising, rejected the ad. Maybe they reject all religious and non-religious advertising? Nope. Religious advertising happens all the time. There’s no policy against it. This… Read more
Todd Stiefel gave a really passionate talk at the Triangle Freethought Society’s National Day of Reason event last month. If you want to know why so many atheists oppose the National Day of Prayer, Todd explains. Plus, there are lots of other great soundbytes in there 🙂 (If the video doesn’t work for you, try another browser!) Read more
In case you missed it, Jen McCreight joined Dan Savage on this week’s Savage Love podcast! They talked about G-spots, female ejaculation, and why Dan needs to be more skeptical in the future. Well done, Jen! Read more
