I knew it was getting hotter this week… At least it’ll all be better by Sunday! (via Buzzfeed) Read more
In order to help out those of you who are confused about what will happen on Saturday, I made this handy flow chart: Read more
Atheist Michael Newdow sued to keep Barack Obama from saying the phrase “So Help Me God” during his Inauguration… and lost. He appealed… and lost again (they said he “lacked standing” (PDF)). Finally, he took his case to the Supreme Court. Earlier this week, they rejected hearing his case. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Michael Newdow, who argued that government references to God are unconstitutional and infringe on his religious beliefs. Can he do… Read more
The good side is still fighting to raise more money than PZ Myers on behalf of Camp Quest! Sure, PZ might have raised over $8,600… but before you make a donation, think long and hard about which team you want to donate to. The team consisting of only older, white men? Or the team full of women, minorities, young people, and underdogs?! Oh. And I heard a rumor that PZ hangs out with Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort on the… Read more
About a year ago, notorious campus preacher Brother Jed was at the University of Oregon spewing his blather when a clever student found a way to shut him up. As Jed spoke, a student named Tony stood near him, preaching the Gospel of The Boot: Tony was quite hysterical as a southern Baptist minister, and exceptionally clever, responding to questions on the fly. Someone would shout a question like, “What about Uggs?” and Tony would rant about the deception of… Read more
Some of the students at my high school are planning to start a Secular Student Alliance group next year (Their idea, not mine, though I’m honored to be their sponsor). We met yesterday to talk about what they’d like to do with such a group, what goals they have, etc. Among other things, they said they wanted to dispel the awful stereotypes people have about atheists — and doing community service is one way to put a stop to that…. Read more
If the Rapture does happen this weekend, at least we have this to look forward to… It’ll all be fun and games… until the rest of us go to Hell. ***Edit***: Cartoon is courtesy of Dan Collins. (via Reddit) Read more
It’s like your Statistics teacher (should have) told you: “The lottery is a tax on dumb people.” Or some variation of that 🙂 (via Pearls Before Swine) Read more
Jon Canter’s sister Rosemary died of cancer in March. In the last couple months of her life, she told Jon what she wanted her funeral to be like — neither she not Jon believe in a god, so it wasn’t the kind of funeral you’re used to seeing. But I think their decisions would make most atheists proud: In many ways, the planning of a godless funeral was a liberation. For our mother’s cremation we had, via that secular miracle… Read more
