David McAfee is a University of California, Santa Barbara student applying for a spot in their Religious Studies program for grad school. I don’t know David and I don’t know if he’s a worthy candidate. But he has a lot of writing about religion to his credit: … features in American Atheist Magazine, Canadian Freethinker Magazine, and my own self-published book entitled “Disproving Christianity: Refuting the World’s Most Followed Religion”. Not a bad resume for an undergraduate. So put yourself… Read more
Jessica Hagy explains how religious people cling to their faith no matter how much evidence there is against the existence of a god. Ok, that may not have been the intended interpretation, but it still works! (via Indexed) Read more
Since they no longer kill people they find immoral, we ought to describe Christians as “loving” and “full of grace,” got that? To paraphrase a commenter on David Hayward’s site, we’ve gone from putting gay people out of their misery to keeping them in misery. It’s not that much of a leap forward. (via nakedpastor) … While we’re on the subject, the gay rights group Noise has put this hilarious poster on public transportation all across Dublin, Ireland: (Thanks to… Read more
David Hayward jokes about how a pastor might be a zombie… but I’m pretty sure these things apply to most Christians in general: How does one defeat a Christian Zombie, anyway? A science textbook? (via nakedpastor) Read more
Stand-up comedian (and atheist) Keith Lowell Jensen is about to release his latest CD “Cats Made of Rabbits.” He was nice enough to provide me with this exclusive clip from the DVD of the show in which he talks about “The Penis Argument Against Creationism” (some NSFW language): Keith needs to raise money for the actual printing costs of the CD/DVD and there’s a week left on the fundraising drive at Kickstarter. For $15, you can get the CD. For… Read more
Mike Clawson (Christian contributor) here. Some of you may have noticed a week or so ago when the New York Times ran a front page article on the numerous LGBTQ student groups popping up on conservative Christian college campuses all over the country. The article especially focused on the institution where I am currently studying, Baylor University, which has such a group on campus but has yet to give official sanction to it. Sadly missing from the article, however, was… Read more
This is a guest post by Amanda Metskas, the Executive Director of Camp Quest. Hemant adds: I’m working together with Greta Christina, Jen McCreight, and JT Eberhard to raise more money for Camp Quest than PZ Myers! (It’s almost a fair fight.) Please donate via the ChipIn widget below and say you came from this site! You’ll be helping a fantastic organization while defeating a wicked, squid-loving, cracker-destroying evolutionist 🙂 The first team to raise $5,000 for CQ (or the… Read more
As someone who teaches high school math during the day and writes about religion at night, and as someone who has been a target of a conservative Christian group, I have a soft spot for other educators who pursue their other interests outside of work. Now, a high school English teacher in Snyder County, Pennsylvania is in trouble because parents found out what she does outside of work: She writes erotic novels. Parents said Judy Buranich has been an English… Read more
The Global Atheist Convention took place in Melbourne, Australia this past March and the talks are finally up online. I haven’t seen them yet, but you know you have nothing else going on this week 🙂 Richard Dawkins: PZ Myers: Taslima Nasrin: If there are any particular moments we should all watch, please leave the video name and timestamp in the comments! Read more
Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Dear Richard, I’ve been an atheist since the 7th grade, and now I’m a junior in college. I’ve never been that great at making friends, and my one really close friend at school is quite possibly the most religious person I’ve ever met. The second time we got together to hang out, I told her I wasn’t religious, and asked if that would be a problem. She said it wouldn’t…. Read more
