“Sexie” Sadie Smythe has been writing stories about her open marriage for a couple years now on her website (NSFW). She’s also been telling them at BedPost Confessions, an event she hosts and organizes in Austin, TX. She’s honest, reflective, and a direct threat to anyone who thinks marriage must be a one-size-fits-all proposition. Her new book is called Open All the Way: Confessions From My Open Marriage and an excerpt is below. It features swinging Unitarian Universalists — How… Read more
Despite all the amazing things to happen on Ask An Atheist Day today, this was one of the low points… and a scary one at that: Virginia Tech Police were called to the Drillfield Wednesday afternoon following a report of a student stabbing his own hand with a pen. … The incident took place near a table promoting a local version of “Ask an Atheist Day.” The student group Freethinkers at Virginia Tech sponsored the table. Witnesses said [freshman Alexander… Read more
Christianist Dee Wampler has been on a quest to have the phrase “In God We Trust” branded in every city in the state of Missouri. He believes this shouldn’t be a big deal since it’s our national motto. Wampler doesn’t care how much these cities would have to pay to create/put up the signs or to defend themselves in a lawsuit. He just wants his religion endorsed (and his name credited with doing that). He also wants to make sure… Read more
Last week, I visited Baltimore to speak to the UMBC Secular Student Alliance. Members of some of the local groups were there and the people from the Baltimore Ethical Society were kind enough to give me a t-shirt before I left: Clever, no? 🙂 Read more
I’m a bit swamped with life/work today, so consider this an open thread! Regular blogging will commence soon. We’ll make it a happy one 🙂 Tell us about the happiest time of your life! (Excluding weddings, birth of children, what you did late last night, and other obvious ones.) Read more
Here’s a helpful, humorous primer on religion, courtesy of MisterSharp: There’s a lot more sarcasm where that came from, too 🙂 (Thanks to Lisa for the link!) Read more
They sing it every week at church: From my experience, that’s pretty accurate. Just for the hell of it, I searched for a website with popular Christian song lyrics. I found a list of lyrics. The first one I clicked on was this. This was the second. Maybe there are more complex lyrics somewhere, but I have yet to hear them. It’s not like most secular pop lyrics are that much better, but don’t expect to find originality or challenging… Read more
If the Christianists in Tennessee get to teach Creationism in public schools, then it’s only fair that all churches should be required to play this fantastic TED Talk. In it, David Christian presents “a complete history of the universe”: It starts to get good at the 4:00 mark. (Thanks to Eli for the link!) Read more
When a hellfire-obsessed preacher comes to your area, don’t miss the photo op! Jesus totally hated the sports nuts. (via Joe. My. God.) Read more
I’m giving a few different talks over the next month! If you’re in Southern California or Kansas, here’s hoping you can check these out one of these:) When: Sunday, April 24th at 11:00a. Where: Center For Inquiry West, Los Angeles, CA Group: Atheists United Cost: Free for all guests! ($5 suggested donation for regular members) More information can be found here. … When: Friday, April 29th at 7:30p. Where: Kansas State University (Student Union Dining Hall) Group: KSU Individuals for… Read more
