Suzie sees God everywhere she goes. She’s happy and content and not harming anybody… so does that mean we should all just lay off her and let her believe what she wants? Ignorant, misguided, and delusional is no way to go through life, Suzie. The people you really need to thank in life are all around you. There’s no need to look any higher. (via The Thinking Atheist) Read more
This past Monday, a group of college students in South Carolina helped out at a place that really needed it: Volunteers in West Columbia spent their afternoon cleaning and sorting medical supplies at The Good Samaritan Clinic, a free facility that serves the Hispanic population. “We’ve been moving filing cabinets, helping with magazine racks and cleaning up,” says Kelley Freeman, just one of the many volunteers. … Participants feel they are doing their part to improve the community. “While what… Read more
***Update***: Bentley, under a lot of pressure, has apologized for his comments: “It was never my intension to disenfranchise anyone”, Bentley said. “If I did make anyone of any faith feel disenfranchised, let me say I am sorry.” … “I did not mean to offend anyone with my comments there,” Bentley said to a group of religious leaders and reporters in his State Capitol office. … The governor said when he made the comments to the church audience he assumed… Read more
When the now-mandatory “moment of silence and prayer” happened in my classroom yesterday, I heard a lot of different responses from students: Why are we doing this…? [Because most Illinois politicians are idiots.] I thought forced prayer was illegal in public schools. [Yes. Yes it is…] Mehta, can we just ignore this like we do all the other announcements? [Of course not. You must listen to them every day like the perfect little angels you are.] Chicago Tribune columnist Eric… Read more
The Agnostic & Atheist Student Association at UC Davis in California is bringing Dave Fitzgerald to their campus this Friday to discuss his book Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All. So that won’t be controversial at all… right? Admission is only $1 but the first 20 people in line will get in for free! And it sounds like a great introduction to the debate of whether or not a person named Jesus ever really existed. I… Read more
You only need one of these a day to meet all your nutritional needs?! I really need to cut back… I’ve been downing three a day. Ok, they’re officially talking about breast milk, but no one will ever notice that. So get the shirt and put it on your baby 🙂 (Thanks to Michelle for the link!) Read more
The online community of former-Mormons is holding its annual “Brodie Awards” for “best” of everything and our own Richard Wade is nominated in the “Best Chat with the Bishop, Mishies, or Other Church Leaders” category for a column he wrote about an atheist father raising a son with a Mormon mother and a particular problem they were having with the mother’s church. If you have a second, go search for “Friendly Atheist” on the site and cast your vote for… Read more
As the new semester begins for my students, I should probably give fair warning. The competitive forensics/Speech Team I coach is winding down our season over the next couple weeks… the “postseason” begins in February, culminating with the Illinois state finals near the end of the month. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, I’ll explain all this at some point in the future. For those who have done this, you get the level of… Read more
Hey friends, Mike Clawson here (the delinquent Christian sometimes contributor). I’m posting again because I need your advice. These past two months I have been leading a discussion series at my church (a very artistic, progressive, Austin-y kind of church that actually has a number of atheists and agnostics in attendance and even a few in leadership positions) on world religions, interviewing members from various other faiths. So far we’ve had a Rabbi, a Muslim, a Wiccan, and a Hindu…. Read more
I can’t vouch for whether this is a good idea or not, but for anyone interested, this email came in from a TV producer: I am an Associate Producer with Left Field Pictures and we are working on a new series about couples dealing with issue with their In-Laws. I am reaching out to the non religious community because we would like to devote an episode to a couple looking for acceptance from their parents/ In-Laws who do not share… Read more
