My brief summary of the Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive — with tons of pictures: First, the brief comments: — I love that the Mythbusters spoke on stage. But their attempt to do live experiments with a huge sample size was a bust. I know the Rally was supposed to be apolitical, but it would’ve been nice to hear them advocate for more science funding and better science education. — Did the Rally planners completely underestimate the… Read more
When voting this Tuesday, remember the message from Christianist David Barton: Forget the economy; just think about God. (Via Christian Nightmares) Read more
Always nice to hear sex advice from a Republican: (via Republican Sex and Marriage Advice — Thanks to Alan for the link!) Read more
Be careful watching this video by June Hunt of Hope for the Heart. It’s gonna change your mind about that whole “atheism” thing: Yep. Convinced me. I’d never ever ever ever heard that argument before. Time to burn this website and turn my life around. … I appreciate how Jason Boyett, a Christian, is *facepalming* this whole thing: … it occurs to me that, using the same logic, the same isn’t-your-knowledge-pretty-limited? circle-drawing approach would be just as effective in forcing… Read more
I don’t care that I’m an atheist. Julian Smith makes me want to buy this: (Thanks to Aaron for the link!) Read more
See, I think I’m the guy on the left most of the time… The guy on the right is me only after I read the emails and links you all send me… The full comic can be read at Cectic. Read more
I’m off to Washington for the weekend for the Rally to Restore Sanity and March To Keep Fear Alive! Fun times will be had. I’ll do my best to bring a sign with me! If you spot me, you get bonus points. Also, if you’re heading that way, a whole hitchload of atheists (well over 200!) will be meeting up at the Lauriol Plaza Restaurant, near the offices of the American Humanist Association and close to the Dupont Circle Metro… Read more
This is why I need to have a wedding: Blog fodder for weeks. The bride added: “I felt like telling her she could keep her $50 and her guilt trip, too, but decided I would have my revenge by having a long, happy, secular marriage instead.” Lovely. I am sooooo gonna invite 329423 religious people to my eventual wedding. I just need a *really* heathentastic place to hold it. (via PassiveAggressiveNotes — thanks to Alice for the link!) Read more
