Last week, a strange event happened at the Fort Lauderdale Airport. Here’s a law professor from Florida explaining what went down: At approximately 12:45 am, my partner and I were in the baggage claim area in terminal 3. We had just arrived from Chicago and were waiting for our bags when an announcement came over the intercom. It basically said that “a man who lies with another man as he would a woman is subject to death.” We couldn’t believe… Read more
Here’s a sneak peek at tomorrow’s debate between Christians Ray Comfort/Kirk Cameron and atheists Brian/Kelly, courtesy of the Rational Response Squad. And as they say, these are the “highlights as seen through the eyes of the RRS.” So I assume less flattering parts of the debate were left out. There’s some bad language in the video if that matters (though it’s not during the debate itself): The written commentary is also entertaining. [tags]atheist, atheism, Christian, debate, Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron,… Read more
When it comes to religion and the absurdities within it, there are a number of ways to tackle the issues with sharp, biting humor. These are my personal favorite comedians or comedy bits: 5) Even Stephven (Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell) on The Daily Show Comedy Central yanked the video off of YouTube. But you can still watch the brief debate between Islam and Christianity here. 4) Ricky Gervais Gervais originated the role on the British TV show The Office… Read more
On Thursday evening, I spoke at Cal State Long Beach about the eBay auction and book. The event went well and besides meeting some wonderful Southern California student atheists, I also got to meet frequent commenter on this site Richard Wade! Thanks to all who came and for the students at CSLB (Hi Sean and Matt!) for putting it together. Here’s a picture with some of the audience members, including Christians and the secular students from Cal State Long Beach… Read more
I’m surprised some Christians actually use this argument. And this doesn’t even take into account the number of Christians in the government. [tags]atheist, atheism, Christian, oppression[/tags] Read more
On Monday, May 28, at 9:00 a.m. (local time) a peaceful Rally for Reason will be taking place outside Ken Ham’s Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky. It’s not just atheists. It’ll be atheists, Christians, science advocates, and everyone else who sees this “museum” as a travesty against human knowledge. This isn’t a protest against the rights of Answers in Genesis (Ham’s group) to present their views. As American Atheists Legal Director Edwin Kagin so succinctly says: “They can teach that… Read more
The debate between Kirk Cameron/Ray Comfort (Christians) and Brian/Kelly (atheists) was taped last night. You won’t be able to see it until Wednesday (on ABC News Now, online, at 2:00 p.m. (EST) and on Nightline, televised, at 11:35 p.m. (EST)). But Brian Sapient did make a few comments to me about how it went down: On 4 separate occassions the audience erupted in applause upon Kirk and Ray being destroyed. … It was ugly, we wanted to hug Kirk and… Read more
The O Project was conceived by Hamish MacPherson in 2005. Its mission is twofold: To champion the contributions that humanists and other non believers make to wider society in the fields of social justice, equality and human rights. To promote good relations and cooperation between believers and non believers. This isn’t about trying to convert people to atheism; rather, the project aims to increase good relations and respect between religious and non-religious people. There are atheists who think religious thinking… Read more
Unfortunately, there has been very little coverage of the National Day of Reason in the American mainstream media, which is unfortunate. But guess who did cover the event, using it as a starting point to discuss the rise of atheism in our country? A British newspaper, of course. The Sunday Telegraph manages to tie together the rise in atheist literature, the names of several national secular organizations, Pete Stark, a questionable quotation by George Bush Sr., and a picture of… Read more
The Harvest Show is an “internationally syndicated live, hour-long, daily television program” for Christian audiences. I’m going to be appearing as a guest on Tuesday morning to talk about I Sold My Soul on eBay. If you’d like to watch the episode, here’s the list of where the show airs! [tags]atheist, atheism, Christian, The Harvest Show, I Sold My Soul on eBay[/tags] Read more
