Marcia Segelstein knows that atheists are trying to ruin Christmas for everybody. Her proof? The billboards! Atheists are at it again this year, plastering billboards and the sides of buses in cities across the country with their very own sayings of the season. “No god? . . . No problem!” “Be good for goodness’ sake.” “Millions are good without God.” And, “Yes, Virginia . . . there is no God.” The first three are hardly offensive. The last one is… Read more
President Obama gave his speech about Afghanistan on Tuesday night and Arlington, TN mayor Russell Wiseman knows exactly why he chose that evening: Ok, so, this is total crap, we sit the kids down to watch “The Charlie Brown Christmas Special” and our muslim president is there, what a load…..try to convince me that wasn’t done on purpose. Ask the man if he believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he will give you a 10 minute… Read more
Pentecostal minister Howard Thompson, Jr. used to preach during worship services at the New Jersey State Prison. A couple years ago, prison officials put a stop to that. The Christian Right is *furious* at the ACLU for infringing on Thompson’s right to practice his fai—oh wait… The ACLU was on Thompson’s side. In fact, it’s because of the ACLU that Thompson won his case and can now resume preaching. “The decision by prison officials in New Jersey to allow Mr…. Read more
John Ziegler — an LA talk-show commentator — has been running the First Church of Tiger Woods since 1996 (and the website since 2000) — he was a huge fan of the golfer. But after learning about Woods’ recent shenanigans, he feels he cannot keep the site going any longer: As I have documented in my columns below, Tiger is clearly no longer deserving of being seen as a role model or a hero and he has needlessly squandered his… Read more
Note: When letter writers sign with their first names instead of a pseudonym or nickname, I randomly change their name for added anonymity. Dear Richard, Atheism has estranged many an adult from his nuclear family and I am no different. When I left religion there was anger enough on both sides. People behaved accordingly and nobody has much to be proud of. Since that time, we’ve settled down into a truce of sorts. I was Orthodox Jewish, not Christian, and… Read more
by Jesse Galef – I’m usually reticent and reluctant to talk about my personal life, but I feel comfortable sharing some things. It helps that I’ve found you guys to be very supportive, both in comments here and talking to some of you on facebook. It’s a new experience for me to have relative strangers asking me how my job search is going, offering to buy me drinks, and giving kind words. No, I didn’t get the job at Americans… Read more
Don Addis, the cartoonist whose works appeared in Free Inquiry, Freethought Today, and a number of mainstream publications, died of lung cancer a few days ago. Even if his name doesn’t ring a bell, his work is probably very familiar. His cartoons have been making the rounds on the Internet for several years. Every now and then, I would see his old cartoons show up on social bookmarking sites. They would get a second life as new readers saw them,… Read more
The Freethought Film Festival Foundation is looking to begin an annual event in Tampa, Florida: The mission of the FFFF is to promote reason, critical thinking and freedom of inquiry through the medium of film. With support from freethinkers who have viewpoints that are agnostic, atheist, humanist, secular humanist, rationalist, skeptic, of “Bright” mind, non-religious or otherwise non-traditional; we can produce a focused means through which freethought ideas can be presented to the community. Such focus and collaboration on a… Read more
I understand the need for dating websites to advertise their existence, but they really need to figure out who their audience is… I’m pretty sure these are not the “good Christian girls” you are told to look for in church: They’ll never do. I mean, where are their cross necklaces? At least one website caters to the Christian fun dies: (***Edit***: I’ve been told that the following ad is photoshopped and not real. Please ignore it. I’ll leave it here… Read more
