There are some lawsuits that could just as easily be decided on a coin toss and others that are so overwhelmingly one-sided that you wonder how the losers could’ve been so foolish in the first place. Here’s a story that falls into the latter category. GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company was offering a free service to people who bought their homeowners and renters insurance — a service that would offer “special benefits and discounts.” It was called FaithGuard and it only… Read more
On October 10th, atheists and agnostics in Poland will be staging a major march. The purpose is to “come out” — to show they exist and that they exist in big numbers. The information can be found here in Polish and here in translated English. There’s also a Facebook event page, again, in Polish and in translated English. Here’s what they say (it’s my personal paraphrase of the translation — I’ll correct it if needed): The aim of the March… Read more
It’s not a surprise to those who follow the issue that the U.S. military has a history of trying to evangelize, convert, and proselytize to Muslims. Chris Rodda has compiled an extensively-researched list of the “Top Ten Ways to Convince the Muslims We’re On a Crusade.” Here are the main points (the details are on her posting): 10. Have top U.S. military officers, Defense Department officials, and politicians say we’re in a religious war 9. Have top U.S. military officers… Read more
Christian groups all across Australia have come together to start a project called “Jesus. All about Life.” The ‘Jesus. All about Life’ (JAAL) campaign seeks to display the value of communicating via the media, in particular through film and television. In doing this it will bring an awareness of who Jesus is and what he said to every home across NSW and to mobilise churches to engage with their local community through cultural, community and arts events. To that end,… Read more
Mike Clawson here again… I’m sure many of you are familiar with those horrendous/disturbing/hilarious “Chick Tracts” – those, little cartoon tracts that express some of the most extreme Fundamentalist theology out there; e.g. Catholics aren’t really Christians and the Pope is the Anti-Christ, role-playing games are a recruiting tool for full blown witchcraft and Satan worship, “Christian” rock musicians have sold their soul to Lucifer, STDs are God’s punishment for having sex outside of marriage, etc. Even as a Christian… Read more
A quick note before I leave work for the day – The Secular Coalition for America just sent out letters to members of the Senate Finance Committee urging them to oppose two proposed amendments to the healthcare reform bill. Senator Orrin Hatch has submitted amendment #C10 requesting that funding for Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage be restored. Senator Michael Enzi has submitted amendment #C15 to ensure that conscience protections are applied in the healthcare reform bill. Please oppose these two amendments. Both… Read more
Jim Jeffcoat used to play for the Dallas Cowboys in the era when they won Super Bowls. His son Jackson will play college football next year. USA Today ran a profile of their family. The article doesn’t mention religion. It just focuses on how the dad is a great role model in the family. But check out the accompanying picture: I count at least 17 crosses. And we don’t even see the whole wall! (Because if they had only 16,… Read more
You know how the Creation Museum’s Ken Ham is usually full of crap? Every soundbyte coming out of him tends to deserve a refutation. But, I gotta say, he was at least in the ballpark of sanity this one time. Might as well document it. Ham was asked why the Creation movie about Charles Darwin didn’t have a distributor yet. Is it because so many Americans are Creationists? Ignore his general anti-evolution rhetoric for a moment and check out his… Read more
A couple months ago, the number of hits to this site began to go up dramatically. It’s happened before in spurts but never this much without any sign of tapering off. I’m not complaining. In fact, it’s very exciting. But there is one down side to it. This site has no corporate overlords to pay for the servers. For the past three years, I’ve done that on my own, first from my own pockets, then via Google ads, and later… Read more
