Damn. The SimHemant in The Sims 3 is one studly mofo: Jen also made SimPZ and SimRichardDawkins… and we’re all living in a house together… and she gets to watch each of us shower (with naughty parts blurred out). You know, if you want to see me in the shower that badly, you should just get the 2009 Skepdude calendar. July, 2009 is coming soon. (via Blag Hag) Read more
Dan Savage, Savage Love columnist, is offering advice on when/how gay people should come out to their evangelical Christian families. Reader Paul adds, “I think you’ll find the parallels to atheism to be pretty clear.” (Thanks to Paul for the link!) Read more
Ohh… so this is what traditional marriage is supposed to be like: An arranged marriage doesn’t sound so bad now… (via Greta Christina’s Blog) Read more
Crystal Dervetski of the Minnesota Atheists has a terrific writeup of what anyone can do to promote atheism. She goes in depth in her article, but here’s a brief excerpt: First, be positive! There’s nothing worse than a negative atheist, mostly because that is exactly the atheist stereotype: doom and gloom, mean-spirited, angry with the world. So don’t be!… … Be open-minded and willing. You won’t ever learn new things or meet new people without, at least at times, just… Read more
Pale blue dot? More like pale blue blob… (via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal — Thanks to Zombie Girl for the link!) Read more
Rob Sherman, the lawsuit-happy atheist from the Chicago suburbs who is always making local news when someone tries to blur the line between church and state, is now writing for the ChicagoNow blog: “In Rob We Trust.” Gotta love that coin. Modesty has never been one of Rob’s finer qualities 🙂 Rob topped Keith Olbermann’s list of Worst Persons in the World last year because of a response he made to anti-atheist state legislator Monique Davis. (via Change of Subject) Read more
Here’s a great zinger for you. Paranormal investigator Benjamin Radford wrote an article for Skeptical Inquirer in which he suggested dinosaurs died out approximately 65 million years ago. No surprises there. In response, Radford received an email from a Creationist… In your article you assume that the earth is millions of years old and dinosaurs dies out 65 million yrs ago. Please provide empirical evidence of this. If you provide this evidence the Dr Kent Hovind will give you $250,000… Read more
My friend August Berkshire, the vice-president of Atheist Alliance International, and the author of the popular 34 Unconvincing Arguments for God, is going on a road trip across the Southwest. You can see the full schedule of events here (*.doc). If you get a chance to hear him, it’s well worth it. All the events are free and open to the public. Read more
In response to the Atheist Bus Campaign ads, Ryan North and his dinosaurs offer a few suggestions for religious responses: Incidentally, the title of the strip is: where are the hindus with their “there’s probably many gods. now stop worrying and enjoy your lives.” buses? WHERE?? 🙂 Would you like to suggest any other potential religious bus ad slogans? (via Dinosaur Comics — Thanks to Mike and Tony for the link!) Read more
I have a few atheist-themed shirts. Like the ones that say, “I found Jesus… he was behind the couch” and “Dinosaurs didn’t pray hard enough”… I don’t wear them very often. Can’t wear them at work for obvious reasons. I guess I could wear them on weekends if I’m out, but even now, I feel weird about that. Probably because the atheist shirts I like to wear mock religion instead of simply stating that I’m an atheist. I’ll be changing… Read more
