This post is by Jesse Galef, who works for the American Humanist Association … James Dobson is throwing in the towel. He announced on his radio program: I want to tell you up front that we’re not going to ask you to do anything, to make a phone call or to write a letter or anything. There is nothing you can do at this time about what is taking place because there is simply no limit to what the left… Read more
The title says it all. This blog is now available on Kindle (for those of you who roll that way). A subscription costs $1.99/month (there’s a free 14-day trial). Cheaper than a fetus in the summer. Why buy it? Because you need something to do while sitting in class, getting “work” done, or waiting in traffic… and sometimes the laptop isn’t by your side. If you have a couple minutes to spare, a positive review would be appreciated 🙂 And… Read more
I’ve written before about colleagues talking about religion in the workplace. It’s not always on purpose or because they want to proselytize. It’s not illegal, either — just a part of the conversation. They just assume everyone believes in a god. Reader Anonymouse just sent along a few more examples that show how Godtalk at work can make atheists (and I presume plenty of other people) uncomfortable: A coworker asked how I was doing, and I said I’d had a… Read more
When even the local news in Utah is reporting that atheists are growing in number and does a positive story on them, you know things are going our way. KUTV in Salt Lake City did a story on the American Religious Identification Survey, which stated that atheists are on the rise in every single state: We often hear this country was built on a belief in God, but others say it is really built on the freedom to choose. More… Read more
Just read the first paragraph of this article and you’ll see yet another problem with the U.S. military: A recent edition of the U.S. Army’s suicide prevention manual advises military chaplains to promote “religiosity,” specifically Christianity, as a way to deter distraught soldiers from committing suicide, which in recent months, according to one veterans advocacy group, has reached epidemic proportions. You can see the official Suicide Awareness for Soldiers 2008 (PPT) presentation at the U.S. Army center’s website. Here’s what… Read more
Did you know Benny Hinn is still around? (Don’t remember which televangelist he is? He’s this one.) His latest act involves helping you get out of debt! (What a nice guy!) How will he make this happen? All you have to do is pray. And give him money, of course, as a “seed.” It’s time to break free from the bondage you have been under. But it will take a sacrificial gift to trigger your debt cancellation harvest. Pray and… Read more
The National is an English language newspaper published in Abu Dhabi. Reporter Gretchen Peters wrote an for it about how “coming out” can be an ordeal for atheists and agnostics. Chalmer Wren, vice president of the atheist society at the Metropolitan State College in Denver, was chatting on the group’s website with a fundamentalist Christian when he received a disturbing message. “He said the United States was a Christian nation and when I disagreed, he threatened to run me over… Read more
Harvard University professor Robert Putnam has a new book coming out next year: “American Grace: How Religion is Reshaping our Civic and Political Lives.” Bits and pieces of the book’s revelations have been coming out — most notably at a recent conference hosted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Last week, we heard that “the percentage of ‘nones’ has now skyrocketed to between 30 percent and 40 percent among younger Americans…” The latest revelation is that “people… Read more
This post is by Jesse Galef, who works for the American Humanist Association … For me, one of the worst things about dying will be that I won’t get to know what happens next. I’ll miss so many interesting discoveries and ideas! News stories like this one reported in the NYTimes today are so exciting: Chemist Shows How RNA Can Be The Starting Point for Life [An English chemist] has solved a problem that for 20 years has thwarted researchers… Read more
***Update***: I’m not sure what other contact info to use, but Transpo can be reached via this webpage. Let them know what you think of their decision to wait on approving the atheist ads. … I was under the impression that atheist bus ads would be seen in South Bend, Indiana this past Monday. So did the Atheist Bus Campaign in Indiana. The ads, which are set to run on 20 buses, cost $3,895.80, according to a copy of the… Read more
