Ariane Sherine, the woman behind the original Atheist Bus Campaign (and my future wife if I get a say in the matter), has signed on to write The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas: Sherine, a comedy writer and Guardian journalist, gathered 42 prominent atheist writers, scientists and comedians to contribute to the book, including Richard Dawkins, Charlie Brooker, David Baddiel, Ben Goldacre and Jenny Colgan. It will cover topics from an atheist Christmas miracle to the best Christmas pop hits and… Read more
This didn’t help me sleep well last night. There’s a story by Tina Dupuy in the Pasadena Weekly about a particular Christian “crisis pregnancy center.” Scared, vulnerable women come in to take the free pregnancy test, but end up sitting through much more. The writer’s friend “Maggie” unknowingly went in for a visit: After two-and-a-half hours the nurses ask Maggie if she would like to give her life to Jesus Christ and pray with them. Maggie is blindsided. All she… Read more
The conservative OneNewsNow cannot believe CNN’s Anderson Cooper would dare make a raunchy joke when discussing the tea-bagging parties the other day! During his AC 360 program, Anderson Cooper made the vulgar remark after CNN senior political analyst David Gergen spoke of the Republican Party being “in disarray.” Gergen: “Republicans have got a way — they still haven’t found their voice, Anderson. They’re still — this happens to a minority party after it’s lost a couple of bad elections, but… Read more
This guest post is by Jesse Galef, who works for the American Humanist Association. He usually blogs at Rant & Reason. After Andrew Sullivan reposted the disturbing video from a 2006 Answers in Genesis campaign, it caused quite a stir. It turns out that AIG still has a page explaining it: Every day we are inundated with evolution-based messages intended to remove the Creator from the fabric of our society, our lives, our thoughts. But if we evolved from lower… Read more
Hello, everyone, Trina here. As many of you know by now, I am the National Atheism Examiner (columnist) for Examiner.com. I want to share with you briefly how it is that I ended up with that gig before I get to my main point. A while back, as a result of the recession, I lost my job. I was 43 at the time. I am one of those people who is skilled in a variety of areas so I typically am… Read more
You can help put pro-atheism advertising on buses in a state that could really use it. The Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign has officially launched! If you’d like to donate to make this a reality, you can do so here. A note: this is just a handful of people making this happen. Anyone can do it in their own communities — if you’d like to lead an atheist bus campaign of your own, leave a comment and I’ll direct you to… Read more
Inspector Gadget’s niece Penny was always the smart one in the cartoon series. In saejinoh’s drawing of her, is anyone surprised by her reading material? This prompted reader Joe to ask the question: What other cartoon characters are likely to be atheists? We got Brian from Family Guy. Lisa Simpson is a Buddhist, but that’s not quite the same thing… Are there others? (Thanks to Joe for the link!) Read more
I don’t know if this guy is an atheist or not, but I imagine many of us would want to hear about how this plays out. Bradford Campeau-Laurion was kicked out of the old Yankee Stadium last August because “he tried to use the restroom during the playing of ‘God Bless America.'” “The role of police officers is to enforce the law,” NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman said. “New York’s finest have no business arresting someone for trying to go… Read more
Who needs Easter Eggs when you can have Darwin Fish buns?! It was a happy Easter for everyone. (via dan_c_swan — Kudos to Harriet Riley for cooking the buns!) Read more
But in light of recent church sex scandals, is this really the best picture they could have taken? The actual article doesn’t help put dirty minds to rest, either: It took the 40 volunteers about 18 months to put all the tiny plastic blocks together, and their creation shows a standing Jesus facing forward with his arms outstretched. The Protestant church was filled to capacity with about 400 worshippers on Sunday when the statue went on display behind the altar,… Read more
