I asked for your pics with celebrities last week and you responded in droves. (I couldn’t even use all the submissions!) Some of my favorite pics are after the jump. … (more…) Read more
Well, maybe not “atheist” checks… but certainly ones atheists would enjoy 🙂 That one comes courtesy of Ashley’s friend. Thanks for the inspiration! Now I know what to do next time I need a refill… Read more
All the religions are false, says Joel Grus. He spoke about damn near every religion — including Jedi-ism, Messianic Judaism, and Singularitarianism — at the recent BIL (Benevolence. Illuminating. Logic.) conference in Long Beach, CA. He likes Joel Osteen, too 🙂 The talk is hilarious. Enjoy! (Thanks to Lexi, the speaker wrangler for BIL, for the link!) Read more
Reader John cast his vote in the Evolution poll in Parade Magazine. What could the poll be telling us…? Read more
The Parade Magazine question asks: Do you agree with Darwin’s theory of human evolution? The answer “Yes. Humans evolved without divine intervention” is winning… but at the moment, there have only been 77 votes. We need a much stronger buffer before the Creationists find out about the poll… (PZ, you hear that?) Read more
Over the weekend, I was in Columbus, Ohio. I was invited there to do a public talk with a Christian pastor at The Ohio State University. Normally, when you hear about these things, it’s a debate. The speakers will throw out their arguments as to why there is or probably isn’t a God… or where our morality comes from. Those aren’t bad, but they don’t really get anywhere. Not many people leave with a different opinion, and most audience members… Read more
DJ Grothe, host of the Point of Inquiry podcast, writes about why he is disappointed by President Barack Obama: But there is one area of change I can’t believe in: Obama has not only brought change to Bush’s Faith Based Initiative, but has actually expanded the program! And he did so without even attempting to change it in the right ways so as to officially prohibit proselytizing and religious discrimination! Real change would be to abolish such a dangerous blending… Read more
We’re all excited about the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, but this weekend, there’s another anniversary that is just as important for anyone concerned with religious freedom and free speech. Saturday, February 14th will mark the twentieth anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses. The effects of that incident are still felt today; it’s rare you see books critical of Islam. Authors don’t want the lives of themselves and their family members in danger… Read more
Imagine that you’ve just become an atheist. Maybe you read The God Delusion and you’re pretty sure you’re not religious. But now, you don’t know what to do. The New Atheists have done a nice job of convincing you to drop your faith in any god. But they never told you what to put up in its place. Enter Eric Maisel and The Atheist’s Way: This book picks up from where Dawkins and the other popular atheist writers leave off…. Read more
