Hmm… In this collision, the Christian bus seems to have the upper hand: If I knew how to photoshop, this would never happen. Unless someone can explain how the Atheist Bus is actually winning this one… (via The Sacred Sandwich) Read more
Elna Baker tells a great story about trying to meet guys when you’re a Mormon who is waiting until marriage… (she meets an atheist along the way. It doesn’t quite work out.) Baker is also the writer of one of my favorite stories *ever* from This American Life — the one about working at FAO Schwartz and trying to sell minority dolls to white, upper-class mothers who wanted nothing to do with them. (And I’m gonna marry her eventually.) Her… Read more
Ex-con and SuperChristian Chuck Colson is mad at the Oxford Junior Dictionary. You know those kinds of dictionaries — the abridged versions that are limited to words kids see on a more regular basis. It seems several archaic words pertaining to “Britain’s Christian heritage” are gone. Gone were words like “coronation,” “willow,” and “goldfish.” In their place were words like “MP3 player,” “blog,” and “biodegradable.” (I don’t quite get the Christian connection to those… but moving on…) The list continues:… Read more
The atheist bus ads in Italy were promising but they’re not going up anytime soon. IGPDecaux, an agency which sells advertising space on behalf of Genoa’s municipal transport company decided not to run the ads, the Union of Atheists, Rationalists and Agnostics (UAAR), said. The adds bearing the slogan: ‘The bad news is that God doesn’t exist. The good news is that you don’t need him to,’ were to be posted on the back of public buses serving the port… Read more
Congratulations to The James Randi Educational Foundation! JREF just won [lots of money] courtesy of Penn & Teller on the game show Don’t Forget the Lyrics! Phil Plait will be a happy skeptic tonight! Read more
Maybe. Soon. So far, so good. They’ve raised $5,000 in less than one day (in part thanks to one *very generous* donor). The Facebook group keeps getting updated. And the website is accepting donations. Which country is next? I’m thinking… Russia. Read more
Ron Heather is the British bus driver who refused to do his job because he saw the Atheist Ad on the side of the bus he was to drive: “I was just about to board and there it was staring me in the face, my first reaction was shock horror. “I felt that I could not drive that bus, I told my managers and they said they haven’t got another one and I thought I better go home, so I… Read more
You recently posed questions to foxhole atheists. What is it like to be an atheist serving our country? Do you face discrimination One man, currently serving in Iraq, offered to answer your questions. Our responder prefers to remain anonymous but says he serves in the Navy and is attached to a Marine infantry unit. I’ll refer to him as Foxhole Atheist. Hemant Mehta: How long have you been in the military? In Iraq? Foxhole Atheist: I’ve been in the military… Read more
I don’t know how much of this story is accurate. I’m guessing not much when it comes to the details. All I know is President of Americans for Truth (an anti-gay group), Peter LaBarbera, is teaching a new generation of people all about gay sex. He’s obsessed with it. Just check out what he’s getting all worked up over this week. (Umm… probably NSFW.) (via Pam’s House Blend) Read more
