Poe’s Law is old news. Now, it’s all about Bo’s Law, which states: It is impossible to tell through the internet whether a person or organization is legitimately Atheist or is simply a person or organization making fun of Atheism. If the law is true — and it must be… it’s on the Internets! — it raises this dilemma: Are the web-sites and blogs that claim to be Atheist, really web-sites created by Christians who are parodying Atheists or by… Read more
Edward Current doesn’t get why we atheists keep talking about God when we don’t believe in him! He is right about one thing, though: Atheists do go around wearing nothing all the time. That’s gotta be awkward for the rest of you. (And, yes, I know it’s satire 🙂 Thanks for the emails, though.) Read more
Looks like Jesus is going into outer space. Well… not quite like that. Christian filmmakers are going to be discussing how to incorporate their beliefs into science fiction movies at an upcoming conference: Christian filmographers will take a detailed look at the widespread cultural impact that Science Fiction has had through film during the Fourth Annual Christian Filmmakers Academy (CFA) to be held January 5-7 in San Antonio, Texas… … “Sci-Fi movies of the last fifty years have provided America… Read more
The Christian news website OneNewsNow offers no links or citations or names for their story, but here’s what they say happened at some middle school: As the school made preparations for its recent Christmas program, the choir director became nervous about keeping his job over lyrics to an old hymn. Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, picks up the story. “The choir director said that you couldn’t use the name of Jesus in the song ‘The Holly and The Ivy,’… Read more
I liked this (slightly edited) question posed by DanCorb at Reddit: People often ask, “If there is no afterlife, what is the purpose of this life?” — But wouldn’t it make more sense to ask, “If there is an afterlife, what is the purpose of this life?” Read more
What’s sad is that someone must be buying this… What is Sand of Christ? Sand of Christ is a keepsake that has been blessed and made holy by an ordained minister. It is a vial of sand that has been filtered, cleaned and purified, then anointed and blessed through a long and expensive process. The vial is secured in a waterproof metal capsule that has been highly polished by hand. Each one has the cross laser engraved. … Clearly, we… Read more
What are you more likely to hear: A six-year-old saying, “You’re going to Hell because you don’t believe in Jesus!” or a six-year-old saying, “There is no such thing as Hell!”? If you were an atheist at a young age, you probably heard the first statement from a classmate. Did you ever use the same tone and try to convince others that they were wrong? Many of us have encountered rude young Christians in our lives. I assume that attitude… Read more
With all the controversy over Rick Warren delivering the invocation prayer at Barack Obama’s inauguration, one group of people wants to use the occasion to raise money for LGBT civil rights. Driving Equality is hosting a Rick-A-Thon to turn Rick Warren’s anti-equality stance into positive change for LGBT people. Every second that Warren stands at the podium, he will be raising money to advance LGBT civil rights. … Rick Warren’s invocation will not last longer than a couple minutes. You… Read more
***Update***: The IFI page has now been fixed. Matheists win! … The Illinois Family Institute is one of those anti-gay organizations run by people who think they know what’s best for you. Math must not be one of their stronger points. Take a look at a fundraising blurb they have at the bottom of the screen (relevant portion highlighted): Lovely. My friend Lyz who pointed this out to me adds: Maybe with $35 they could afford a calculator. (Thanks to… Read more
A long while back, you posed questions to Christian apologist and author Lee Strobel. Strobel is the atheist-turned-Christian author of such books as The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, and The Case for Easter. It’s been a long time coming, but he is responding to the questions I sent him (your questions from the posting) — in depth — one-by-one. So this is Part 1 in what I hope will be a recurring series. Others will soon follow…. Read more
