It’s the end of the year. Must squeeze in one last baby posting. Mmm… sugary baby: Dressing babies in food costumes = win. Read more
Greta Christina has already written about how non-religious people can become atheist allies. Now, she has written about how we atheists can be better allies ourselves. What can we do to help others who share our progressive, rational beliefs? The full list with explanations is on her site, but here’s the condensed version: Treat other groups the way you want to be treated. Don’t assume that religious believers are stupid — and don’t talk to them or treat them as… Read more
The Faith Advocacy Impacting the Homeless (FAITH) Foundation is a non-profit working to help homeless people in New Jersey. The foundation has had trouble finding headquarters. It’s been kicked out of buildings before, but founder Robin Reilly thought she was in luck when the First Reformed Church of Hackensack took in her organization. That is until Christmas dinner last week. Some of the 100 homeless people being served hadn’t eaten for over 24 hours. So Reilly and her volunteers began… Read more
Simple question: What blogs have really influenced or challenged you this year? If that blog is an “established” one, fantastic. If that blog only began this year, even better. Who has grabbed your attention with every post (or many of them, anyway)? Who do you read for original thoughts and opinions? Feel free to leave links in the comments! (Thanks to Matt Stone for the idea and mention!) Read more
I’ve never heard of most of these albums and I haven’t heard the songs on them, but it seemed like an interesting theme for a list 🙂 Steve Owen: …Like An Atheist in Nashville The title implies Owen is an “outsider.” Hundreds of actual atheists in Nashville would like to disagree. … Believa: Aint No Atheist in Hell I’m going to go out on a limb and say I agree with the Christian rapper on this one. … Disown: Angels… Read more
Reader Amanda manages a coffee shop in Alabama. Recently, a Christian proselytizer came to her workplace… She writes this in an email: … When I came in to work today, there was a gentleman at my counter who had already been served by another employee. He left shortly after my employee did, but came back about thirty minutes later. As he entered the store, I greeted him, as I do with all customers, and he said, “Oh, I forgot to… Read more
(This is a guest post by Trina Hoaks. Trina is the Atheist Examiner at Examiner.com.) … A new project is under way to determine if Jesus actually existed. Aptly enough, it is called the “Jesus Project.” The project, which is an initiative of the Center for Inquiry, is comprised of 20 scholars from different areas of expertise who consider the existence of Jesus to be a “testable hypothesis.” The group, which consists of historians, biblical scholars, theologians, archeologists, and the… Read more
How bad was the intersection of religion and politics in 2008? The Secular Coalition for America put together a video reminding us of how marginalized the atheist viewpoint was this year. They also include advice at the end on how we can (slowly but surely) fix this problem. Check it out: That’s hardly everything. They didn’t even include the clip of the three Republican candidates raising their hands against Evolution. But if the video is just a sampling, it shows… Read more
My friend Ashley interviewed Jesus at the Atheist Alliance International convention a few months ago and finally posted the video of it. In particular, I love his responses to what the H. stands for in Jesus H. Christ… and what he thinks about Sarah Palin 🙂 Comedy Jesus is played by Troy Conrad. (via healthyaddict) Read more
