Q Transmissions, a skeptical radio talk show based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is having a contest. They have the lyrics to an Atheist Anthem that MissPrism wrote — sung to the tune of The Major-General’s Song. Here’s the first stanza: I don’t believe in Jahweh, Buddha, Ganesh, Zeus or Allah And I don’t believe in Limbo, Hades, Heaven or Valhalla I don’t believe in Brahma, karma, Rama, Thor or Jupiter I’ve studied both the Testaments but can’t say which is… Read more
Of course, we already knew this. (I tell myself I’m hot every day.) But it looks like The Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat just found out. At least the mainstream media is finally taking notice: … Suddenly atheists are hot. And everywhere. Wearing Santa hats while wrapping gifts for charity. Giving blood in groups of 15. Manning pledge-drive phones at Seattle public radio station KUOW. Membership in the five-year-old Seattle Atheists has soared — to 122 dues-paying members plus 600… Read more
Regarding the possible FFRF display in Illinois, this message comes from the Secular Student Alliance campus organizer Lyz Liddell: We have gotten permission to put up the Freedom From Religion Foundation display in Springfield, IL, starting … Monday! Yep, that’s right, the 8th, the first day after this weekend! So here’s our game plan for anyone who wants to come get involved! If you’d like to meet us down there, plan to meet at the Capitol Building near the nativity… Read more
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has this sign up in the Olympia, Washington Capitol building: First, a quick update: the nativity scene and atheist sign are now joined by other displays: Someone applied to put up a “Festivus” pole in honor of the invented holiday featured in the 1990s sitcom “Seinfeld.” Another person wants to create a religious-themed “balloon display.” A protest against the sign is scheduled for today afternoon. Now for what I wanted to get to: Since the… Read more
Laci offers advice to Christians who want to speak to atheists: Wait a minute… Oh, I see what you did there. Read more
Are you a college student in Illinois? The Secular Student Alliance and the Freedom From Religion Foundation could use your help. As it turns out, the Illinois Secretary of State’s office has decided to allow a Christian nativity scene to be displayed in the state capitol building. Since there can be no government endorsement of religion, this opportunity should be open to everyone. Including atheists. Here’s what the SSA’s Campus Organizer Lyz Liddell writes to Illinois students: … The Freedom… Read more
Recently, a couple atheists went to Borders and saw a display for Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series. They thought it was missing something. So they added something to the display…: I’ll admit: it made me laugh. (Not friendly, you say? Perhaps not. I’ve been on a mean streak lately. I made a student cry in school the other day. I say she deserved it, though the consensus among my friends is that I am a douchebag.) Also: Reshuffling books at a… Read more
In response to the American Humanist Association’s bus ad (seen above), a Christian woman has decide to start a campaign to raise money for a response ad: My name is JoEllen. After a friend forwarded me an article about the AHA ad campaign, I thought, “Enough!” I am so tired of God and religion being attacked that I decided to start a counter ad campaign. To entice people even further by making their donation tax deductible, the Center for Family… Read more
Plus two years of probation. That’s the case for a 21-year-old from Illinois who used a lead pipe to knock the heads off of Jesus and Joseph statues in front of a church. A Virgin Mary statue suffered collateral damage. A McHenry County man pleaded guilty Thursday to allegations he decapitated statues of Jesus and Joseph outside a Harvard church, avoiding a possible prison sentence for the vandalism spree earlier this year. Skyler G. Hall, 21, of Harvard (a city… Read more
