I wonder how future church “challenges” will go over with the crowd now that the week of sex is over. Good luck getting the congregation to read the Bible now. … Attempting to draw a contrast with a recent Dallas church’s own 7-day challenge, [pastor Henry] Waldrip suggested that Christians ought to spend more time reading their Bibles. He then went on to challenge his congregation to “read their Bibles every day for a week.” … While many in the… Read more
There was an atheist billboard that was recently taken down in the city of Rancho Cucamonga in California: At first, it was thought that city officials forced General Outdoor Advertising to take down the ad. Then city officials said they had nothing to do with it. Now, the Freedom From Religion Foundation says otherwise. They are suing the city: The Foundation had prepaid for the board and contracted for a two-month run beginning in mid-November. The Board had been up… Read more
Just looking at these actual book covers, I now feel like my childhood was somehow tainted… who knew the Berenstain Bears were evangelical Christians? The books are selling quite well, with over 100,000 copies sold since their release on September 30th. Mike Berenstain, who has authored the Berenstain books with his mother Jan (his father Stan passed away in 2005), said the family has had an interest in doing faith-based books for some time. “For many years, we’ve received requests… Read more
Salon interviewed author Richard Rodriguez about Proposition 8, among other topics. He offers a different take on why the church continues to oppose gay marriage: As the American family fractures and the majority of women choose to live without men, churches are losing their grip on power and scapegoating gays and lesbians for their failures. … The possibility that a whole new generation of American males is being raised by women without men is very challenging for the churches. I… Read more
We have atheist buses in Britain. We have atheist buses in Washington, D.C.: Will we have atheist buses in Australia? Not anytime soon. Three separate slogans were proposed to APN Outdoor — the company that handles bus advertising in most Australian capitals. Atheism: Because there is no credible evidence Celebrate reason: Sleep in on Sunday mornings Atheism: Celebrate reason The company said no to all three ads. (Even the last one? Really!?) This, after the atheist group in question had… Read more
In case you missed it on A Colbert Christmas, here’s country music star Toby Keith singing about the War on Christmas and what he’s going to do to us evil atheists! Read more
A Medium Large comic that mentions Jainism? I like it. Reader Joe offers the following challenge to go with it: Identify each of the religions the panels allude to without using Wikipedia! (Thanks to Joe for the link!) Read more
Hindu Atheist says that urination and spitting on sidewalks in India is pretty common. Business owners have come up with their own way to protect their property and keep it clean — painting religious symbols on the wall: Well, that’ll hopefully keep Christians from nastying up the walls. I wonder what images they have for everyone else… (Photo courtesy of Which Main? What Cross?) Read more
Well, this is utterly disturbing. The atheist side of me was excited by the title. The vegetarian side of me was completely disgusted by it… The vegetarian side wins. I don’t understand how/why anyone would take pleasure in this… isn’t there a moral reason to say no to eating this (possibly NSFW)? And if you agree with me, how do you justify being pro-choice? (via Ziztur) Read more
Here’s yet another wonderful card to give those atheist friends this Winter 🙂 You can buy them at Powers Media. (Thanks to Paul for the link!) Read more
