I’ll be MIA for the next couple days while I visit my sister in Arizona. The blog is on autopost. In the meantime, check out the deceptive ways the filmmakers of Expelled are marketing the DVD release of the film (via Bay of Fundie). It’s not like they used any facts in the movie. Why start now, right? Read more
The deadline for the “Marriage for a Lifetime” contest is next Friday. Applicant couples must be engaged… and saving themselves for marriage. If they enter, they could win $10,000. And flowers. And wedding invites. And “other bridal goodies.” You might want to consider entering… so far, no one has applied. The organizer, perhaps out of embarrassment, has decided to bend the rules a bit: “Someone asked me, ‘Is anyone going to respond?’ ” said contest organizer Phillippia Faust, director of… Read more
It’s a true story, and because of that, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Sam Lal, a Hindu man living in Queens, says that he found an incarnation of the Lord Ganesh in an amaranth plant. That’s not all: Lal said that the ailments that had plagued him for months disappeared. “This formation came to heal my illness,” the 60-year-old Hindu man said of his relief from pain due to a bone spur near his spine and bulging… Read more
When the North Carolina Republican State Executive Committee (and the Elizabeth Dole campaign) sent out a mailing attacking Dole’s Senate-seat opponent, Kay Hagan, for associating with atheists, they thought they would smear her character. They thought the same thing when they issued a press release criticizing Hagan for attending a fundraiser hosted by atheists. Everything has backfired. Elizabeth Dole has been rightfully called out as a bigot. Money is pouring into Hagan’s campaign (not just because of this issue, of… Read more
The Catholic League’s Bill Donohue responds to a Family Guy joke about priests who molest little boys by saying this: … While it is true that most of the molesters in the Catholic clergy have been gay, most gay priests are not molesters. Umm… someone please explain that statement to me. My head hurts. Donohue’s not done yet. In the same paragraph, he talks about the crazy demands of the “radical gay community”: … Joe Biden, just yesterday said he… Read more
Reader Paul has been preparing his will and other legal documents just in case anything should happen to him. He sent along his Memorial Preferences stating his final wishes. For whatever reason, the religious folks in his family are none-too-happy about it… I personally like sections 5 and 6(c): Memorial Preferences 1. Notification: Please notify [People to Notify] at the time of my death. 2. Funeral Home/Director: Arrangements have not been made in advance for funeral services. Please contact the… Read more
I never went through this as a child, but it’s completely disturbing hearing someone talk about Communion with a straight face as if the wafer really is the body of Jesus: Reader David asks this question: Do you remember how the holy communion and transubstantiation was first explained to you? Do you remember having any doubts back then? (Via Atheist Media Blog) Read more
I visited Kensington Community Church in Troy, Michigan last week and wrote all about my experience there. The audio of the event is now available for downloading. Here’s the MP3. My part begins near the 1:15 mark. I’d love to hear your thoughts if you get a chance to listen. Read more
We all know of examples where a representative of a person or group embarrassed the very people they were trying to defend. Just in the past couple days, we’ve seen Congresswoman Michele Bachmann say she wanted newspapers to “find out if [certain members of Congress] are pro-America or anti-America.” John McCain’s campaign has had to play damage control ever since. And, of course, just about everything out of Sarah Palin’s mouth shows her own ignorance and hurts McCain in the… Read more
Oh, atheist bake sales, how I love you. This one is from the campus group at the University of California, Irvine: Cookies cost $0.50. Or the price of your soul. … you can pay the traditional way by giving us 50 cents for a baked good. However, if you are feeling more adventurous you can sign one of our soul contracts and transfer ownership to [Atheists, Agnostics, and Rationalists]. In return you will get 1 very tasty cookie. I guess… Read more
