Esquire magazine just put out a list of the 10 Worst Members of Congress. The list includes: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) and… Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) Wait, what?! He’s our only openly non-theistic Congressperson! Is he making us look bad?! What do they say about him? Stark gives… Read more
If ever a title explained the book, this certainly fits the bill: The Best Nonreligious Quotes Ever by Christine Pierce and Kevin Reedy is a compilation of quotations on the topics of hope, love, purpose, kindness, death, etc. Unlike other quotation collections on those subjects, none of the statements in this book mention or refer to God. It’s refreshing to see intelligent and memorable lines that you can cite in a speech or essay — all of which are secular…. Read more
One major reason religions exist is to provide answers to the Big Questions. Why are we here? To glorify God. How did the universe come to be? God created it. Where will I go after I die? To Heaven with God. The more rational among us know we don’t have the answers to those questions. In many cases, we will never have the answers. Of course, it’s perfectly fine to respond, “I don’t know” to those questions. We just have… Read more
Bill Maher’s Religulous has made $7,049,342 in 13 days. Ben Stein’s Expelled made $7,598,071 in 39 days. Religulous is still in theaters. Expelled is not. Culture War over. We win! (via Doubting Even Thomas) Read more
And they said being an atheist has no perks… I recently received an offer from a Christian couple (husband and wife) in their 30s who would like me to spend the summer with them: We would like you to consider, at no cost to you, spending the summer with us. There are no strings attached (with the exception of the open mind you agreed to in you auction) and, should you decide, you may leave at any time. If you… Read more
***Update***: I realize it’s still not working for some of you — at least not those of you using Firefox/Sage. I’ll see what I can do, but it may take a few days! Thanks for your patience. … Not sure what happened earlier, but the following feeds should work if you check out this site via an RSS reader. Feedburner. RSS 2.0. Read more
Even though Pulpit Freedom Sunday is over, don’t think pastors still won’t try to sway their congregation. An excerpt from a recent Slate column shows us how easy it is to manipulate parishioners: Two years ago, [Nancy Gilgannon, a pro-life Pennsylvania Democrat who voted for Bush,] told me she blamed her church for Bush’s election—and felt she’d been conned into voting for him: “It was the church’s fault … I talked to several priests and they all said, ‘There’s only… Read more
Brandon of Steel City Skeptics wants to hear your reviews of Bill Maher’s Religulous. But without any of that rambling. He challenges you to limit your reviews to 100 words or fewer. Or you can send a video review: Hell, I have a short attention span. Let’s hear your 10 word reviews of the movie here! Read more
As an atheist parent, Laurie has tried to not indoctrinate her children into atheism. She teachers her kids to think for themselves and question what they hear. She’s not keeping them away from faith, either. … we have exposed them to some of the religion they’ll encounter in their bible-belt hometown. When they were each four, we enrolled them in the best preschool in town, which happens to be at a Lutheran church, where they learned bible stories and went… Read more
Nicely done, Luke Surl: For those drawing a blank, this is the missing piece. Other chessboards can be found here! Read more
