A while back, I stumbled onto Lindsey Kirth’s blog and have remained a reader to this day. I think it’s far and away the most entertaining personal blog I read each day. I asked Lindsey to post on this site because I hoped some of her humor would translate to discussing religion. I had no idea what her religious affiliation was when I asked; it didn’t really matter to me. When she told me she was a Mormon, we talked… Read more
Kelly is now entering her third trimester of pregnancy. (Congratulations to her!) Since she’s always been adamantly pro-choice, people have been asking her if she still feels the same way now that she’s having a child of her own: And this has elicited some interesting reactions from those who know me, both online and physically. They ask me, “Are you still pro-choice?” I have never been more pro-choice than I am right now, if that’s even possible. I admit that… Read more
If you have 20 minutes to spare, please consider helping a couple Godless academics out by taking this survey which inquires about coming out and living as an atheist. As professor Tom Arcaro writes: Why am I doing this research? As a tenured full professor I have no pressing need to add to my curriculum vita. My motivation for this research is to reach out to other atheists and provide them with an additional sounding board for their experiences. I… Read more
I *love* this project 🙂 The Penn State Atheist and Agnostic Association held a fundraiser on Saturday to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. How did group members raise the cash? They read aloud from various religious texts: Including the Bible, the Qur’an, and The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. According to The Daily Collegian: Before reading verses about how the Spaghetti Monster created the universe, [group president Nat Jackson] put on a black eye patch, the required attire… Read more
Have fun listening to Dr. James David Manning go off on Barack Obama. It’s the most entertaining thing you’ll hear all day… (give it about a minute to get really good): Oh, insane people, how I enjoy your rants… (Thanks to Mick for the link!) Read more
The University of Alberta Atheists and Agnostics group has a large banner hanging in the Central Academic Building of the school. Displaying a Scarlet A, the group’s name, and the words “Speak Out,” it’s supposed to encourage non-religious students to attend group meetings and perhaps even come out publicly as an atheist. Over the weekend, that sign was vandalized: Seems like some Christians defaced the atheist group’s property by writing “Jesus is coming!” and “God loves you.” They also removed… Read more
Richard Dawkins appeared at the Edinburgh Book Festival earlier this year to promote The God Delusion: That picture is too amusing not to have a caption… What is going through Dawkins’ mind…? (via Kenny Maths) Read more
Subject: An Editorial on Mormons – Santa Clarita, CA newspaper editor. “I have heard and seen enough! I have lived in the West all my life. I have worked around them. They have worked for me and I for them. When I was young, I dated their daughters. When I got married they came to my wedding. Now that I have daughters of my own, some of their boys have dated my daughters. I would be privileged if one of… Read more
Atheist Michael Aquino is going to be a father soon and he recently delivered a “Godless sermon” of sorts at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines. What exactly does that entail? Here’s what he said: For the past eight months we’ve put our health and happiness in the hands of one person. Our OB GYN. Dr. Lylah Reyes has the power of life and death over us. Our devotion to her is absolute, almost like a cult. Because Dr…. Read more
Pastor Wick has finally changed his mind on the most important issue we all face: When I was growing up, it was all a lot easier. You kinda just followed the adults that were in your life. They “created” the way things were. No reason to ask questions. No reason to rock the boat. Nothing to question. It became a pattern. It was a part of life on such a daily basis that I never really thought much about it…. Read more
