Katy Perry is the artist who used to sing Christian music before releasing an album with the hit song “I Kissed a Girl.” The lyrics of that song include these words: I kissed a girl and I liked it The taste of her cherry ChapStick I kissed a girl just to try it I hope my boyfriend don’t mind it It felt so wrong It felt so right Don’t mean I’m in love tonight I kissed a girl and I… Read more
You may have seen this already, but it’s worth a second look. Texas Christian University is hosting a Family Weekend next month. This is the logo they are using: Ironic? Possibly. But they do teach an evolution course at the university that seems, well, intelligent. BIOL 50303 – Evolution Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 10504 and 10514. Concepts and principles of organic evolution. Topics include natural selection, adaptation, quantitative genetics, sexual selection, kin selection, life history characters, speciation,… Read more
***UPDATE***: Since posting, you’ve given another $160 to Hagan’s campaign! … Readers of this site have donated over $2000 to the campaign of Kay Hagan, the Democrat challenging Republican Elizabeth Dole for a Senate seat in North Carolina. One reader even sent me this email: I’ve been unemployed since May, but I have been waiting for a candidate who would stand up to the so-called “religious” right for twenty years. My Texas Senator is owned by the oil industry and… Read more
The Virgin Mary makes her latest appearance. On a rotting grape. What’s the story this time? Since noticing the image, Ms. [Becky] Ginn has stored the grape in her freezer to prevent it from rotting any further. She’s been showing off pictures on her blog and to her co-workers. Ms. Ginn said many people have been energized by the image, but some have questioned its authenticity. Ms. Ginn said she has not altered the image. “I can Photoshop a zit… Read more
Toothpaste for Dinner explains the uniqueness of an atheist wedding: Hehe 🙂 (Thanks to Matthew for the link!) Read more
A new longitudinal study shows that for whites and blacks, religious participation leads to “fewer symptoms of depression.” No surprise there. You figure life won’t be as bad when you’re part of a tight knit community. But surprisingly, the same stat doesn’t hold true for everyone: … for some Latino and Asian-American adolescents, attending church more often was actually affecting their mood in a negative way. Asian-American adolescents who reported high levels of participation in their church had the highest… Read more
Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) wrote a commentary for CNN on the upcoming election — from his Libertarian point of view: Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush — so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me. He did his big speech for about 80,000 people; I’ll do my show tonight in Vegas for about 1,000 people. He’s more ambitious than I; he’s going to be the next president of the United States, and… Read more
The Landover Baptist Center for Creation Studies is no more. It has been renamed: The Sarah Palin Center for the Advancement of Creation Science Research. Pastor Deacon Fred comments on this turn of events: “Mrs. Palin shares our belief that the world was created by Jesus’ Daddy, Poppa-God, in six days but has been here for 6,000 years. That alone is enough to ensure she has the vote of every single member of this church and no doubt the vote… Read more
Back in June, a senior citizen at the Verde Valley Senior Center in Arizona was getting annoyed by the constant Christianity thrown in her face — there were prayers and religious music playing before meals, for example. She told the staff about her concerns, but it didn’t work. She told them this was illegal since the senior center was funded in part by the government. It didn’t work. So the Freedom From Religion Foundation stepped in. Summer intern Sarah Braasch… Read more
