North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole and her communications staff put out a press release today criticizing her Democratic challenger Kay Hagan. What did Hagan do to deserve the criticism? She plans to attend a fundraiser hosted by atheists. On September 15th, Kay Hagan is heading to Boston, Massachusetts to attend a fundraiser for her Senate campaign. What may surprise mainstream North Carolinians is that the fundraiser will be in the home of leading anti religion activists Wendy Kaminer and her… Read more
From the list of Top Ten one-liners from the Edinburgh (Scotland) Fringe arts festival this past weekend is this one from comedian Tom Stade: “I like Jesus but he loves me, so it’s awkward.” … This bit from Daniel Miessler is a bit more than a one-liner, but it is a short, quick response to the claim made by Pastor Rick Warren and others that “atheism is arrogant”: Let me get this straight. You think the Creator of the Universe… Read more
If you checked out the latest issue of Playboy (September, 2008), you may have noticed an article featuring Steve Rade and his atheist billboard in Philadelphia! (Or maybe you’re someone who didn’t realize Playboy had articles and you skipped over it entirely.) The article also quotes Fred Edwords of the American Humanist Association (highlighted in picture below — click it for larger image): In case you want to see the picture in context, there are two ways to access it:… Read more
A recent editorial in the Colorado Springs Gazette referred to how atheists were not invited to the Interfaith Ceremony that began the Democratic Convention: Democrats will nominate a Christian gentleman who respects others. It’s likely they didn’t invite atheists to their faith service because they didn’t want embarrassing guests. Atheists might bring pseudointellectual proselytizers, who are intolerant, self-aggrandizing and rude. Atheists should fund universities and hospitals. They should feed and clothe starving kids. They should act more like Christians and… Read more
Last time, I ran this contest: This weekend is the Atheist Coming Out Party in Columbus, OH. This raises the question: What is the worst way to come out as an atheist? It can be a statement, a dialogue/scene, a sign, etc. The question is open to interpretation! Here are the Top 5 ways (with submitters): 5| In poster form: (hoverFrog) 4| Worst coming out speech: “I accept your nomination for President of the United States and look forward to… Read more
For those of you who are unable to attend the upcoming Atheist Alliance International convention in Long Beach, California, AAI is once again offering Internet streaming of the convention. … After the 2007 convention, people wrote to say how pleased they were to have hosted large house parties, meetings, presentations at theaters and presentations at colleges. They also commented about the clarity of the picture and the fantastic audio that was provided. Consequently, AAI is offering live Internet streaming video… Read more
If you’d like to read an abridged version of a recent debate on God’s existence between atheist Michael Shermer and Professor John Lennox, here you go: Lennox: [story of personal tragedy and near death experience] Shermer: yes, that’s very moving but still isn’t evidence for god, in fact it’s a problem [problem of evil explained] [prayer studies] Lennox: [further appeal to authority], [sermonizing], I’ve been to Auschwitz you know.. Audience: OOOOH! Godwin’s Law is in effect, Lennox loses, let’s carry… Read more
Hey all, My name is Tim and I am currently the guy supplying our friend Hemant with a server for his website. Problem is, his website is HUGE, and we need to look at upgrading him. He says that some of you are pretty tech savvy (which I don’t doubt, with close to 5,000 daily visitors on average) so I’d like your thoughts on this. The current server doesn’t matter, as we’re going to upgrade him no matter what. Things… Read more
Author Geoff Henley published his book Beyond Reasonable Doubt: A Lawyer’s Case for Disbelief in God earlier this summer. It’s self-published — not coming from a major publishing house — and authors who take this route usually have to fend for themselves when it comes to marketing their book. So Henley filmed “sexy girls in bikinis” fighting over the existence of God (probably NSFW): Is it cheesy? Absolutely. And that voice at the end gives me the creeps. But it’s… Read more
