From a reader (emphasis mine): My youngest (daughter, 8yrs old) has been having a difficult time with the concept of dying for a year or two now. It is especially upsetting her at bedtime when she has those quiet moments of thought to herself prior to falling asleep. I have explained to her that our experience after death is just like it was before our birth — none — so it’s not unpleasant. I’ve also told her that, as we… Read more
A lot of commenters mentioned this already, but there appears to be a case of plagiarism afoot. First, look at an excerpt from Rev. Albert Mohler’s book Atheism Remix: Atheism is not a new concept. Even the Bible speaks of the one who tells himself in his heart, “There is no God.” Atheism became an organized and publicly recognized worldview in the wake of the Enlightenment and has maintained a foothold in Western culture ever since. Disbelief in God became… Read more
Pastor Rick Warren was being interviewed about the weekend’s “Civil Forum”… the reporter asked him whether he would consider voting for a non-Christian for President — a Jew or Muslim, perhaps? Warren said he could easily vote for a Jew. He added: the only person he could not vote for was an atheist. Because the presidency is too big for any one man… and he sees atheism as completely arrogant. He’s entitled to his opinion. But tell me it’s not… Read more
The New York City Atheists invited biologist extraordinaire Massimo Pigliucci to join their board of directors a couple years ago. So he did. He saw that the organization was getting ripped apart by those students who attended some of their events. So he tried to bring the board together to solve some of these problems, including problems about how board members were told to leave their positions for a variety of reasons: I started asking questions of [President Ken] Bronstein… Read more
YouTube frequently takes videos due to claims of copyright infringement. While this is the case at times, it’s not always the case (sometimes, people just don’t like the content and claim there’s a copyright violation), and it’s interesting to see what gets taken down. Quite a large number of atheist videos have been the victims of these claims. But there is a place you can check out which videos have been removed from YouTube — it’s called YouTomb. You can’t… Read more
Well, let me be more specific. I want Dale McGowan’s kids. Now. Because they’re smart and adorable. And one of them (Delaney) recently got into a “God fight.” It was interesting to read about, partly because you can see her mind working as she talks with one of her religious classmates. Did you ever have those kinds of intelligent conversations at such a young age? I can safely say those questions never even came to my mind until I was… Read more
Rev. Samuel Krouse, a pastor in California, wrote an interesting piece for the Colusa County Sun Herald — interesting because, instead of quickly dismissing the New Atheists, he acknowledges them and says they are a true force to be reckoned with. … As a worldview, atheism is over-represented among the intellectual elites, and atheists have largely, though not exclusively, talked to their own. Until now. The so-called “New Atheists” have written best-sellers that have reached far beyond the traditional audience… Read more
I’m thrilled that I can finally share this news! Lori Lipman Brown, director of the Secular Coalition for America, recently taped a segment with Stephen Colbert for his “Better Know a Lobbyist” segment! AHHH! (Yep. I gleefully screamed as I typed that.) You know Colbert talking to the “atheist lobby” is bound to be hilarious. The segment is scheduled to air later this month — Colbert is off this week, but Lori’s segment should be on sometime the week after…. Read more
The question has been asked by atheists before: Why Won’t God Heal Amputees? Many amputees are told that their disability is a part of God’s plan. At least one atheist amputee thinks otherwise. And he’d like to know if there are others like him: … I was raised as a Lutheran, and while I was once mildly religious, I was never fully caught up in church activities. The church I attended was lots of fun, and was filled with many… Read more
