American Atheists is looking for a new president (PDF). Applicants have a couple more weeks if they want to apply. Hopefully, the AA board will pick someone who can lift up the organization and make it truly relevant again — someone who can cut through the problems of the past. If you’re thinking about applying, though, you may want to consider a few questions unique to the position: Are you ready to never have a job again? If you ever… Read more
Recently, PZ Myers was going to appear on a radio show to debate Ray “Bananaman” Comfort. The producers decided that may be unproductive, so they decided to change the format. Comfort would be interviewed one day, PZ the next. PZ kept us in the loop as all this was happening. He even did a play by play of Comfort’s interview. You would think Comfort would be ready to pick apart everything PZ said. But that rebuttal doesn’t exist. One reader… Read more
I’ll just quote Wikipedia for a moment: The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is a program allowing certain charitable organizations to solicit contributions from employees of the Federal Government of the United States. The mission of the CFC is to promote and support philanthropy through a program that is employee focused, cost-efficient, and effective in providing all federal employees the opportunity to improve the quality of life for all. It’s a painstakingly long and arduous process to get your organization listed… Read more
The Secular Coalition for America is encouraging all Americans (religious and non-religious) to express their desire for a government which has strong secular values — like keeping church and state separate. Phase one of this plan? The garb: We encourage American citizens who share these values to proudly wear our buttons and t-shirts during this campaign season… The shirts and buttons below can all be purchased here. Just fyi, the apparel is being sold at cost only — no money… Read more
The Wilson County Fair in Lebanon, Tennessee gets over a quarter-million attendees during its almost week-long festivities. On Sunday, August 17th, the theme is “God and Country Day.” That seems like an odd theme for a local government… Join us in honoring those who are currently serving our country and those who have previously served. Help us show strong support for the men and women of Wilson County who are faithfully serving our country through their military service. We also… Read more
Have you ever wanted to go to Hell and back? Now you can! Camp Quest Michigan is having a family campout this weekend (August 8th – 10th) and it’s not too late to sign up! The event takes place at the Hell Creek Ranch in Hell, Michigan. This weekend campout is open to families with children, as well as past, present, and future Camp Quest volunteer counselors. Enjoy swimming, horseback riding, and campfires with your fellow atheists, humanists, skeptics, and… Read more
Look carefully… Do you see it? It’s…. nothing! No Jesus. No Virgin Mary. No Flying Spaghetti Monster. Just toast. Someone alert the presses! This is news! (via Cynical-C Blog) Read more
Let this be a warning to you all: Don’t eat a wonderful Chipotle burrito and then go running around. Ouch. The stomach pain. Read more
Before the De-baptisms took place, a few speakers, myself included, gave short talks at the Atheist Coming Out Party. Below is the best video I could find of my talk (under 15 minutes altogether), courtesy of x71isnwor… I know it’s shaky and low-quality, but most of the audio does come through. I tried to throw in a ton of atheist pop culture references, including: Pat Condell, PZ Myers, Dawn Sherman, Nicole Smalkowski, Stephen Colbert, the Secular Student Alliance, Friendly Atheist… Read more
