From a reader raised as a liberal Catholic comes this lengthy, but heartbreaking, email. It’s been slightly edited from its original version. If you have experienced anything like this or know someone who has, please leave a comment and help her out! I recently came out of the closet as bisexual (yes, I’m sure)… Religion was the main reason [I repressed this for 14 years] (liberal as it was, you did NOT want to be gay/bi/trans at my high school),… Read more
Reed Braden’s out to defeat me. He thinks he has more friends on his Facebook blog network. I’m sure if everyone on Facebook joins the Friendly Atheist network, he will go down in flames and all will be right with the world again. Gracias. Read more
In case you needed another reason to pick up a Bible. This seems like just another book… Wait a minute… what’s inside…? Hmm… this must be why those people carry their Bibles everywhere… Now I know what they mean by “holy water.” Or maybe I’ll just assume the liquid inside the flask is… umm… Gatorade. Yep. That must be it. I still think the Rock Hammer Bible from The Shawshank Redemption was cooler. (Thanks to Bill for the link!) Read more
Last week, I mentioned a story about how a character from the show Kenny vs. Spenny won a contest to piss off the most people by having this banner flown over Toronto, Canada: Now, Dean Skoreyko of British Columbia has “filed a human-rights complaint alleging religious discrimination…” Skoreyko, who once sought the nomination to run for the federal Conservatives in Okanagan-Shuswap, told the National Post he filed the complaint on behalf of the silent majority that would object to such… Read more
Would anyone like to offer up a guess as to why Atheism and Astrology are in the same section in this bookstore? (You can’t read the word “Atheism” in the picture, but rest assured it is there. Click the image for a larger version.) In case your first thought was that the categories are just in alphabetical order, then please explain why the books underneath belong to the “Wicca” section… (via Letters from a Broad…) Read more
How does one actually go about having an atheist de-baptism ceremony? I attended one in Westerville, Ohio over the weekend and I can now tell you about all the ceremonial details. It begins with some words from Acting President of American Atheists, Frank Zindler: “Do you agree that the magical potency of today’s ceremony is exactly equal to the magical efficacy of ceremonial baptism with dihydrogen monoxide, and do you agree that the power of all magical ceremonies is nonexistent?”… Read more
The new Carnival of the Godless is at Kieran Bennett. Go check it out! The next CotG is at Letters from a Broad… in two weeks. Submit your entries here! … The Humanist Symposium can be found this week at Disillusioned Words. Go read it! The next HS is at The Uncredible Hallq in three weeks. Submit your entries here! [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Mike Clawson here: Some publishers recently sent me a book to review called Greater Than You Think: A Theologian Answers the Atheists About God. So far, despite the fact that the author’s supposedly on “my side”, I’m less than impressed. However, I was curious about one statement he made towards the beginning of the book. He said: “I have never known an atheist who could not identify the event or events that brought about his or her unbelief?” That makes… Read more
Question from a reader: How do you let go of your Christian family and friends who are hateful/hurtful to you because you chose no religious belief system anymore? I would add a couple more questions: Is there any way to not let them go? Is there a way to teach them to accept you? [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
I don’t know how this horse-betting stuff works… But if you bet on the horse named Atheist at the Arlington Park Racetrack yesterday, you would’ve won some money: (via The Invisible Pink Unicorn) … Meanwhile, you may have heard of the campaign to put the following message on the side of UK buses: The sign reads: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and get on with your life.” For that sign to go up, activist Jon Worth would’ve needed… Read more
