Over the Fourth of July weekend, a guy named Chris who lives not all that far from me attended a parade in downtown Aurora, IL. At one point, he noticed his five-year-old son holding a small booklet… … It was at this time that I noticed Caden holding a little booklet. It had an eagle on the front, and American flags. I figured it was some politician’s handout, or some informational thing from the city, that someone had given him… Read more
The new Carnival of the Godless is at The Atheist Blogger. Go check it out! The next CotG is at Sean the Blogonaut in two weeks. Submit your entries here! [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Atheist social networks have popped up before — but after the initial frenzy of excitement, they quickly lose their mojo. (Seriously, when was the last time you logged onto Richard Dawkins’ Social Network? I just checked. For me, it was December of last year.) Anyway, here’s a new one that shows some promise: Atheist Nexus has all the capabilities of other social networking sites — live chat, a wall for comments, photo sharing, the ability to invite new friends by… Read more
Quick! What do you see? Hard to figure it out, I know… (via morgantj) [tags]atheist, atheism, Flying Spaghetti Monster[/tags] Read more
This could be shocking to people who believe the Bible is an original story and is not simply a collection of recycled myths from other faiths of the time. The New York Times is reporting on a recently found tablet that dates back decades before the birth of Christ: A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles,… Read more
In Cheshire County (United Kingdom), two students in Year 7 (which I believe corresponds to Grade 6 in the US) received a detention for their bad behavior and made all the other children lose their refreshments break. What did they do that was so horrible? … two school pupils were punished for refusing to kneel down and pray to Allah during a religious education lesson. … Another parent, Karen Williams, said: “I am absolutely furious my daughter was made to… Read more
Remember when you heard Kirk Cameron first mention the Crocoduck on national television as the definite proof against the theory of evolution? (In case the full impact of the creature hasn’t hit you yet, just take a look at it once more:) What was going through your mind when you saw that? Oh my god, he’s reached the bat$#!% crazy banana-nightmare levels of his partner Ray Comfort? He did not just do what I think he did, did he? Did… Read more
From a reader: … I don’t believe there’s a god. I believe it’s all of us. I believe in souls, that when we die, we just go somewhere else. no judgement, no tradition, just chaos, but life and consciousness nonetheless, continuing for who-knows how long. I know no one’s into labels, but would i still be an Atheist, considering the belief in the soul? Or is Atheism at its core simply the non-belief in god, and everything after that is… Read more
How do you completely butcher an article about atheists? If you’re Chuck Colson, just say we don’t exist and insult us. It wins us over every time…: On a cross-country flight some years ago, we hit severe turbulence. The gentleman in the seat next to me who had been insisting vehemently that he was an atheist shouted out loud, “God help us.” Yes, even atheists pray because the image of God is implanted in us. Independent studies have showed that… Read more
A new paper (PDF) has this to say about the blogs we read: Left wingers read left wing blogs, right wingers read right wing blogs, and very few people read both left wing and right wing blogs. Those few people who read both left wing and right wing blogs are considerably more likely to be left wing themselves; interpret this as you like. Furthermore, blog readers are politically very polarized. They tend to clump around either the ‘strong liberal’ or… Read more
