You like someone a lot… But then you find out the person is _________. And you lose interest. Fill in the blank. What are your dealbreakers? [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Last week, I ran this contest: You went shopping at an atheist store. What’s it called? Where is it located? What did you buy? How much did it cost? I want to know what your receipt looks like! Here are the Top 3 responses (with submitters)! 3| (Ross) 2| (Brandon) 1| (Scott) And an honorable mention to H.M. who made me laugh with this one: … Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands… Read more
I’m heading to Canada in the morning! Woo! Postings will be minimal for the next few days, though a couple are on autopost… and the moderation queue will go untouched. Consider this an open thread 🙂 Read more
A few weeks ago, I did an interview with aspiring filmmaker Greg Walsh who is making a documentary about atheism. You can see our interview here: Greg has a lot of interesting interviews (with Greg Epstein, Nica Lalli, and Dale McGowan, among others) if you get a chance to check them out. (A clip of one video he made even appeared on The Colbert Report as part of the “Green Screen Challenge”!) (Thanks to Javier for the link!) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
After comedian George Carlin’s death, a number of political cartoonists wanted to pay their respects. Take a look at some of these cartoons and see if you can spot a pattern: So what do they all have in common? They show Carlin in Heaven or Hell — places Carlin didn’t even believe existed. One cartoonist, Daryl Cagle, posed an excellent question to the various artists who depicted Carlin this way: … Carlin was a very vocal atheist and the question… Read more
Last night’s episode of The Daily Show featured this lovely bit about James Dobson: [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
I’ve been having server problems all day… Something about MySQL and slow queries and comments. None of which made sense to me… and then WordPress was unhelpful because no one responded to my forum posting for help… I just told my server everything was resolved (?!?) and they unsuspended my account. Yay for being sneaky. Hopefully, it won’t go down again. It was really wonderful to have blogger Daniel email me asking if I needed help — I took him… Read more
John Loftus served in the ministry for 14 years, first as a youth minister, then a minister, then a senior minister for a number of (conservative) Christian churches of Christ. He studied under the likes of Dr. William Lane Craig and has degrees from Lincoln Christian Seminary and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He’s taught apologetics classes at Christian colleges. And now, he’s an atheist. He’s also the author of the soon-to-be-released Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects… Read more
Look at the picture below and see if you can figure out where this story is going… Monet Sledge, from Lorain, Ohio, got an ultrasound in preparation for her first baby and was shocked when she saw what appeared to be an image of Christ on the Cross… … “As soon as I saw it I was like oh my gosh.” “People say maybe my baby is gonna be blessed and maybe it is a good sign,” said mother-to-be Sledge…. Read more
James Dobson, the Focus on the Family founder and a leader of the Religious Right, was attacking Barack Obama recently because he says Obama was “deliberately distorting the Bible” and has a “fruitcake interpretation of the Constitution.” Dobson was referencing a speech Obama made two years ago. (He’s a fast one, that Dobson.) Why did he do it? Perhaps because he knows his leverage among Christians is waning and he was trying to make a power move. Don’t believe his… Read more
