There are some articles you read where snarky comments just come to mind with every passing sentence… Like ordained minister Krista Abbott’s piece in the Tallahassee Democrat. There is revival happening in Lakeland that is quickly spreading all over the world… Revival leaders say 24 people have died and then come back to life. One man claims to see out of his glass eye. Deaf people say they can hear, crippled people say they can walk, and others say their… Read more
Interesting question posed by fuzzybunn on Reddit: Are atheists the world over the same? Would you expect an atheist raised in a Buddhist or Hindu context to have similar beliefs as one raised in a Christian context? Let’s expand it a bit more. How is a second- or third-generation atheist different from an atheist coming from a religious background? How is a person who came to atheism at a young age different from one who became an atheist when he/she… Read more
***UPDATE***: He hasn’t been fired, despite what the AP article says. But the process has begun. (Thanks to RBH for pointing this out.) … The post title says it all. John Freshwater, the crazy science teacher who was burning crosses into his students’ arms, has been (almost) fired. Yesterday, the five-member school board voted unanimously to (almost) get rid of him: The school board of a small central Ohio community voted unanimously Friday to fire a teacher accused of preaching… Read more
Name a book you really want to read… but, for whatever reason, you just haven’t gotten around to it yet. Ok, that’s not quite a question. But you get the idea. Read more
I’ve read the 38443523 complaints about the banner at the top of this page. So, I’ll leave it to you. Because I (obviously) don’t do design. If you’d like to redesign the banner (assuming I approve of the design), I’ll make the change 🙂 It doesn’t have to include any pictures of me. Please just make it look all nifty. In case you need to know, the dimensions are 760 x 132 pixels. And it’s a *.gif image. You can… Read more
Editor B on Flickr writes this caption: Once, New Orleans was a pious and devout city. Sadly it seems Katrina has turned the city away from God… He’s jokingly referring to a school — New Orleans Christian Academy — whose name now appears to be quite ironic… NO Christ: an Academy? I’d attend. … Commenter howieluvzus adds that it’s better than the sign that read “F God”: [tags]atheist, atheism, Christian, irony[/tags] Read more
Here’s a new addition to the annals of pointless letters, this one directed to Rev. Billy Graham: DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I want to make myself clear: I have no interest in God or religion, and I don’t care who knows it. As far as I’m concerned, God doesn’t exist, and this life is all there is. Don’t even bother to write me back, because I’m not interested. — G.P. Graham’s response is what you’d expect — nothing too shocking or… Read more
John Freshwater is a science teacher at Mount Vernon Middle School in Ohio. A public school. He preaches his Christian beliefs in class. He teaches Creationism/Intelligent Design. He kept the Ten Commandments on the door of his classroom until he was finally forced to take it down. He failed to remove a Bible from his classroom even after he was asked to get rid of it. He gave his students extra credit if they saw the sham that is Expelled… Read more
Always acting like jerks and asking pesky questions… You’re annoying Jesus. Stop it. (via Jesus and Mo) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
You knew that when South Carolina decided to issue Christian license plates that read “I Believe” (similar to the failed Florida license plate design seen below), a lawsuit would be coming: The lawsuit has been filed by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. AU filed it on behalf of — get this — “four South Carolina clergy the Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Summers, Rabbi Sanford T. Marcus, the Rev. Dr. Robert M. Knight and the Rev. Dr. Neal… Read more
