During the Monique Davis incident, atheist Rob Sherman had made this comment on his website: Now that Negroes like Representative Monique Davis have political power, it seems that they have no problem at all with discrimination, just as long as it isn’t them who are being discriminated against. Sherman said he didn’t realize some people would take offense to the word “Negroes” — he certainly didn’t mean to imply anything negative by it — but when he found out that… Read more
Not only does Louisiana Tech University now have a Secular Student Alliance affiliate group on campus, I think it’s pretty nifty to say it was founded by two women, Hollin Vicedomini and Rachael Drella. An article by Meredith Maines in the student-run campus newspaper describes why the girls founded it: “Basically, I went to Diversity Day and saw there was not a group for secular students,” Vicedomini said. “I felt there was a need for [a secular group] on campus… Read more
Believe it or not, predictions have to be made before an event occurs, not after the fact. From Crackle: Penn Says- Predicting the Future [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
I have no idea who this is, but I like it…! who’s next? (via Craigslist) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and The Onion. They’ll join forces this Saturday when The Onion’s editor-in-chief Scott Dikkers is interviewed by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor on FFRF’s radio show. The podcast will be available later in the weekend. Speaking of Dan Barker, the co-president of FFRF will be in Chicago tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 1:00 p.m. speaking at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The event is free to the public and sponsored by UIC-RAFT and CFI… Read more
In case you missed the show tonight, Richard Dawkins was interviewed on Real Time with Bill Maher. Norm at onegoodmove has the clip. ***UPDATE***: And now, so does the Youtube: Definitely fun to watch. Does anyone know if there is any truth to the Francis-Collins-believes-in-the-Talking-Snake statement? [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Taking a page (umm… rather, the whole book) from the hugely-popular Stuff White People Like, we now have Stuff Christians Like. And what do they like…? #140. Telling the pastor what his kids have been up to. #129. Chick-fil-A #97. Getting angry that Ned Flanders slept with that girl. #67. Editing Pop Culture. #53. Saying “I’ll pray for you” and then not. #14. Dating God instead of me. Will someone please get to work on an atheist version of this?… Read more
First, there was the verbal attack by Illinois State Rep. Monique Davis, and a week later, there was the apology. Initially, I thought the story would end there and that the apology was the final chapter, but upon reading several comments and postings stating how the apology was weak/not enough at best and insincere at worst, I’m starting to reconsider. I’d like to see a public statement about her remarks (i.e. why she said it’s dangerous for children to know… Read more
I didn’t know churches sang songs like this. I’m inspired! Anyone else ready to go back to the pews this Sunday? (Thanks to Cailin for the link!) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Last week, I ran this contest: If religions were flavors of ice cream, what flavors would they be and why…? Here are the Top 5 responses (with submitters)! 5| Jehovah’s Almond Fudge because its flavor is just heavenly and more than a little nutty. (Laurie Soule) 4| I just envision someone with a picket sign reading, “It’s Ben & MARY, not Ben & Jerry!”… (Ray Harrington) 3| Judaism ice cream is whatever flavor your mother slaved over for days to… Read more
