Check out this billboard: It’s much more straight-forward than the ones put up by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. And it was losing business for nearby companies in Orange County, Florida: The billboard was on Colonial Drive near the Old Cheney Highway. Although the popular Straub’s Seafood restaurant often advertises on it, this wasn’t their billboard. The sign was taken down after Channel 9 started asking questions. The billboard came down around 4:00 Friday afternoon and nearby business owners are… Read more
The 2008 Atheist Alliance International convention (Theme: Unsinkable Atheism) is now open for registration! It will take place September 25th-28th in Long Beach, CA on the historic ship Queen Mary. (***Update***: I don’t see a non-student-rate registration page yet, but I’ll provide a link as soon as I find out what it it.) (***Update2***: The non-student-rate registration page is here.) The last conference sold out in a heartbeat and hundreds of people were left on the waiting list. They missed… Read more
Floating Axhead is thinking up a variety of Christian reality game shows: Dancing with the Christian Stars This reality show includes well-known Pastors from every denomination, except the Church of Christ because it includes dancing and musical instruments. … The American Idol Jesus competes against greed, pornography, television, gambling, shopping, eating, work, and other American “idols.” We don’t want to ruin it for you, but we know who wins this one. … Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? It’s… Read more
In Carthage, Missouri, a local church did something useful for the community. They helped lower the gas prices to $1.99/gallon. The difference in price was bought by the Forest Park Baptist Church (Carthage Campus) — up to 15 gallons for the first 150 people who came by the Tiger Alley gas station. Even though the church did not publicize the buy-down, lines soon sprouted on both Fairview Street and River Street. The 150 drivers passed through the store in less… Read more
Recently in his life, Kyle Dodig wasn’t religious. He started to read the Bible and got interested in religion. He wanted to experience church. So he’s visiting a different house of worship every week for a year: “My goal is, ultimately, to find a church where I can go and where I can hear those stories in a way that touches me and affects me. So I guess you could say I’m sort of comparison shopping,” said Dodig, who works… Read more
Because they tell it like it is 🙂 Well, almost. Katie Kish compares me favorably to Sufjan Stevens (yay!) and drugs (umm… yay!?), but she says I probably don’t have a glorious singing voice. Little does she know I was Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady in high school. Or that I had a one line singing solo during a Madrigal dinner once. One day, when they let me enter Canada, she’ll find this out. Until then, the wedding is… Read more
Atheism and comedy intersect this weekend at The PIT in New York City. As Richard Dawkins once said, “Faith is the great cop-out.” Five atheist comedians talk about religion and the evangelization of America. Like a Cecil B. DeMille villain, they demand to know where your God is now, although they don’t really expect much of a response. Prompt apologies if there is one. Featuring John F. O’Donnell, Kumail Nanjiani, Mike Drucker, John Knefel, and Jamie Kilstein. You bring the… Read more
The live teleconference will begin at 1:00 p.m. (PST) tomorrow and features Ben Stein and Mark Mathis, among the other liars who put this movie together. As one of our appreciated media partners, Motive Entertainment cordially invites you to join a special, nationwide “conference call” press junket with actor/comedian/author/speaker Ben Stein TOMORROW, Friday, March 28th at 1 p.m. PST/3 p.m. CST/4 p.m. EST, regarding one of the most controversial films of 2008, EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed. CALL-IN TO 800-983-8147 (toll-free)… Read more
He’s everywhere, this Jesus fellow: A bedroom window of a Beaverton woman is up for auction on eBay.com, KPTV in Beaverton reported. Sharel Fox said water vapor appeared on her window four years ago and formed the image of Jesus Christ. Now, she is selling her house, but before she does, she wants to remove the window in her bedroom. Fox said she isn’t a Christian, but the image appeared during a difficult time in her life. She said it… Read more
Someone out there has to have the tattoo of the Scarlet A by now. Who are you and where are the pictures? And if not that one, what’s a good tattoo that represents atheism? [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
