Last week, Tobasco de Gama had an issue with religious funerals. This week, Summer Squirrel gives us one more reason to dislike them: The weirdest, most glaring problem I noticed was the minister didn’t know the deceased. At all! Also, they didn’t take the time to ask personal questions like how did friends and family refer to the decease when she was alive. My aunt was known by her middle name and yet this minister kept calling her by her… Read more
He wants you to post comments on his website. But only if you follow the rule: I am honored that so many non-Christians frequent this site, but if you don’t write God or Jesus with capital letters, your comment will be automatically deleted. Good to know where his priorities are. A thoughtful response with god not capitalized will get deleted. A lunatic who contributes nothing to the dialogue but capitalizes Jesus is fine. I THINK A RANT ABOUT JESUS AND… Read more
I never read science fiction, but I know many of you do. Here’s a tribute to Arthur C. Clarke from Jessica Hagy: [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Adding to the list of theocratically-leaning government sponsored bills, you may now look forward (PDF) to the first weekend in May: RESOLUTION Recognizing the first weekend of May 2008 as ‘‘Ten Commandments Weekend’’. Are you %&$#ing kidding me? Sam Brownback (R-KS) submitted the resolution. Joe Lieberman (I(?)-CT) is the only co-sponsor. Why do we need this…? “It is important for Americans to remember the importance the Ten Commandments have in our nation,” said Brownback. “The Ten Commandments are the cornerstone… Read more
The (Christian) Media Research Center’s Culture and Media Institute thinks so. They say that the news media (in 2007) did not “subject atheism or atheists to the same skepticism to which they subject Christians and Christianity.” According to their findings: Eighty percent of feature stories about atheism or atheists had a positive tone, 20 percent were neutral. No feature stories were negative. Their “research” was limited to CBS, NBC, and ABC broadcast news; Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News and World… Read more
The Guitar Hero room is calling your name. The party is this Saturday night around 8:00 p.m. at Whiskey Road in downtown Chicago. Consider this party an alternative for those of you not attending the American Atheists convention in Minnesota that same weekend. More information is all over the place. You better be coming! [tags]atheist, atheism, party[/tags] Read more
Last week, I ran this contest: What other “sins” will the Catholic Church condemn? Here are the Top 5 responses (with submitters)! 5| Back sassin’ His Holiness. (Renacier) 4| Emoticons. … The emoticon is another symptom of the degradation and increasing secularism of society. It is beneath God, and it is beneath his faithful. (Brett) 3| Google Abuse (thou shalt not google more than 3 times per day) (Old Beezle) 2| No more making fun of the Popemobile. It’s not… Read more
How many Christians (or other religious) parents do you think would be able to say what Nica Lalli writes in an op-ed piece for USA Today? I may be raising my kids outside organized religion, but I am not raising them to be ignorant of religion any more than I am raising them to be atheists. I am not telling them that they have to follow my way of thinking, because as a parent, it’s my job to encourage them… Read more
You have your choice of this: Or this: The first one’s a joke (via My Confined Space) The second one — Kurt Westergaard’s famous Mohammed cartoon that made radical Muslims throw violent hissy fits around the world — is up for auction: It could command great interest at auction. Auction houses, however, were voicing doubts about the wisdom of putting such a controversial item on sale. “It’s too hot to handle,” said Franck Lombrail, an auctioneer in Paris. “It would… Read more
Some please make him stop. My eyes! They burn. Says one judge to Penn: “The problem is your feet.” Says another judge: “The hip action was more like replacement hip action.” Says the final judge: “I thought you were gonna rip [partner] Kym’s leg off… you’ve got monstrous feet.” His scores: 5, 6, and 5 (out of 10 each)… for a 16/30. And because they won’t eliminate anyone this week, he’ll do it all over next week. With a tougher… Read more
