The College Callgirl recollects her childhood and time she spent at a Christian summer camp. The kids there acted (wait for it…) shockingly unChristian! Even at church camp, sex lurked in the forests beyond the chapel, where it was rumored that many attendees had lost their virginities. I was a graduate of the girls-only camp for the younger demographic, but the teen camp I started attending at 12 was like a den of iniquity compared to that place. How can… Read more
A couple teenagers in Oregon were suspended because they wore Catholic crosses at school: [Jaime] Salazar said Principal Chris Equinoa saw his necklace and told him to put it away. “I was like, why?” Salazar said. “He says it’s related to gangs.” Salazar didn’t put it away. He was sent to the office. He went home instead. He got suspended for five days. His friend, Marco Castro, faced a similar punishment. He was suspended for three days. Equinoa said religious… Read more
Letters-to-the-editor aren’t just displays of opinions. Sometimes, they can be a story in and of themselves. Case in point: This letter written by high school freshman Wesley Crawford of Neely, Mississippi in the Hattiesburg American: I am a freshman at Greene County High School, and I am writing to express my concerns on several assemblies that we have had this year. It is understood that we live in a region of the country called the “Bible Belt,” and in this… Read more
Yes, there’s a catch. The more important question is whether you can figure out what it is before it is revealed. DeathBeth is going to crunch some numbers and tell you the secrets of your ultimate demise! . . . Not surprisingly, this is brought to you by Ray Comfort’s ministry. (Thanks to Grazatt for the link!) [tags]atheist, atheism, Evangelism, Christian, fundamentalist[/tags] Read more
He’s so damn likable… and grey. Here was the original video that put him on the map: And now, he’s chosen his religion! That is some rigorous, theological thinking. (via The Freethinker) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Specialist Jeremy Hall and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) filed a lawsuit today against Major Freddy J. Welborn and Defense Secretary Robert Gates. In essense, Hall is arguing that he was denied a promotion because he is an atheist. Hall alleges he was denied his constitutional right to hold a meeting to discuss atheism while he was deployed in Iraq with his military police unit. He says in the new complaint that his promotion was blocked after the commander… Read more
All the religions have their version of the Golden Rule: Suyka created the atheist version of that same poster: (via Jamonation) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
If anyone is interested, I just contributed a post to De-conversion. It starts off “I might have become an atheist.” Read more
Skepchick Elyse and I would like to get Midwestern atheists together for the bestest of all atheist parties! (Take that, Bostonians.) The party happens Saturday, March 22nd around 8:00 p.m. at Whiskey Road in downtown Chicago. All the details are here. (Only because it’s an awesome bit of trivia, Whiskey Road used to be known as Darwin’s… and it’s owned by a company called Sacrilicious, LLC! Good times.) Consider this party an alternative for those of you not attending the… Read more
The Catholic League’s William Donohue is for some reason the guy the mainstream media goes to when the Catholic Church is in the news. Everything offends him, innocuous or not. Chris at Cynical-C Blog has a list of the people and organizations that have been called “bigots” or “bigoted” by Donohue. You may want to grab a drink. This could take a while. Bill Maher John Hagee Carnegie Hall ESPN anchorwoman Dana Jacobson KCPW, Utah’s National Public Radio station Philip… Read more
