Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation, answers the question: That’s quite a long, drawn-out response… I could’ve done it in two seconds. Tapioca pudding. I win. (via Atheist Media Blog) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Your pastor wants you to lose weight. “Jesus Christ was not obese,” [Rev. Steve] Reynolds told the audience, pointing to passages in the Bible that describe Jesus walking 40 miles in one day. “I believe the heart of God is so sad today when it comes to our physical shape.” That must explain why God lets the poor Ethiopian kids starve… As Skepchick Elyse points out: … I find it suspicious that there’s no mention of Jesus’ love of all-you-can-eat… Read more
I’ll be appearing on Air America Minnesota’s Atheists Talk program tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. (central time). You can call in during the show or email your questions to the hosts beforehand! All the info to do that is here. Also on that site? The description used for me: INTERVIEW: HEMANT MEHTA FRIENDLY ATHEIST BLOG; “I SOLD MY SOUL ON EBAY”; SECULAR STUDENT ALLIANCE; WORLD’S SEXIEST ATHEIST BLOGGER Am I the world’s sexiest atheist blogger? That’s debatable… (In other words,… Read more
Maureen Horcher of the Bradley University Scout has an opinion piece where she discusses how “the Newton prison in Iowa will no longer provide its Bible-based treatment program, InnerChange Freedom Initiative, come March.” She says that this is a bad thing. Let’s look at her reasoning: Sadly, not many people care about the physical and spiritual health of prisoners. We can safely assume most prisoners aren’t very spiritual – pre-prison at least. This likely plays into their ability to commit… Read more
I think Bahá’í will be the dark horse: Rock-Bottom Loser Entertaining Offers From Several ReligionsFINDLAY, OH—After declaring his intention to drink himself into oblivion two months ago, Owen Pritchard has nearly every popular religion vying for his devotion. An excerpt: Christianity emerged as an early favorite to land [Owen] Pritchard Tuesday, after confirming that it had offered him an eternity-length contract with a signing bonus of everlasting bliss. Pritchard, however, said he was in no rush to accept just any… Read more
A start-up college atheist group has already gotten the attention of its campus newspaper. At California State University (in Sacramento), says hello to the aptly named Atheist Student Organization: “It is important for atheists to be represented on campus and in the larger society. Often atheists don’t make their feelings known for fear of abuse or attack” said graduate English student Robin Martin. “It’s essential to inspire people to think and question the historical and present inconsistencies, violence, and exclusivity… Read more
It sounds like such a minor, correctable problem. David was given an assignment in his music class a couple years ago: He was to sing a song of worship for a grade. His teacher also instructed him to point skyward at certain points of the song. She said that he was to do this to show he loved God. That didn’t sit well with David’s family (they’re atheists), so his father Matthew called the school. Neither the teacher nor the… Read more
Massimo Pigliucci is a professor of Ecology and Evolution, a well-known proponent of science education, a strong opponent of Creationism, and just an all-around good guy. (He even answered my random, obscure questions about evolution — and made sense while doing it! — at a bar one night during last year’s American Atheists convention. Not many people have both the knowledge and willingness to do that.) Before he began his website, Rationally Speaking, he used to write columns under the… Read more
An oldie, but a goodie. What if this particular Chick Tract was written by an atheist…? It might look like this: The whole thing is fairly entertaining as well as a quick read. You can read the full parody version here. Anyone know any other sites where atheist Chick Tract parodies exist? [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
