Cartoonist Don Addis hits the target yet again: (via Freethought Today) [tags]atheist, atheism, Freedom From Religion Foundation, FFRF, Christian, Jesus, cross[/tags] Read more
I won the first round with Ganesha. But with multiple arms, you totally saw that one coming. As reader ash child points out, “it’s worth it just to read the initial disclaimer.” So true. (Thanks to Ash for the link!) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Not atheism-related. I help coach the Speech Team at my school. The state tournament’s coming up. Good luck to us. Anyway. While our Varsity squad was kicking butt at one tournament, our JV squad took second place at another (considering we were up against other schools’ varsity teams, it wasn’t a disappointing showing at all). The best part? This was the trophy we received: We were all amused 🙂 [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
John Shore (a Christian) wrote up his list of the Top 10 Ways Christians Tend to Fail: Too much money Too confident that God thinks we’re all that and a leather-bound gift Bible. Too quick to believe that we know what God really means by what he says in the Bible. Too action-oriented. Too invasive of others generally. Too invasive of others personally. Too quick to abandon logic. Too fixated on gays and lesbians. Too insular. Too quick to condemn… Read more
This time of the year, a number of pastors (and their churches) get in trouble for endorsing candidates for local, state and national offices. Even when withholding an endorsement, many churches allow the candidates to speak to their congregations. But not Joel Osteen. Jeremy Leaming of Americans United for Separation of Church and State says this: … it is refreshing to hear of Pastor Joel Osteen’s policy of keeping partisan politics out of his pulpit. Osteen leads Lakewood Church in… Read more
Some of you submitted dating profiles after I put out a request for them. I’m posting the “datees'” information below! If you’re interested, feel free to contact them directly. And if you’d like to submit a profile for future postings, feel free to contact me. Let’s see if this works! … Name: Michael Age: 21 Links: MySpace Email address: Location: Seattle, WA A little bit about yourself: I believe in love, music, Shiraz, and popcorn. If I were any country,… Read more
This video has a bit of a retro feel to it. The premise is that the claims of Scientology and fundamental Christianity are equally absurd: [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Christian rock does tend to sound alike… Comedian Mike Birbiglia also creates songs for other religions. There needs to be an atheist rock song, too! My non-prayers have been answered: In case you wanted them, here are all the lyrics. [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
I have a blogroll page, and each of the websites there has an RSS feed that is in my Google Reader. Most are atheist sites, though there are some Christian sites and others that are purely science-related. I also check out a number of other sites that have nothing to do with religion — ones written by friends, or local blogs, or others that are just amusing or fascinating in their own right. That’s a hell of a lot of… Read more
Sally Cramer is the new president of the Freethought Society of Greater Philadephia. She had a nice article about her published in Sunday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer: Cramer is a 24-year-old graduate of West Chester University, lives in West Chester and is an office worker at the Deveraux Foundation, which deals with troubled youths. Her atheism was inherited, she said, from her mother’s experience “growing up with her eight siblings in East Stroudsburg, in a Catholic family.” Her mother,… Read more
