Vera Ivie wins the award for worst letter-to-the-editor of 2007 with this one published in the Salt Lake Tribune just a couple days ago: In his Dec. 27 letter, Steven Fehr says he believes President Bush is the worst president he has seen. Whenever I hear someone complain about the president, I ask them, “Do you pray for the president of the United States daily?” Is that too much trouble? There used to be a custom of praying for our… Read more
Each year, Edge asks some of the most prominent thinkers in the world one question. This year’s question: WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY? Science is based on evidence. What happens when the data change? How have scientific findings or arguments changed your mind?” Some answers from our favorite atheists are below: Richard Dawkins: A flip-flop should be no handicap … I have changed my mind, as it happens, about a highly paradoxical theory of prestige, in my… Read more
A (true) love story to kick off the year. I have talked to the couple and they gave me permission to tell their story. It’s longer than most of my postings, but I hope you’ll take the time to read it. … Kate is a dyed-in-the-wool atheist. She was raised in a non-religious home, but had relatives who were Christians. She recalls her aunt once yelling at her mother over Christmas dinner because Kate had not been baptized. Kate began… Read more
Michelle Dubert-Bellrichard, a high school student from Wisconsin, has an opinion piece in the Telegraph Herald newspaper (Iowa). She’s an atheist and she wants a scholarship. Students who are active in their church are greatly looked upon when it comes to applying for money. For some scholarships, the only people eligible must be members of a church and participate in its activities. Now, I believe I deserve a scholarship, because I am an activist in my beliefs, and I have… Read more
Last week, I ran this contest: Complete the next line(s) of the poem: ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; I was just expecting a couple lines, but some of you wrote entire poems! And they were awesome. I’m only included some lines of the winning poems below, but the link provided sends you to the entire thing. Here are the Top 5 lines… or more (with submitters)!… Read more
Greta Christina! She writes this for herself: Happy birthday to me I don’t live in a tree But I look like a primate Because I am one. And got this response from a commenter: Happy birthday to you I went to the zoo I saw a fat monkey but I didn’t think it was you because I don’t use creationist logic. 🙂 If you haven’t read her piece on atheists and anger yet, you should do it! It’s brilliant. And… Read more
Still trying to figure out which… (Thanks to Linda for the card! She has one more featuring this blog’s writers here.) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
A lot of threads on this blog have some great dialogues going on and I wanted to thank you if you take part in those conversations. It makes blogging worthwhile. And I also really appreciate everyone staying classy with your comments. Well… almost everyone 🙂 For the rest of you, I hope you’ll consider joining in the conversations in 2008. Consider this your invitation to comment. If it’s your first time commenting, I do have to “approve” you before your… Read more
Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion will be released in paperback in a couple weeks. You can pre-order your copy or wait in line at midnight like everyone else will be. (… Ok, so it’s no Harry Potter. But wouldn’t it be fun if there was a midnight line for the newest atheist book?) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
Crosswalk.com, one of the largest Christian websites in the world, was hacked by some atheist douchebag. Who can’t spell. And is from Finland. For what it’s worth, the culprit also thinks the Blasphemy Challenge is bullshit. Hopefully, the Crosswalk people can get it back up and running soon. ***Update***: They have. (via Suddenly Christian) [tags]atheist, atheism, Christian, Jesus[/tags] Read more
