I’ve mentioned Leslie Zukor on this site before. For a couple years now, she has been running a service project that sends atheist/Humanist/freethought books to prisoners. It’s a welcome change for the prisoners who want something different from Christian lit. She now has a website for the project: Freethoughtbooks.org. The site allows you to donate books, donate funds, or request books. If you can do any of the above (preferably donating something), please do it! [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
The atheist side of me cringes. The I-don’t-teach-English-but-I-still-know-how-to-spell side of me cringes even more. From the Catholic Answers Forum: I am a little confused about exactly what to do. My brother is an open wiken. He’s a litteral witch. anyhow they worship trees. they go out into the woods and do around a tree something close to what evangeliscals do before an alter. dancing and jumping and such. here is the question my brother sent me a wreath the kind… Read more
Just when you thought baby eating was the worst thing you could be accused of, Dinesh D’Souza has attributed the Islamic terror attacks around the world and the war in Iraq in part to atheists.The other day he gave a speech complete with protestors outside at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, saying that the conflicts are a result of a “culture war” in America between religion and atheism and the world’s perception of America as an atheistic, immoral society as… Read more
Cracked has the list of ten things Christians and atheists can agree on: 1. You Can Do Terrible Things in the Name of Either One 2. Both Sides Really Do Believe What They’re Saying 3. In Everyday Life, You’re Not That Different 4. There Are Good People on Both Sides 5. Your Point of View is Legitimately Offensive to Them 6. We Tend to Exaggerate About the Other Guy 7. We Tend to Exaggerate About Ourselves, Too 8. Focusing on… Read more
The Evanston-Skokie School District 65 board rightfully voted against enforcing the mandatory moment of silence law in Illinois. “We have no intention of either prohibiting or forcing compliance,” said board member Katie Bailey. … “It sets up an unnecessary intrusion into the classroom,” said board member Mary Rita Luecke. Luecke said she suspects some supporters of the new law really want a moment of prayer but are settling for a moment of silence. “This is really being encouraged by people… Read more
See the Vanity Fair slideshow. It’s “from the second stage of Christopher Hitchens’s ongoing self-improvement project.” One of the captions: Yes, a Brazilian wax was involved. You’ve been warned. It almost looks as if he’s praying in that picture… I can anticipate his pain. No wonder he thinks God is not great. From the print version of the magazine: I had no idea it would be so excruciating. The combined effect was like being tortured for information that you do… Read more
No, says one atheist’s co-workers. I didn’t even know Santa had anything to do with Jesus. (I’m clearly ignorant.) So our atheist tries to explain his non-religiosity to them. He tells them why he accepts evolution. He states why he isn’t a fan of religion. And he offers this olive branch: Oh, by the way, I fine with you thinking there’s a God. Just like I’m fine with you thinking The Lite FM is the best radio station ever. Or… Read more
I’ll be giving a talk at the University of Illinois at Chicago next Wednesday evening for the campus group Rationalists and Freethinkers (RAFT). The details: Date: Wednesday, November 14th Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Ft. Dearborn Room B (Student Center East – Third Floor, upstairs from the inner circle) There’s also free pizza! And if you haven’t done it already, go sign RAFT’s Resist Dogma page, where atheists come out with their real names. [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
I understand the humor. It’s kinda funny. Until you realize this guy just offended all male atheists. And (clearly out of spite) he did it with a banana… Skip to the 1:40 mark of this NSFW video about measuring your… *ahem*… size: If you didn’t catch it, here’s the line: If you’re under five inches, you have the right to be an atheist. Well, that’s not true! We all know atheism adds a collective three inches to your stuff. I… Read more
