This is the theme song that will play during the end credits of Julia Sweeney’s upcoming film version of Letting Go of God. It’s sung by Jill Sobule. (via Too Many Tribbles) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
I have been avidly reading every response to the post called “What Do You Wish Your Parents Would Say to You?” and I was struck by the enormous amount of courage, caring and integrity people expressed in their many different suggestions for others and stories about their own families. I was also struck by the enormous amount of pain. While reading all your comments it occurred to me, what about you talking to them? Turn the original question around. You… Read more
For those of you who frequently comment or read the comments on this site, you’re used to seeing quality responses from Richard Wade. Richard has been a welcome presence on this blog ever since it began. He always manages to combine humor, patience, and intelligence in his postings. To that end, I’ve invited him to begin blogging on this site. You’ll be hearing from the two of us, at least for the time being. I hope you give him the… Read more
From the Minnesota Monitor, a Christian ministry called “When You Can Run But You Cannot Hide” has been doing anything it can to get in front of a group of public school students, at which point they unleash condemnations on homosexuality and evolution. A lot of administrators haven’t caught on and continue inviting the group to speak to their schools: [Group founder Bradlee] Dean’s ministry may not believe in the separation of church and state, but they seem well aware… Read more
In the latest issue of The Economist, there is an article called “Who will take on Hillary?” The article includes this graph which highlights differences between Republicans and Democrats on several moral/social issues: Here’s the part that seemed most interesting to me: No, it’s nothing you didn’t already know. But it’s still shocking to see it laid out like this. Less than 20% of Republicans would vote for a qualified atheist, and only half of Democrats would do so. The… Read more
I don’t really get it… but it features Jesus and a dinosaur. So it must be good: The comic is by Jeffrey Rowland at Overcompensating.com. (Thanks to Tom for the link!) [tags]atheist, atheism, Jesus, Christian, faith, religion[/tags] Read more
…but just the non-gay ones. Via Onion Network News 🙂 [tags]atheist, atheism, homosexuality[/tags] Read more
A collection of brief stories: A Christian wrote a letter in support of Dawn Sherman’s lawsuit against Illinois’ mandatory moment of silence law: … As a Christian whose children attend public schools, I was outraged to learn of the mandatory “prayer/reflection” requirement set forth by the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act. This is another case where our government is abusing power and infringing on our personal liberties… Senator John Kerry got it right (unfortunately) when he talked about atheists… Read more
From a reader: I am an atheist son of LDS parents, and while they don’t know about my atheism, they do sense that I have had “issues” with the Church. Often, they will try to get me to open up by saying that they won’t be mad, or things like that. But there’s one thing that I keep waiting to hear: “it’s OK if you don’t believe.” But I never hear it, only phrases like “we’ll still love you,” which… Read more
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is real! (Not that you ever doubted.) The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is listed under Non-Fiction in this Toronto library 🙂 (via Venganza) [tags]atheist, atheism, faith[/tags] Read more
