Matt and Shannon Cherry held a “naming ceremony” for their daughters at the recent Atheist Alliance International convention. Most of these types of ceremonies are religious in nature, but this was a chance to hold a secular celebration for the family. Matt Cherry wrote about the event for the On Faith website: … there is nothing intrinsically religious about celebrating rites of passage. Atheists like me also have values and aspirations, family and friends. So after my twin daughters Lyra… Read more
This is a video created to promote Jim & Casper Go To Church. It made me laugh 🙂 And it summarizes the “eBay Atheist” story in under two minutes! [tags]atheist, atheism, I Sold My Soul on eBay[/tags] Read more
Well done, sir: I’m sorry, Sam, but complaining about your name and fishing about in a dictionary for happy words you can appropriate is such a Republican thing to do. I much prefer the forthrightness of an out & proud movement. I’m now thinking that Sam Harris missed a golden opportunity to make a much more forceful condemnation of atheists (while still supporting what we all do) by calling out organizations who are not working together with other like-minded groups…. Read more
When I interviewed Pastor Ted Haggard’s former male escort Mike Jones a couple months ago, he told me he was sitting on a juicy piece of information. It involved a fairly well-known person. He wouldn’t tell me who it was. In fact, he said he was going to go public with it later that week… but that didn’t happen. He also mentioned he wasn’t ready to release the news to me at the time since he promised the story to… Read more
Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheists, already responded to Sam Harris questioning the use of the label “atheist.” A couple other prominent atheists are also joining the fray. David Koepsell, Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism, supports Harris: Now mind you, we do face some clear political and social challenges from the deeply religious and antisecular, and we are still far outnumbered. Responses to these challenges will always be more effective when mediated through some sort of organization… Read more
Man asks Salon’s Cary Tennis for advice. His 13-year-old daughter is an evangelical Christian. He’s an atheist. She thinks he’s going to hell. He fears mentioning religion or evolution or the simple fact that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. What should he do? Cary’s advice: Go to church. If you go to church with her, you will make it possible for her to believe that there is at least a chance that you will not burn in hell. Umm…… Read more
Yesterday, seconds after stating that “Global warming is nothing more than a disguised liberal plot to advance their politics” and “global warming is simply a masked and camouflaged way to get liberals to where they want to be: power over as many aspects of your life as possible,” Rush Limbaugh got even crazier. I know. You thought that was impossible. Bear with me. He used the Atheist Alliance International Convention as a stepping stone to claim that global warming is… Read more
Reader Ash would like to remind any UK readers that Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate and the upcoming new release The Stuff of Thought, will be speaking in Brighton next Monday night. If you’re looking for intellectual stimulation (or trying to impress a girl by making her think you’re into things that are intellectually stimulating), go check it out! Details are here. [tags]atheist, atheism, psychology[/tags] Read more
