Remember the banana video that “proved” God’s existence? The two guys in the video were Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort. After the Blasphemy Challenge people were on Nightline back in January, Comfort called up ABC and “offered to prove God’s existence, absolutely, scientifically, without mentioning the Bible or faith.” According to the Living Waters (Comfort’s ministry) press release: ABC loved the idea, and will host a debate in New York City on May 5, 2007. Moderated by Martin Bashir, the… Read more
For one thing, Britain’s Channel 4 aired the Richard Dawkins documentary The Root of All Evil?, a film which would never see airtime in America. Besides that, British blogger Nicole says this about a BBC show called Waterloo Road about a struggling school: A recent storyline involved the school receiving funding from a local businessman, who proceeds to bring in an American fundamentalist. They try to force the school to teach creationism and hold daily prayer meetings. The most recent… Read more
TimeOut Chicago magazine has a review of the book in their upcoming issue! Or at least an article that functions as a review. You can read the article by clicking the thumbnail below or going to the TimeOut Chicago website. By the way, perhaps you noticed that the article about my book is 3/4 of the page. Who takes up the other 1/4? Could that be Christopher Hitchens? Hell, yes! I’ve made it. His book, God is Not Great, gets… Read more
I’m on the verge of making a decision that could drastically change my life, at least for the next few months. These events happen to us every day, whether we notice them or not, but when we’re the ones making the choices, the results loom over us moreso than usual. Because of the position I’m in, I’ve been thinking about the decisions I’ve made, and the good fortune that has come to me, in the past couple years (many of… Read more
Last month, I wrote about Venus Magazine, which catered to African-American gays and lesbians. Then, its publisher Charlene Cothran found God and supposedly stopped being gay. As a result, Cothran changed the magazine’s mission to helping those who also wanted to become straight. Apparently, some Christian media folks are upset this didn’t receive more coverage. Kelly Boggs, the editor of the Baptist Message, said this: Imagine a prominent conservative Christian publicly announcing that he has renounced heterosexuality and will henceforth… Read more
Two events are coming up. If you live in the areas, please consider attending! 1) For those of you in New York City, here’s a talk worth checking out: Duncan Crary, communications director of the Institute for Humanist Studies, and Alison Bates, senior campus organizer for the Secular Student Alliance, will be speaking on “Getting Organized, Getting Out There, Getting Going.” The talk will focus on the new push to legitimize Atheism and Humanism as well as what is going… Read more
If you go to the Amazon link to my book and look at the “New and Used” section, there are a bunch of cheap copies available. That’s nothing new. But if you scroll all the way down that list, apparently there is a copy of my book selling for $37.56. Plus $3.49 in shipping. (Click on the picture below for the full image) And that copy is used. Who would like to explain this? [tags]atheist, atheism, I Sold My Soul… Read more
Amanda at Irreverent Musings tells a story of a day at work and an overheard conversation. “Ira,” an atheist, was telling “Kelly” about how there was no afterlife. He added this: “When you die, your body will rot and be eaten by maggots. Life really has no point.” Thank you, “Ira.” That helps. A lot. We’ve seen this before: Atheists confident in their beliefs, saying things that are technically accurate, but unable to give the proper presentation. In this case,… Read more
The American Humanist Association’s honorary president for the past several years had been Kurt Vonnegut. That post had previously been held by people such as Isaac Asimov and Corliss Lamont. With Vonnegut’s passing, someone will have to take his place. Any suggestions as to who it should be? The AHA hasn’t decided yet, so they’re willing to hear suggestions! [tags]atheist, atheism, American Humanist Association, Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov, Corliss Lamont[/tags] Read more
Last week, Barry Saunders, a columnist for The News & Observer, wrote an article in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre. Here’s how he began that article: No atheists in foxholes? Maybe not, but there are probably no atheists anywhere when Americans hear that college students, studying to make the world and themselves better, have been massacred. Was I the only person from whose throat escaped an involuntary “Oh, Lord” upon hearing of the campus carnage at Virginia Tech?… Read more
