If you haven’t registered yet, go do it! It’s going to be amazing. Read more information about the conference here. And you can now check out the nifty poster (PDF) as well. [tags]The New Humanism, atheist, atheism, conference[/tags] Read more
Yesterday afternoon, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation Dan Barker was a guest on Al Jazeera’s Min Washington program. He was discussing the topic of separation of church and state. I missed it, but perhaps someone can shed light on how it went! (It was in English with Arabic subtitles.) [tags]atheist, atheism, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Dan Barker, Al Jazeera, Min Washington, separation of church and state, Arabic[/tags] Read more
Because she uses notecards as much as I do. And she draws things like this, this, this, and this. (Ok, it’s a random post. But you know you’re amused.) [tags]Jessica Hagy, Indexed, notecards[/tags] Read more
Infophilia is *so* going to be in trouble for this: As he says: Is this picture immoral? Should it be against the law? If you think so, please do the rest of us a favor and rid the world of yourself (preferably without taking the rest of us with you). At what point do Islamic fundamentalists take the hint that the rest of us aren’t bound to their belief system? [tags]atheist, atheism, Infophilia, Islam, fundamentalist, fundamentalism, Muhammed, Mohammed[/tags] Read more
Here’s the Official God FAQ. As Free Mind Joe says: The Official God FAQ promises to be a valuable resource that I will surely be able to visit time and time again in search of information on this topic. [tags]atheist, atheism, God, Official God FAQ, Free Mind Joe[/tags] Read more
When I’m in hotel rooms, I never know what to do with the Gideon Bibles. Obviously the “normal” answer would be to do nothing– Just ignore it. But since it’s there, I feel like I *need* to do something as an atheist. I’ve known atheists who, at one time or another, have done the following: Take the Bible with them. Put it in the garbage can. Take the Bible with them to a different location and then put it in… Read more
I’ve been in Memphis for a couple hours, and here’s a preview of what I’ve seen: Your eyes are not deceived. It’s the Statue of Liberty holding a cross, property of World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church. The New York Times covered it last summer when it was unveiled. The statue, inspired by a Memphis church that has three giant crosses, strikes [Pastor Alton R. Williams] as “a creative means of just really letting people know that God is the foundation… Read more
Steve Wells, the creator of the Skeptics Annotated Bible, has put out his list of the best books in the Bible. Topping the list is Proverbs with 56 “good things” in it. Tied for 30th place are Acts, Hosea, 2 Timothy, 2 Peter, 3 John, and 2 John with one good thing apiece. And tied for 36th are 31 other books, none of which have any redeeming value. When adjusted for size, though, Ecclesiastes comes in first with 17.12 “good… Read more
In The "God" Part of the Brain, Matthew Alper seeks to explain why our species ever began to believe in God in the first place. It’s a lofty goal, but one Alper seeks to answer by combining research from a variety of fields. He opens the book by explaining why science has taken away the need for a God in recent history and yet many people still believe in Him. He also gives us “a very brief history of time,”… Read more
The campus atheist group at the University of Florida held its Free Hugs from Atheists event yesterday. Today, there was a great article about it in The Gainesville Sun: Frank Zaccaro, toting a Bible, was screaming warnings of hell to passersby when a group of atheists tried to hug him. “No, I don’t want that!” he yelled, and jumped back beyond their reach. One of the rejected huggers, Robert Stark, said, “It would have been a good juxtaposition to the… Read more
