After all that has been written about Congressman Pete Stark’s coming out as a nontheist, the one thing that was left out was who actually won the Secular Coalition for America’s contest. Who nominated Pete Stark as the highest ranking, elected, nontheistic public official? In fact, two people had nominated Stark, and since this wasn’t a race to see who could nominate someone the fastest, both had a chance for the $1,000 prize. A coin was flipped to determine the… Read more
Dan over at Gimme Back My God! has an idea. He got it after reading this post by Saint Gasoline. Saint Gasoline writes: Intelligent Design books like Behe’s Darwin’s Black Box or Wells’ Icons of Evolution can be found in the science section of these book stores, along with real science books… … Simply because the books are about science doesn’t necessarily make them science books, for the same reason that a fictional story based upon an historical event isn’t… Read more
It’s a random video. But this is a good one from MadTV. (And how often do we get to say that!?) (via Crooks and Liars) [tags]iRack, MadTV, iRan, humor, comedy[/tags] Read more
Here’s a nice article from the Austin American-Statesman about Matt Dillahunty, president of the Atheist Community of Austin and host of both the weekly television show “The Atheist Experience” and the Internet radio show called “The Non-Prophets.” The article talks about how atheism was a far cry from the path Dillahunty was “supposed” to follow: Dillahunty’s vocation is shocking for his parents, who raised him in a devout Southern Baptist home and had once expected him to enter ministry. Dillahunty’s… Read more
My family is visiting Arizona for a few days, so blogging will be slow until I get back. But while I’m here, I’ll check out the Grand Canyon and see what all the fuss is about 🙂 I don’t travel very often with my Jain parents, but since I started going to more atheist conferences/events a couple years ago, they’ve tried to at least see things from my perspective. They are starting to learn a bit about atheism, but they… Read more
The 33rd annual American Atheists Convention is taking place in Seattle from April 6-8. Are any readers planning on going? It’d be nice to get to know some people before the event happened 🙂 [tags]atheism, atheist, American Atheists, convention, Seattle[/tags] Read more
I was reading Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail, and I came across a part where he talked about the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). He was arguing that our old ways of classifying information (in this example, the DDC) didn’t work so well in the modern world. Here’s a typical breakdown (PDF) you would see in a library: 000 Computer science, information & general works 100 Philosophy & psychology 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Language 500 Science 600 Technology 700… Read more
The new Carnival of the Godless is at Black Sun Journal. Go check it out! [tags]atheist, atheism, Carnival of the Godless, Black Sun Journal[/tags] Read more
Maya over at Masquerade has an entertaining satire of fundamental Christians, from the perspective of someone who believes they’re not fundamental enough. (Garrison Keillor, take some lessons.) An excerpt: We humans sometimes forget our place in the world. We think that we’re just animals like all the other creatures, instead of created in God’s image. This is just left-wing propaganda. Be sure to guard your minds against it, to eschew this worldly nonsense. Take as your example that paragon of… Read more
I mentioned earlier that on May 3rd, the National Day of Prayer, many individual atheists and secular organizations will actually be doing something useful: Donating blood and signing up to be an organ donor. If enough of us can do it, it might even get some positive press. Watch this promotional video from the Rational Response Squad’s effort to make a difference: That is one frightening voice… But the sentiment is a good one. If you’re interested in signing up… Read more
