Monthly Archives: January 2008

Bryan Pesta Sheds More Light on the Atheist MySpace Group

Bryan Pesta is the person who began the now-defunct Atheist and Agnostic Group on MySpace. A story about the group’s deletion appeared in today’s edition of The Plain Dealer (Cleveland). (Thanks to reporter David Briggs for writing about it!) In … Continue reading

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That Looks Quite Circular…

Gotta break the cycle somewhere… (via The Frame Problem) [tags]atheist, atheism, Christian, Christianity[/tags]

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Complaints Against Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!

Thank you, Freedom of Information Act. Governmentattic has a collection of complaints made to the FCC regarding Penn & Teller‘s Bullshit! It’s amazing how many people don’t know how to change the channel or can’t stand any form of criticism … Continue reading

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A Message Board

Unbrainwashed recently made a comment suggesting we ought to have a message board so that people who visit this site can carry on their own discussions. The upside to this is that the threads could last several days, as opposed … Continue reading

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Call for Secular Short Stories

Lisa Swinehart is compiling a collection of “secular short stories” written by current and future leaders of the atheist/agnostic/Humanist/what-have-you movement. Since many of you are popular bloggers who fit that description, you might already have a story that is perfect … Continue reading

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A General Rule for Airline Pilots…

… Don’t go crazy and start screaming that you want to talk to God in the middle of a flight. It scares people. An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing in the Irish Republic after a pilot apparently suffered … Continue reading

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What Julia Sweeney Has Learned Since Performing Her Atheist Monologue

Julia Sweeney, the former Saturday Night Live actress who now performs her one-woman show Letting Go of God, addressed the crowd at the Freedom From Religion Foundation convention in October. Her remarks are hilarious. She presents them around the theme … Continue reading

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Atheist MySpace Group Still Defunct

The Atheist and Agnostic Group on MySpace (once, technically the largest atheist group in the world) is still deleted. The Secular Student Alliance issued this press release: “MySpace refuses to undelete the group, although it never violated any terms of … Continue reading

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Help a Couple Seminary Students

Josh and Karlene are seminary students looking to speak to non-Christians as part of a class project: We are seminary students who have been given an assignment in one of our classes to have a series of conversations with others … Continue reading

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Is the Catholic Church Approving Condoms?

They are! Kinda. One year after the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican, in a reversal of church doctrine, is prepared to allow the use of condoms to combat AIDS. In a victory for reform-minded critics of the Vatican, … Continue reading

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