Daily Archives: January 28, 2008

Speech and Bad Spelling

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guest Contributor

Not atheism-related. I help coach the Speech Team at my school. The state tournament’s coming up. Good luck to us. Anyway. While our Varsity squad was kicking butt at one tournament, our JV squad took second place at another (considering … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Ways Christians Tend to Fail

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guest Contributor

John Shore (a Christian) wrote up his list of the Top 10 Ways Christians Tend to Fail: Too much money Too confident that God thinks we’re all that and a leather-bound gift Bible. Too quick to believe that we know … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT | 51 Comments

Church Politics (and Joel Osteen)

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guest Contributor

This time of the year, a number of pastors (and their churches) get in trouble for endorsing candidates for local, state and national offices. Even when withholding an endorsement, many churches allow the candidates to speak to their congregations. But … Continue reading →

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Friendly Atheist Dating #1

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guest Contributor

Some of you submitted dating profiles after I put out a request for them. I’m posting the “datees’” information below! If you’re interested, feel free to contact them directly. And if you’d like to submit a profile for future postings, … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Love | 2 Comments

Scientology and Christianity

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guest Contributor

This video has a bit of a retro feel to it. The premise is that the claims of Scientology and fundamental Christianity are equally absurd: [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags]

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Mike Birbiglia and Religious Rock

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guest Contributor

Christian rock does tend to sound alike… Comedian Mike Birbiglia also creates songs for other religions. There needs to be an atheist rock song, too! My non-prayers have been answered: In case you wanted them, here are all the lyrics. … Continue reading →

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Help Me Be More Organized (And Call for Blogroll Additions)

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guest Contributor

I have a blogroll page, and each of the websites there has an RSS feed that is in my Google Reader. Most are atheist sites, though there are some Christian sites and others that are purely science-related. I also check … Continue reading →

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Positive Atheist in Philadelphia

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guest Contributor

Sally Cramer is the new president of the Freethought Society of Greater Philadephia. She had a nice article about her published in Sunday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer: Cramer is a 24-year-old graduate of West Chester University, lives in West … Continue reading →

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