Floating Axhead is thinking up a variety of Christian reality game shows:

Dancing with the Christian Stars

This reality show includes well-known Pastors from every denomination, except the Church of Christ because it includes dancing and musical instruments.

…

The American Idol

Jesus competes against greed, pornography, television, gambling, shopping, eating, work, and other American “idols.” We don’t want to ruin it for you, but we know who wins this one.

…

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

It’s adult church members versus the kids to see who knows more about scripture. Just like the television show, the fifth graders win most of the time.

There are many more where those came from.

Atheist game shows wouldn’t be nearly as exciting.


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In Carthage, Missouri, a local church did something useful for the community.

They helped lower the gas prices to $1.99/gallon.

The difference in price was bought by the Forest Park Baptist Church (Carthage Campus) — up to 15 gallons for the first 150 people who came by the Tiger Alley gas station.

Even though the church did not publicize the buy-down, lines soon sprouted on both Fairview Street and River Street. The 150 drivers passed through the store in less than three hours…

…

It was a cheerful bunch of volunteers who scurried about directing traffic, pumping gas and cleaning windows.

“I wanted to give back to my community,” said Cyndie Coolie, Carthage, as she washed windows. “I love God and this is my opportunity to show the community what a good thing we’ve got going at Forest Park. I’m proud to pump gas and I hope my husband doesn’t get too used to me washing windows.”

Charlene Bridges, drove one of the last of the 150 cars that got gas in the event.
“This is a great savings and a big help,” Bridges said. “A friend of mine called me after she’d been here and told me about it. I think it’s wonderful to see a church coming out to help the community like this.”

I didn’t read anything in the article about proselytization from the volunteers while pumping gas.

For the sake of the next question, let’s assume it didn’t happen.

Would any of the atheists reading this have turned down the offer…?

(via Friendly Christian)


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Recently in his life, Kyle Dodig wasn’t religious.

He started to read the Bible and got interested in religion. He wanted to experience church.

So he’s visiting a different house of worship every week for a year:

“My goal is, ultimately, to find a church where I can go and where I can hear those stories in a way that touches me and affects me. So I guess you could say I’m sort of comparison shopping,” said Dodig, who works as a supervisor at the Monmouth County landfill.

I’m *so* suing.

We all know I have a clear monopoly on attending church.

There’s at least one major difference between us, though:

I’m still an atheist. My story has a happy ending

Now, a few months into his search, Dodig said he is leaning toward joining a Baptist church. He enjoys the messages offered during services, and he likes that worshippers are invited to open their Bibles and follow along.

(Thanks to Suzanne for the link!)


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Because they tell it like it is

Well, almost.

Katie Kish compares me favorably to Sufjan Stevens (yay!) and drugs (umm… yay!?), but she says I probably don’t have a glorious singing voice.

Little does she know I was Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady in high school.

Or that I had a one line singing solo during a Madrigal dinner once.

One day, when they let me enter Canada, she’ll find this out.

Until then, the wedding is off!

I do appreciate the blog love, though. It’s amazing how some people can completely make my day.

…

On a side note, Katie’s Guelph Skeptics group was just featured in the campus community newspaper! And she recently got Larry Moran to speak to the group. That’s a lot of good work in a very short time. Keep it going!


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Atheism and comedy intersect this weekend at The PIT in New York City.

As Richard Dawkins once said, “Faith is the great cop-out.” Five atheist comedians talk about religion and the evangelization of America. Like a Cecil B. DeMille villain, they demand to know where your God is now, although they don’t really expect much of a response. Prompt apologies if there is one. Featuring John F. O’Donnell, Kumail Nanjiani, Mike Drucker, John Knefel, and Jamie Kilstein. You bring the brimstone; we’ll bring the doubt.

The show is Saturday night at 11:00 p.m.

Tickets are $8.

(via No God Blog)


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The live teleconference will begin at 1:00 p.m. (PST) tomorrow and features Ben Stein and Mark Mathis, among the other liars who put this movie together.

As one of our appreciated media partners, Motive Entertainment cordially invites you to join a special, nationwide “conference call” press junket with actor/comedian/author/speaker Ben Stein TOMORROW, Friday, March 28^th at 1 p.m. PST/3 p.m. CST/4 p.m. EST, regarding one of the most controversial films of 2008, EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed.

CALL-IN TO 800-983-8147 (toll-free) 866-211-2047 (toll-free) AND ENTER participant code 6481720 # – YOU MUST ALSO RSVP BELOW.

Please RSVP: www.gothamconference.com/rsvp/reg.aspx?eventid=2201711bspjfri immediately, as this call will fill up fast.

Good luck getting in.

The producers of this movie have a hard time dealing with criticism.

(via The Frame Problem)


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He’s everywhere, this Jesus fellow:

A bedroom window of a Beaverton woman is up for auction on eBay.com, KPTV in Beaverton reported.

Sharel Fox said water vapor appeared on her window four years ago and formed the image of Jesus Christ.

Now, she is selling her house, but before she does, she wants to remove the window in her bedroom.

Fox said she isn’t a Christian, but the image appeared during a difficult time in her life. She said it helped her through, and now she hopes it will do the same for someone else.

“I would hope that somebody gets it who wants to put it out where other people can see it,” Fox said. “The fact that this image has come into a non-Christian households says, ‘You know what, it’s OK that you’re not Christian. I’m still there.’”

I can’t find the eBay link. (Who would be so crazy as to sell something religious on eBay in the first place…?)

But that may not be the real Jesus, who’s actually appearing on the face of a stone:

Or maybe this is the real Jesus, appearing as mold in someone’s shower:

The family says they will never clean the spot and they now treat the shower like a shrine.

Laquan Joyner says “I was like yeah, a real live image of Jesus is in the shower. I couldn’t believe it either. But it’s there. And my grandmother came, and she saw it and said, I’ve seen everything.”

Meanwhile, a cross has been appearing on the side of some dude’s house:

He’s sees a cross on the right side.

I see a garbage can on the left side.

I think I’m closer to the truth.

Someone please help these deluded people…

(via Cynical-C Blog)


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Someone out there has to have the tattoo of the Scarlet A by now.

Who are you and where are the pictures?

And if not that one, what’s a good tattoo that represents atheism?


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I’m catching up on some work for the rest of the night.

Consider this an open thread… or, if you haven’t seen it yet, check out the Forum!

(Be nice!)


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