Monthly Archives: March 2009

I Did Not Know This About Easter Eggs…

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Guest Contributor

As soon as it’s on sale at Landover-Baptizon.com, someone must buy me this I *really* hope it’s a coloring book: The author explains the premise of the book: You see, parents had to come up with a way to occupy … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Humor | 12 Comments

Interview with Kathryn Joyce, Author of Quiverfull

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Guest Contributor

If you heard the following, you’d likely find it sexist, misogynistic, and misguided. When Martha Peace says it, though, she’s a hero to thousands of fundamentalist Christian women everywhere: … [P]riorities [for Christian women] may include rising early to feed … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Interviews | 39 Comments

God’s Politics on the Atheist Bus Ads

Posted on March 24, 2009 by cat

Mike Clawson here again… Eugene Cho, an emerging church pastor from Seattle, has commented on the atheist bus ads soon to come to his city over at Sojourners’ God’s Politics blog. In this post, as well as two others at … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Advertising, Mike Clawson | 29 Comments

Dangerous Building: Keep Out!

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Truth in advertising? Funny juxtaposition, in any case: (Thanks to Vivian for the link!)

Posted in General, Humor | 2 Comments

Watch Carl Sagan’s Cosmos For Free on Hulu

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Guest Contributor

The whole 13-episode run of Cosmos is freely available to watch on Hulu! Just in case you had a desire to watch quality programming tonight… What’s your favorite scene in the series? Name an episode and time-marker so we can … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 16 Comments

My Non-Debate with a Christian Pastor

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Last month, I mentioned that I participated in a non-debate with a Christian pastor. Jay Gamelin and I took questions from the audience (via moderators) and talked about faith and atheism and politics and stereotypes and all things entertaining. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist/Christian Cooperation, General, Politics | 14 Comments

Faked Infanticide?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Well, this is disturbing, even for me. Christian missionary organization Youth with a Mission filmed a documentary movie called Hakani aimed at shedding light on the practice of infanticide in Brazil. They say tribal communities are burying alive infants who … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 21 Comments

Atheists and Christians Cooperate and Help Others in New Orleans

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Ashley Paramore, president of the Students For Freethought at The Ohio State University (“The best damned group on campus”), is going on a special trip during her Spring Break next week with several of her atheist group members. And their … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist/Christian Cooperation, General, Secular Student Alliance | 3 Comments

One Upside to the Pope’s Comments

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Guest Contributor

There’s one good thing about the Pope’s absurd comments lately. People are leaving the Catholic Church. Well, at least blogger Jim Gardner is… but surely he’s not alone. He needs to go through a “formal act of defection” first: Roman … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 24 Comments

Interview with Kevin Roose, Author of The Unlikely Disciple

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Before I talk about Kevin Roose‘s excellent new book, The Unlikely Disciple, let me remind you of this clip from Real Time with Bill Maher: Remember that sense of anger you felt every time Jerry Falwell made any sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Interviews | 31 Comments