Monthly Archives: March 2009

Atheist Pride Day a Success!

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Considering over 4,300 participated in it (or at least said they would), I’d say Atheist Pride Day was a success. It’ll be even better the next time around, I’m sure. Speaking of which, if you’d like to be involved in … Continue reading →

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Martial Arts and Pseudoscience

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Reader Demyx has recently begun taking martial arts classes and enjoys them… but there’s one problem: The problem is that they’re constantly talking about “chi energy” and other pseudoscience stuff. This really bothers me. I mean, martial arts has actual … Continue reading →

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Utah Planning to Eliminate Wacky Alcohol Laws, but Why Now?

Posted on March 20, 2009 by greaternewhope

Hello everyone, it’s Ron Gold here. Anyone living in Texas, Connecticut, Minnesota, or a handful of other states is probably aware that blue laws are still on the books in many areas. Blue laws, for those lucky enough not to … Continue reading →

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What Do You Dislike About the New Atheists?

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Julian Baggini is the author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction so you would think he supports anyone who defends the idea of atheism. And you would be wrong. Baggini feels the whole New Atheism movement — and its proponents/authors … Continue reading →

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Impeaching the Pope?

Posted on March 19, 2009 by cat

Mike Clawson here… My wife has a new post up at the God’s Politics Blog (Jim Wallis’ organization) on a recent Washington Post editorial by Robert McElvaine suggesting that there ought to be a way for Catholics to impeach the … Continue reading →

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Should Atheists Use Religious Language When Describing Ourselves?

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Guest Contributor

There was a nice article from the Associated Press yesterday that talked about Humanist “congregations”, focusing on Harvard’s Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein One part of the article raised a point about the words we use when describing our atheist communities: … Continue reading →

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We’re Bad at This Science Thing

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Guest Contributor

We suck at Science. According to the national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences: Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun. Only 59% of adults know that the … Continue reading →

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Getting a Masters of Science Degree in Creationism

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Texas has enough problems of its own when it comes to Science standards. This doesn’t make it any better: A Texas legislator is waging a war of biblical proportions against the science and education communities in the Lone Star State … Continue reading →

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A High School English Paper on Atheism

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Guest Contributor

From a high school reader from a small town in North Dakota: In my English class, we’re supposed to write a persuasive paper. I’ve decided to “persuade” my religious teacher, religious classmates, and religious school that God is a theory… … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, General, Secular Student Alliance | 70 Comments

How Many Theists Are Like This?

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Guest Contributor

In my experience, a lot of older Christians may think this is completely misrepresenting them. I wonder, though, how often this applies to younger Christians who grew up in the church and have not been challenged about their beliefs very … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Humor | 28 Comments