Monthly Archives: April 2009

Miss California Speaks at Christian College

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Guest Contributor

It’s two of your favorite things in one place: Liberty University and Miss California Carrie Prejean. Prejean talks about her “persecution” at the 3:10 mark: I liked how she says she’s not sure if the whole Perez Hilton question was … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT | 34 Comments

How Small Is Our World?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Guest Contributor

This is just awe-inspiring and it comes from the Friendly Atheist Forums. Click on this link, really take some time and look at those images. Understand the scales of magnitude as best you can. It’s amazing how insignificant we are … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | 21 Comments

Black Agnostic Wants to Leave Church

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Guest Contributor

This letter to Salon‘s advice columnist Cary Tennis will be familiar to a lot of readers: I am an African-American male who, after several years of being a conservative, evangelical Christian, now considers myself to be a “Jesus-admiring, agnostic humanist” … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 13 Comments

Greydon Square is an Atheist Icon?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Martin Cizmar of the Phoenix New Times has a feature article on atheist rapper Greydon Square: Without a doubt, Greydon Square is as contradictory and complex a figure as you’ll find making music in Phoenix. Not that most people know … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Arts, General | 13 Comments

Believing in the Face of Contradiction

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

This post is by Jesse Galef, who works for the American Humanist Association. He usually blogs at Rant & Reason. Jesse will now be a regular contributor to this site, so please welcome him to the group! … PZ Myers … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Jesse Galef, Science | 21 Comments

Bible Extra Credit Professor Gets Admonished

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Guest Contributor

The other day, I posted about Professor Sophia Wilberscheid of Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida who put an extra credit question dealing with Bible knowledge on a final exam for Introduction to Computer Applications for Business. There’s … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 18 Comments

This Is What An Atheist Looks Like: Part 6

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Flickr user jaynedemarco is back with more of her nifty artwork. The theme is: “This is what an atheist looks like.” Previous editions can be found here, here, here, here, and here. Among the new additions: Eddie Izzard (there’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Arts, General | 11 Comments

How Seriously Should Religious Liberals Take Jesus?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Guest Contributor

There are many religious liberals who insist that the Bible is not meant to be taken literally. We should not trust what is written in the Old Testament — rather, we should only trust in and listen to Jesus. But … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 42 Comments

When Should a Fetus Be Given Rights?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by

This guest post is by Jesse Galef, who works for the American Humanist Association. He usually blogs at Rant & Reason. … This is the second time this month I’ve agreed with Steven Waldman. Uncanny and unexpected. In his piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, General, Jesse Galef | 61 Comments

Faith Fighter 2: Religious Tolerance

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Guest Contributor

The Faith Fighter game released by Molleindustria had to be taken offline after complaints from religious groups worldwide. But the creators have replaced it with a different game: We regretted the use of irony and violence and this time we … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Humor | 9 Comments