Monthly Archives: November 2009

Portland Atheist Bus Ads Go Up

There’s a new addition to the atheist advertisement club: the Portland Coalition of Reason! These words are part of a coordinated multi-organizational advertising campaign designed to raise awareness about people who don’t believe in a god. The King Size ad … Continue reading

Posted in Atheist Advertising, General | 17 Comments

Ask Richard: An Atheist Considering Becoming An Anglican Minister

Dear Richard, I am a great admirer of the eloquent yet simple advice you give on Friendly Atheist. I have been “out” as an atheist for about one year now. I work in a Divinity Faculty, where I am surrounded … Continue reading

Posted in Advice, Atheist Generosity, Churches, Coming Out, Education, General, Richard Wade | 23 Comments

High Schooler Gets in Trouble After Not Standing for the Pledge of Allegiance

Inspired by 10-year-old Will Phillips‘ refusal to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, a slightly-older commenter said this: I am a High School student in Alaska. For years, I have stood up, but not recited the pledge. My reasons being … Continue reading

Posted in Education, General | 83 Comments

Secular Student Alliance Introduction Video

Several months ago, Dano Johnson (the director of the wonderful, animated version of Flatland) and I began to talk about making a video in support of the Secular Student Alliance. He volunteered his services at no charge and stuck with … Continue reading

Posted in General, Humor, Secular Student Alliance | 19 Comments

Will Phillips Interviewed on CNN

Will Phillips — the 10-year-old boy who won’t stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance because there is no “justice for all” for the GLBT community and so many others — was interviewed on CNN today. What an awesome kid. … Continue reading

Posted in Education, General | 20 Comments

An Argument in Defense of Quotation Marks

After that amusing article which lacked an Oxford comma, there’s another story that highlights interesting usage of grammar. And atheists will appreciate it. Read this excerpt from an Associated Press article about the Catholics and their stance on clergy celibacy: … Continue reading

Posted in General | 22 Comments

San Diego Gets an Atheist Billboard

San Diego is the latest city to put up an atheist billboard, courtesy of the United Coalition of Reason: They’re already getting some great publicity for it and local CoR coordinator Debbie Allen Skomer is doing a terrific job of … Continue reading

Posted in Atheist Advertising, General | 29 Comments

Jeez-It

It might be blasphemous for some, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t getting hungry… That was created by Rev. C.S. Rowan at the forums of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. (Thanks to Ubi Dubium for … Continue reading

Posted in General, Humor | 18 Comments

I’m (Not) With Stupid

Recently, Fred Phelps and the other nuts at Westboro Baptist Church protested near a midwest high school for no good reason (other than, perhaps, the existence of liberal faculty members…?). I’ve blurred out the school’s identifying information in the pic … Continue reading

Posted in Education, General, GLBT, Humor | 25 Comments

The Intellectual Capability of Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron

Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron will soon be distributing copies of Darwin’s masterpiece (along with a Creationist introduction) at campuses across the country. I don’t think that’ll go over so well… many college students (though not all) are capable of … Continue reading

Posted in General, Humor, Science, Secular Student Alliance | 14 Comments