Monthly Archives: January 2010

Bid on Me This Weekend!

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Guest Contributor

There’s a fundraising event for Skepchicamp this Saturday in Chicago and a few tickets are still left! What will a ticket buy you? Food Booze Fun The chance to enter a cashitty cash cash raffle. The chance to bid on … Continue reading →

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PEW Survey on Atheist In-Law

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

by Jesse Galef – You guys love polls about religious attitudes, right?  Of course you do, how silly of me to ask – everyone loves polling data!  It’s so intoxicating to go digging through the numbers, finding information about the … Continue reading →

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Focus on the Family Gets Super Bowl Ad

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Guest Contributor

MoveOn.org couldn’t do it. PETA couldn’t do it. But Focus on the Family has been given a green light to air a commercial during the Super Bowl. Focus on the Family is known for taking a pro-life stance and valuing … Continue reading →

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Whose Fault was the Haitian Earthquake?

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Guest Contributor

It’s a question that doesn’t have a supernatural answer, even though religious nuts everywhere won’t hesitate to offer their own explanation. The Secular Coalition for America‘s president, Herb Silverman, has a far more honest response to the question of “why … Continue reading →

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Need Research Help: Atheists as Outsiders

Posted on January 20, 2010 by cat

Hey friends, Mike Clawson here again. Once more I feel like I should apologize for being such an infrequent contributor here. Graduate school keeps getting in the way of doing any extra writing. Speaking of that, however, I would like … Continue reading →

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Pat Robertson’s Other Explanations

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Crazy Christian icon Pat Robertson said that Haiti experienced a horrific earthquake because Haitian slaves once “swore a pact with the devil.” The Onion informs us of his explanations for other terrible tragedies: It’s funny… until you realize that he’s … Continue reading →

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Atheist Ferrets?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Guest Contributor

These pictures are in need of captions. I’m sure someone can take care of that… (Thanks to Hillary for the links!)

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A Debate: Does the Christian God Exist?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Dinesh D’Souza and John W. Loftus will spar at the University of Illinois on February 9th! I got good money on Loftus taking him down in round 4. There will be blood. But D’Souza will go for a Million Dollar … Continue reading →

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That’s a Committee?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Guest Contributor

St. Cloud State University in Minnesota is home to a new campus atheist group (an affiliate of the Secular Student Alliance):. They were recently featured in their campus newspaper: “I hope that this is something that stay alive on the … Continue reading →

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Creationists are Worms

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Guest Contributor

This Rubes cartoon is all a big metaphor… The Creationists can try all they want, but the theory of evolution will win every time. (Thanks to Ross for the link!)

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