Monthly Archives: May 2010

Illinois Gives Money to Christian Group for Cross; Atheist May Sue

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The state of Illinois, which is refusing to give public schools the hundreds of millions of dollars they are owed, had no problem giving $20,000 to Friends of the Cross “for the purchase and installation of new exterior panels for … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Lawsuits, Politics | 22 Comments

Evolution Author Goes After “Angry Atheists”

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Guest Contributor

David Sloan Wilson is the author of a book called Evolution for Everyone. Sounds all well and good but at a recent philosophy of biology conference, he made comments against the New Atheists that don’t make much sense. … As … Continue reading →

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Badass Darwin is Pretty Cool

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Everyone’s going to show this movie in their science classes, right? (via Funny or Die)

Posted in General, Humor, Pop Culture, Science | 14 Comments

Audio from the 2010 Humanists of Florida Association Conference

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The Humanists of Florida Association recently held a conference in Sarasota and they’ve just released audio of the talks. If you’re interested — and why on earth wouldn’t you be? — you can hear lectures on reaching out to secular … Continue reading →

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They’re Teaching WHAT in the Classroom?

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Guest Contributor

This time, Christians have taken it *too* far: I’d be laughing harder if it weren’t equally as ludicrous as trying to force Intelligent Design into the classroom… (Thanks to Kevin for the link!)

Posted in General, Humor, Science | 13 Comments

I Hope My Birthday Is Soon…

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Because I know what cake I want to get: Looks like someone already got a piece of this one, though. And later, someone finished it off. Mmm… babycakes. Surely, it’s an atheist’s birthday somewhere. Let’s celebrate! (Thanks to all 32948423 … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, General, Humor | 32 Comments

A Christian Asks for Help in Planning a Funeral for an Atheist

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I received a very sad email from a Christian woman who could really could use some advice. I don’t know any more information that what is written below: My daughter’s biological father committed suicide late last week and as she … Continue reading →

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Greenwood High School Tries to Circumvent Injunction Against Graduation Prayer

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Greenwood High School in Indiana put a graduation prayer up to a vote a couple months ago. Students voted yes, so Constitution be damned, right? Not exactly. A wise judge said no — she issued an injunction against the school … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, General, Lawsuits | 29 Comments

RichardDawkins.com Will Soon Be Under Dawkins’ Control

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Guest Contributor

If you’ve ever visited Richard Dawkins‘ website, you may have wondered why the URL was richarddawkins.net. Dot Net? Why did that happen? Presumably because richarddawkins.com was taken. The owner of RichardDawkins.com claimed that he was using the domain name merely … Continue reading →

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ExMormon Now Available

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Guest Contributor

C.L. Hanson is an ex-Mormon and the author of the excellent blog Letters From a Broad…. Her new book about growing up Mormon, ExMormon, is finally available on Amazon: If you’re raised Mormon, you have a plan all laid out … Continue reading →

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