Monthly Archives: July 2010

Why Do Pastors Hire Gay Escorts?

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Mike Jones is the former male escort and personal trainer who exposed Ted Haggard‘s hypocrisy years ago. He did an interview for this site a while back. Last week, another pastor, Kevin J. Gray, was found to have embezzled over … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT | 22 Comments

FOX News Reacts to the Nightline Segment

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Well, after that horrendous Nightline segment aired, you knew FOX News would have something to say about it. They didn’t disappoint. They just took their favorite part of the segment and sensationalized it in the headline: Anyone surprised? R. Joseph … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 39 Comments

Frisco Atheists Meeting with Pastor

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Mark Johnston‘s group in Texas, the Frisco Atheists, runs an interesting series of events: they meet with local pastors to show them that atheists are part of their community. The Frisco Atheists occasionally meet with local pastors to help them … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist/Christian Cooperation, General | 5 Comments

Anti-Gay-Marriage Group Couldn’t Find a Happy Family of Their Own?

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

***Update***: You all were right. I was wrong. I had no idea using stock photography was such an accepted thing. I didn’t want to delete the posting and the comments with it — I thought that would be dishonest — … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT, Politics | 31 Comments

Would Atheists Donate Money to a Peace-Seeking Religious Organization?

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Every three months, Foundation Beyond Belief picks charities in nine different categories and encourages atheists to donate money to them. Since we “opened shop” at the beginning of 2010, we’ve raised over $38,000. It’s really incredible the amount of support … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General | 62 Comments

Reza Aslan and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Article

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Reza Aslan — a guy I normally liked watching when he appeared on The Daily Show and The Rachel Maddow Show — has a horrible piece up at the Washington Post website regurgitating every nasty atheist stereotype you can think … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Advertising, General, Politics | 56 Comments

Liveblogging the Nightline Segment About Edwin Kagin

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I hate Nightline. I used to have big hopes for them — like when they said they would air a debate between atheists and Christians, but ended up airing nothing that was useful for further dialogue. Now, they’re doing a … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 31 Comments

Where Science Meets Pseudoscience

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Crispian Jago has created a wonderful Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense: See? I *told* you Buddhism was woo.

Posted in General, Humor, Pseudoscience, Science | 34 Comments

The Amazing Jesus – He Should Turn Professional

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

by Jesse Galef – Rowan Atkinson had such a great sketch as the devil, I went looking for more. And lo and behold, I found another hilarious bit of him as a vicar extolling the amazing entertainment of this Jesus … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Jesse Galef | 9 Comments

Audio Interview with Phil Plait

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Guest Contributor

During The Amazing Meeting 8, Robin Ferguson and I sat down to talk with Phil Plait from Bad Astronomy. I had planned to transcribe it, but there’s so much interesting stuff Phil discussed — ranging from his “super secret project” … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Interviews | 5 Comments