Monthly Archives: August 2010

My Night at a Focus on the Family Event

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Friday night, Jen McCreight and I attended a “Celebrate Family Tour” at Wheaton College, hosted by Focus on the Family. Why? Because it was so close… and what better way to spend your Friday night than getting silently furious while … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, General, GLBT, Politics | 47 Comments

Pillow of Doom

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Guest Contributor

7-year-old Silas attending a Bible camp this summer and came home with a pillow that left his mother a bit… conflicted: Anyone care to offer an explanation? (Thanks to Hilary for the link!)

Posted in General, Humor | 24 Comments

Addressing the Bible’s Treatment of Women

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Christianity Today recently published an article called “Woman as Folly” by Jana Chapman Gates in which she describes hearing a number of Bible verses that refer to women in a negative light: The speaker on the DVD said these verses … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 25 Comments

Have You Signed Up for Skepticon?

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Guest Contributor

As of a couple weeks ago, the 3rd annual Skepticon conference was going to take place in November at a 500-seat venue in Missouri. For the first two years, it was free of charge to anyone who registered, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Secular Student Alliance | 4 Comments

Are Home-Schooled Children Really Smarter?

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The Creation Museum founder Ken Ham has a nasty habit of not linking to websites he trashes or offering citations when he makes his wacky claims. So when he mentioned that home-schoolers excel in college, and provided a link to … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, General | 89 Comments

The Caption Made Me Laugh

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Guest Contributor

(via SMBC)

Posted in General, Humor | 20 Comments

What Can Atheists Learn from the LGBT Movement?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Guest Contributor

At the Secular Student Alliance conference a couple weeks ago, Greta Christina gave the keynote address on the topic “What Atheists Can Learn from the LGBT Movement.” (An earlier, briefer version of her talk can be found here.) You often … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT, Secular Student Alliance | 41 Comments

Tuesdays with Hitchens

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Seriously, if Christopher Hitchens wrote a book about facing death as an atheist, wouldn’t you pick that up immediately? He spoke with CNN’s Anderson Cooper about his esophageal cancer. It’s a point of view you rarely hear on television — … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 18 Comments

Introducing the New Secular Student Alliance Chair

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I mentioned last week that I was stepping down from my position as chair of the Secular Student Alliance board of directors. I’ll remain on the board, but with a lot of other things happening in my life, something had … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Secular Student Alliance | 4 Comments

What Would You Include in a Secular “Baptism” Ceremony?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I received an email from a father on behalf of his wife and 14-month-old daughter. They never baptized their baby and the grandparents are not too happy: … I find the idea of something as innocent as a baby needing … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Parenting, General | 68 Comments