Monthly Archives: September 2010

Announcing the Secular Coalition for Arizona

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The Secular Coalition for America is set to introduce its first state affiliate! This is part of Sean Faircloth’s Secular Decade plan (PDF). And of all the places to begin this program, Arizona has to be at the top of … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics, Secular Coalition for America | 7 Comments

How Many Scots Are Good Without God?

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Reading a random article about the Pope… The Pope is visiting Scotland… He admits there are child molesters within the church hierarchy.. Nothing new… I’ve heard all this before… Holy crap. There are about 850,000 Catholics in Scotland, according to … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Advertising, General, Politics | 20 Comments

Harvard Event This Weekend

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I’m going to Harvard University this weekend for a very different kind of talk than the ones I usually give. Actually, I’m not talking very much at all. I’ll give an introduction of sorts, but really, this is a group … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Secular Student Alliance | 6 Comments

Remembering Robert Ingersoll

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Robert Ingersoll may have been called “The Great Agnostic,” but when you read some of his rhetoric, you realize he would’ve made one hell of a New Atheist. George White has a piece about Ingersoll in the just-now-online-even-though-it’s-from-August issue of … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 17 Comments

A Nice Story About Colliding Faiths

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I’ve heard plenty of talk the past couple weeks about Christians burning Korans and trying to stop a mosque from being built. But finally, there’s a good story about the two faiths colliding. In Memphis, a mosque was built right … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, General | 42 Comments

Skepticism vs. Atheism

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Yes we are atheists at the JREF, most of us. But as individuals, not as an organization. In this sense, the JREF is no more an atheist organization than the U.S. is a Christian nation merely because the majority of … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 58 Comments

Can You Help People Going to Haiti?

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Guest Contributor

My friend (and Christian author) Anne Jackson is going to Haiti in November. It’s her second trip there — she was compelled to go back after she saw firsthand the post-earthquake devastation. She’s going with a group called To Write … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General | 17 Comments

Christian School Cancels New Pornographers Concert

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The New Pornographers are hands down my favorite band. I’ve seen them live in concert twice and it was an incredible experience both times. I have all their albums, the B-sides, the bootlegs I’m not supposed to have, etc. They … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Pop Culture | 35 Comments

What If They Burned Atheist Books…?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I know the piece is satire, but if Pastor Terry Jones ever decided to burn copies of The God Delusion, I hope this is the way we would respond: A spokesman for the Atheist Brotherhood in Australia was quoted as … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, General, Politics | 35 Comments

Atheist Billboard Goes Up in St. Louis!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Add St. Louis, Missouri to the list of places that are home to an atheist billboard: “We… want people to know there are many humanists, freethinkers, agnostics and atheists living here,” added Kate Lovelady, coordinator of the Greater St. Louis … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Advertising, General | 22 Comments