Monthly Archives: October 2010

Where Did the Golden Rule Come From?

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Guest Contributor

What? You mean the Golden Rule didn’t originate with Christianity…? (via Atheist Comics)

Posted in General, Humor | 39 Comments

Metro State Atheists Get Press for Food Drive

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The Metro State Atheists in Colorado recently held a Food for Freethought drive in which people gave them non-perishable foods (to be donated) in exchange for banned books. The Denver Post‘s Electa Draper wrote an excellent article about the event: … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General, Secular Student Alliance | 26 Comments

The New York Times on CFI’s ‘Deeper Division’

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The Center for Inquiry is making news… but it’s not positive publicity. The New York Times has a story in Saturday’s paper about the CFI rift that’s been happening for a while now and isn’t much of a surprise to … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics | 16 Comments

David Hayward’s First Book is Out!

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I post cartoons by David Hayward on this site all the time. He’s a wonderful critic of the church, though, make no mistake, he’s a proud Christian. He just released his first book, nakedpastor 101 and I encourage all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, General, Humor | 3 Comments

An Atheist Argues We Need More Religion in the Public Schools

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Now that the Pew Forum has said atheists know more about religion than the religious, atheist Michael Tracey — current editorial intern at The Nation and former adversary of Mike Huckabee — argues that we need more religion in public … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, General, Politics | 63 Comments

A Foxhole Atheist’s Response to Fort Bragg

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Guest Contributor

***Update***: Justin has started a website about the “Ft. Bragg Freedom Festival” — it includes a potential line-up of speakers. … There’s been an uproar lately about how an Evangelical Christian event took place at the military base at Fort … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Military Atheists, Politics | 39 Comments

The Effect of a Hug-An-Atheist Campaign

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I recently mentioned that the Secular Coalition at Eastern Kentucky University — now the Secular Student Alliance at EKU — held a special event to draw attention to their group: Hug An Atheist Day. Somehow, this was controversial. The students … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Secular Student Alliance | 7 Comments

The Success of a ‘Stone-a-Heathen’ Fundraiser

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Guest Contributor

(Hemant’s note: This is a guest post by Kelley Freeman. She’s a sophomore Art major/Russian minor at the University of South Carolina who can crochet like a fiend. She is currently the co-humanist outreach director for the Pastafarians at USC.) … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General, Secular Student Alliance | 20 Comments

Got Some Running Advice?

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I’ve been seeing a special ladyfriend lately. But I haven’t met her parents yet. The other day, we had a conversation that went something like this… Her: I’m running a 5K on Sunday! Me: Sweet! I’ll be there on the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 86 Comments