Monthly Archives: October 2011

Not Every Church Practice Is Useless

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Crommunist agrees that there’s nothing wrong with taking the best practices of churches and applying them in secular settings: Particularly in immigrant and black communities (and conceivably in Central American/hispanic ones as well), the church is the focal point of … Continue reading →

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When Steve Jobs Left His Faith

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

An excerpt from Walter Isaacson‘s new biography about Steve Jobs: Even though they were not fervent about their faith, Jobs’s parents wanted him to have a religious upbringing, so they took him to the Lutheran church most Sundays. That came … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Pop Culture | 33 Comments

And This Is Why You Shouldn’t Be a Creationist

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

As if you needed another reason to fight against Creationism, I bring you the Flizbins: If you can make it to the 1:16 mark, you get to hear Christian Rapping… If you make it to the end, you deserve a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Arts, General, Humor | 91 Comments

Recovering from Religion Gets a New Leader

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

In 2009, The God Virus author Darrel Ray began a group called Recovering from Religion to help people who wanted to leave their faith but needed emotional and social support to do it. Kind of like Alcoholics Anonymous for people … Continue reading →

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Ask Richard: Anticipating a Religious Funeral for a Gay Secular Humanist

Posted on October 24, 2011 by richard wade

Last week, an old college friend of mine died. He was only 32 years old. When I met him, he was a Christian and over the course of our friendship, he became a Secular Humanist. He also came out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Coming Out, Death, General, GLBT, Richard Wade | 43 Comments

Significance Junkies

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Seth MacFarlane — Family Guy creator, 2011 recipient of the Harvard Humanist of the Year award, and executive producer of the upcoming Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted remake of Cosmos — was on NPR’s Fresh Air a few days ago. There was … Continue reading →

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Non-Prophet Charity Week Draws Near in the UK

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Over in the UK, the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies (AHS) is gearing up for Non-Prophet Week During Non-Prophet Week AHS societies are encouraged to raise and give money to charity (not that you’re discouraged at … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General | 1 Comment

An Atheist Asks How To Care for the Mentally Ill

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Spencer Troxell is an atheist social worker (a rare breed!) and he explained why he chose this line of work earlier this year: The spirit that led me to my current station was the realization that there was no other … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let This Become a Texas License Plate

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is looking for input on a couple of proposed “specialty license plate designs” and this is one of them: Can’t let that happen. Go here and tell them you “don’t care for it.” While … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics | 57 Comments

When Good and Bad Things Happen in the Bible

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

OpenBible produced this “Sentiment Analysis of the Bible” visualization. Black means something positive is happening while red represents something bad: Things start off well with creation, turn negative with Job and the patriarchs, improve again with Moses, dip with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Arts, General | 12 Comments