Monthly Archives: December 2011

Religion is Ruining the True Spirit of Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2011 by jesse galef

by Jesse Galef – That’s right: religion is ruining the true spirit of Christmas. That’s my argument in today’s US News & World Report Debate topic “Has Christmas Become Too Secular?”  Believe me, I had a lot of fun answering. … Continue reading →

Posted in Jesse Galef, War on Christmas | 25 Comments

Black Atheists to Come Together for Day of Solidarity

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Several black atheist groups — yep, there are many of them these days — are planning a Day of Solidarity on February 26th and hoping that it becomes a yearly tradition. The idea is the brainchild of Donald Wright, author … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 19 Comments

How Wise Could They Really Have Been?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Click image to enlarge (via Ape, Not Monkey)

Posted in General, Humor, War on Christmas | 9 Comments

FFRF Places Full-Page Ad in the New York Times

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

In case you missed it, the Freedom From Religion Foundation placed this full-page ad (read: $$$) appeared in today’s New York Times to mark the Winter Solstice: The question is whether the donations and publicity resulting from the ad will … Continue reading →

Posted in FFRF, General, War on Christmas | 28 Comments

Another Reason Why OKCupid Is Awesome

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Free dating website OKCupid is celebrating its “12 Days of Atheist Matches” (I’m sure they do the same for non-atheists, too) and this is the email one friend received Gotta love a company that has a sense of humor about … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Love | 10 Comments

About That Recent Surge in Atheist Charity…

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Kimberly Winston of the Religion News Service has a article making the mainstream media rounds about how atheists (as a group) have been giving a lot more to charity recently. Between atheists on Reddit giving to Doctors Without Borders, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General | 20 Comments

Fibonacci Is Pretty Amazing

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

And Vi Hart is amazinger:

Posted in General, Math | 12 Comments

Introducing Dads Beyond Belief

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

A couple of months ago, I mentioned a new Facebook group called Mothers Beyond Belief, a group for moms (especially new ones) to talk about pregnancy, childbirth, and raising children without all the religious talk and pseudoscience that infest other … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Parenting, General | 9 Comments

The Most Expensive Copy of The God Delusion in the Universe

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Here’s a beautiful and inspiring story, told by Secular Coalition for America founder Herb Silverman about his now-deceased friend Bill Upshur: Knowing in 2007 that he didn’t have long to live, Bill told me he wanted to donate $20,000 to … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General | 15 Comments

Was Mary Really a Virgin?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Listen to Laci Green and learn something: ***Update***: Laci admits messing up that bit about the Immaculate Conception. Sorry for not catching it myself!

Posted in General | 25 Comments