Susan Jacoby is the author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism. She appeared on Bill Moyers Journal to discuss her new book: The Age of American Unreason. It’s a really fascinating interview. Jacoby talks about how our society is ignorant and apathetic and there are drastic consequences to this. Here is just one telling [Read More...]

A man supposedly spent 23 minutes in hell. He lived to tell about it. And (of course) wrote a book about the experience. Sean Hannity wasted airtime on his show giving Bill Wiese a platform to spread his lunacy. Did you know: Hell has fire. And there are deformed, twisted creatures there. No way he [Read More...]

My local CBS affiliate ran a special report about atheists. Overall, it’s a positive piece. Local atheists were interviewed, including my alma mater’s campus group, the Rationalists and Freethinkers (RAFT), and Sandra Van Maren, the Illinois State Director of American Atheists. Note, though, how the piece builds up to the revelation of an atheist family: [Read More...]

The Humanist Symposium can be found this week at Café Philos. Go read it! The next HS is at Glittering Muse in three weeks. Submit your entries here! [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] [Read more...]