Don’t you get really annoyed when people preach at you about their faith on campus? One group managed to avoid the pitfalls of campus proselytization and received a lot of positive feedback from the people who came their way. (Pictured above, L-R: Reese Allen, Jesus, Xianhang Zhang) It was Pastafarian Awareness Day today at the [...]

First of all, it’s PZ Myers. With an “s” at the end. It’s not that difficult. Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, answered readers’ questions on the Freakonomics blog. Here are a couple of the exchanges: Q: I’m interested in your comments on evolution. If you have read PZ Myer’s deconstruction of your opinions on evolution, [...]

I know, I know. No one likes the annoying Facebook applications. It’s no longer cute to get bitten by a zombie. But here’s one that will delight some atheists. You can put the Scarlet A from Richard Dawkins‘ OUT campaign on your Facebook page! It’s pretty simple. It’s not annoying or obtrusive. The image just [...]

While we’re on the subject of what atheists look like, Kate sends along this image (via LivelyIvy): That is *so* you. [tags]atheist, atheism, roommate[/tags]

A Sunday School teacher I know has to follow the basic curriculum set by her church. How she presents the material is up to her. Recently, her 3rd and 4th 5th and 6th grade students were told to draw pictures of what people look like when they have Christ versus when they don’t. They were [...]

Apparently, signing the back of your driver’s license isn’t good enough anymore. You need to be listed in the state’s new organ/tissue donor registry. It takes 30 seconds. Just have your license or state ID number handy. Then, fill out this brief form. If you don’t live in Illinois, click here to find out how [...]

If you go to this site and wait for Jesus to stop talking, he’ll follow your mouse’s every move. I’ve been mesmerized for several minutes now. And a little freaked out. His head never moves down. He kinda resembles Alice during the Brady Bunch theme song… If that wasn’t enough, when he speaks, you can [...]

I’ll be speaking about the book at Harding University (a Christian college) in Searcy, Arkansas (about 50 miles north-east of Little Rock) tonight in the Heritage Building’s Cone Chapel at 7:00 p.m. (local time). The event is free to the public! More information can be found on Facebook. Of course, all the fun stories will [...]

Last week, Elevation Church in North Carolina did something quite commendable. They take in an average of $40,000 weekly even though they don’t have a building of their own. They’re trying to raise capital to get one. What are they doing for their capital campaign? Giving away money. Taking a page out of Oprah’s playbook [...]

Being dealt the first hand of 13 cards or the second? As onegoodmove writes: There are 635,013,559,600 possible hands and the chances of being dealt the first hand is just as likely as the second though a common intuition is that the second is far more likely. This I believe is because the second has [...]

Me neither. But if you are, Professor Eric Schwitzgebel at the University of California at Riverside has compiled his seven postings on applying to Ph. D. programs in philosophy. The seven parts: Part I: Should You Apply, and Where? Part II: Grades and Classes Part III: Letters of Recommendation Part IV: Writing Samples Part V: [...]