The Christian Creationism Fiction Show

If you accept evolution and like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, then you’ll enjoy this. The aptly named godlesswonder presents The Christian Creationism Fiction Show: (via Ashley) [tags]atheist, atheism, evolution, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Christian Creationism Fiction Show[/tags]

Atheist PR Crisis Averted

Yesterday, I mentioned that Amanda Metskas, the president of Camp Quest, was interviewed on NPR. The headline on the NPR webpage reads: Children’s Summer Camp Teaches ‘Free Thinking’ That wasn’t originally the case. Duncan Crary explains in the latest Humanist Network News: … The interview itself went well, and it would have been a public [...]

Bill Maher on the Absurdity of Religion

Bill Maher was on Larry King Live last night. Of course, religion was a topic of discussion. Some of the transcript: KING: Mitt Romney — can a Mormon be elected? MAHER: Well, I don’t think so, actually, because Americans take their faith very seriously, which is so silly and ironic, because one set of preposterous, [...]

Question for the Non-Church Folk

Anne asks this question to those who do not regularly go to church: Based on the culture we live in today – the cards you get in the mail – the signs you see – the stuff you might see flipping through TV or on the shelves at a bookstore…if you were to walk into [...]

Left Behind: The Prank

A fan of the Left Behind series gets… umm… left behind. Hilarity ensues. Get it? The whole “left behind” thing is just a bunch of &*%#. None of it is real! For some reason, I don’t think the people in the video and I are finding the same things funny here. Oh well. Still an [...]

Ememies of Christ

Dr. Wiley S. Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in California, did something wrong. He wrote on church letterhead that he was endorsing Republican Mike Huckabee for president. Then he said the same thing on a church-affiliated radio show. That’s illegal. Churches cannot endorse political candidates. So Americans United for Separation of Church and [...]

Atheists in South Carolina

Weekly Surge magazine has a positive article on atheists in South Carolina. There are a lot of quotations from notable atheists and a summation of what it’s like to be non-religious in the state. The first part of the article talks about Eric Heyd, the atheist who (stupidly) wrote “Fuck the skull of Jesus” on [...]

Scary Christians from Ocala, Florida

Two crazy letters-to-the-editor from one paper! …There is no excuse for anyone to not know of the coming calamities. Violence, lawlessness, drought, famine and earthquakes in many places. God’s Word has warned everyone, but as in the days of Noah, many will ignore and suffer the consequences. You would have to be dumb, blind, stupid [...]

Off The Map Live

My friend (and former “soul owner“) Jim Henderson has an event coming up that Christians may want to consider attending. It’s called Off The Map Live, and it takes place November 1-3 in Seattle, Washington. Who is this event designed for? Young thinkers, learners, practitioners of all ages of all ages, pastors looking for validation, [...]

E.O. Wilson and The New Humanism

If you’re not familiar with the famed scientist E.O. Wilson, there is a terrific article about him by Joe Foley, board member of the Secular Student Alliance. E.O. Wilson (left) with Joe Foley If you do know about Wilson, you’ll still want to read his stance on “The New Humanism”: To Wilson, the New Humanism [...]

Thanks for the Great Week, God!

From The Onion: Churchgoer Tips God For Excellent Week CHARLESTON, SC—Churchgoer Brad Thaden, 48, reportedly tipped God a little something extra Sunday, claiming that the Almighty had done a better job than usual that week, especially with the weather and his children’s behavior. “Hey Big Guy, here’s a five-spot for ya,” Thaden silently prayed while [...]

President of Camp Quest on NPR

Amanda Metskas, the president of Camp Quest (the summer camp for children of atheist parents), was on NPR today. The interview came across really well, and Amanda was able to respond to a lot of the misconceptions people may have of the camp. Check it out here! [tags]atheist, atheism, Amanda Metskas, Camp Quest, NPR[/tags]

Canadian Atheists Are Stable

An article in the Calgary Herald (Canada) states: Despite the popularity of religion-bashing books like Christopher Hitchens’ God is Not Great and Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, the ranks of self-proclaimed Canadian atheists has remained steady during the last 30 years. This is according to a new paper called “Nevers, Nones and Nots” (DOC) written [...]

The Eggplant Has Spoken

Some lady saw the word GOD in an eggplant: Somehow, this is big news. It’ll be bigger news when it goes up on eBay in 5… 4… 3… Felicia Teske of Boothwyn says she was preparing fried eggplant for dinner Sunday evening and noticed that the seeds in one slice seemed to spell out the [...]