Dinesh D’Souza is right. His article today criticizing Peter Berkowitz‘s take on “The New New Atheism” in today’s issue of The Wall Street Journal is on the money. First, some facts from Berkowitz: According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, in less than 12 months atheism’s newest champions have sold close to [...]

Over a week ago, Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) spoke to a crowd of people in the city of Edina. He was speaking to the group Atheists for Human Rights. The crowd enjoyed his talk. It’s not that often you hear a member of the government say something like this: You’ll always find this Muslim [...]

According to Josh Combs, you would see cards like these: [tags]atheist, atheism. Magic: the Gathering, Christian[/tags]

A sad story from over the weekend: 16-year-old Elizabeth Mohl was killed when she fell from a ride called “Air Glory.” According to WEAU news, that ride “begins by launching two to three people almost 100 feet in the air. Then the riders pull a rip cord, sending them into a freefall glide. For some [...]

Herman Krieger is “a non-practicing Jew who has not been to synagogue since he was 12.” He is also the author of Churches Ad Hoc: A Divine Comedy. It’s a photo essay and you can see the contents online. As Kern Trembath of the University of Notre Dame writes in the foreword: The first time [...]

Sam Harris gave a speech recently at the Aspen Ideas Festival. It was titled “Believing the Unbelievable: The Clash Between Faith and Reason in the Modern World.” Here’s the video: (Thanks to Maria for the link!)

Relish, a weekly newspaper in Northwest North Carolina, has a book review of I Sold My Soul on eBay. The piece is written by Mick Scott. I wonder how I should take it… I mean, they criticize parts of the book! How dare a critic do such a thing… You can get anything over the [...]

I missed one this morning. Thanks to TXatheist for sending it along to me! It’s from today’s Houston Chronicle. Here’s the front page of the Religion section: And on the left side of the page, you see a blue book… Woo! (Funny coincidence that it’s next to the article on Faith in India.) It reads: [...]

You want to know the difference between Craigslist and its competition Kijiji? Kijiji has ads like this one: Cute and Adorable English Bulldog Puppy. Very socialized with kids and other animal. She is vet check and all her shots are given up to date. We are willing to give her to a christain family only. [...]

A couple cartoons courtesy of Home on the Strange: (Thanks to Andrew for the links!)

Laura Lopez (center) with son Jesse We’ve now heard of yet another lady, Laura Lopez, who tried to ban books from a school library. They never seem to understand that banning books just makes children want to read them even more… Which books did she want off the shelves? Two of the books that Lopez [...]

We have a lot of great reading material today! The Morning Call newspaper (of Pennsylvania) has an article about the not-so-angry atheists from reporter Daniel Patrick Sheehan. The headline is “Area atheists put a friendly face on their convictions, but don’t avoid debate or confrontation.” You don’t see pieces that focus on the up-side to [...]

Time magazine has a short article this week that describes just how “radical” the Harry Potter books are when compared to similar series in the fantasy genre: In The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien fused his ardent Catholicism with a deep, nostalgic love for the unspoiled English landscape. C.S. Lewis was a devout Anglican [...]

Chris Hallquist and I will be appearing on The Debate Hour online radio show tonight at 8:00 p.m. (EDT) to discuss various atheist tactics. The show is live and listeners are welcome to call in with questions! More information is here. [tags]atheist, atheism, God, Chris Hallquist, The Debate Hour, The Infidel Guy, Reginald Finley[/tags]