Monthly Archives: April 2009

500,000,000 Years In 50 Seconds

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Here’s a cool ad from Guinness: (via)

Posted in Evolution, Science, Videos | 18 Comments

Creationist Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur Saddle

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Giddy up! Creationist paleontologists have discovered an ancient dinosaur saddle: A team of creationist paleontologists from the Discovery Institute’s main field research arm announced today that they had discovered the remains of a large manmade object confirmed to be an ancient dinosaur … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Creationism / ID, Humor | 37 Comments

New Tacky Jesus Florida License Plate

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Florida residents will soon have the privilege of seeing this holy artwork on the back of Jesusmobiles, along with their numerous bumper stickers: Believe it or not, the Florida legislature has approved this license plate. This is what Governor Crist (no, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Politics | 118 Comments

Welcome to the New Server

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Daniel Florien

If you’re seeing this, your computer managed to bring you to the right place. That is, the new Unreasonable Faith server. Praise be to Allah, Yahweh, and Baal! Now back to our regularly scheduled posts with less interruption and downtime!

Posted in Administrative | 25 Comments

Good Biblical Morality Test

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Daniel Florien

I highly recommend this morality test. I hope you don’t do better than I did (I failed it). (via)

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Humor, Morality, Videos | 13 Comments

Why I Ditched Buddhism

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Here’s an article by John Horgan on why he ditched Buddhism: Four years ago, I joined a Buddhist meditation class and began talking to (and reading books by) intellectuals sympathetic to Buddhism. Eventually, and regretfully, I concluded that Buddhism is … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Religion | 138 Comments

The Varieties of Biblical Marriage

Posted on April 29, 2009 by vorjack

by Vorjack We hear a lot about “biblical marriage” these days. Some of us might not be clear on what that means. The website Religious Tolerance has provided a helpful article on the types of marriage found in the pages … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Bible, Christianity | 516 Comments

David Attenborough Sums Up Evolution In 5 Minutes

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Biology, Evolution, Science, Videos | 47 Comments

The Uncomfortable Grayness of Life

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Nate Phelps — son of the notorious Fred Phelps — gave a talk at the 2009 American Atheists Convention titled “The Uncomfortable Grayness of Life.” He talks about his upbringing at Westboro Baptist and his father’s beliefs and abuses. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Biography, Christianity, Fundamentalism, Religion | 33 Comments

We're Not Religions! Really!

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Daniel Florien

Christians love to play the “but we’re not really a religion!” game. It ends up other religions like that game, too. Consider these quotes, taken from Robert Price’s The Reason Driven Life: The attempt to reduce Judaism to a religion … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotes, Religion | 81 Comments