Monthly Archives: January 2010

Christian Mom-Blogger Turns Atheist

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Daniel Florien

A few days ago a 41-year-old Christian mom-blogger came out as an atheist: I stepped out into the black winter morning. No stars, no moon, just black. My boots made the only noise Crossing the icy patch to the barn. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Christianity | 117 Comments

Dawkins on Haiti and the Hypocrisy of Christian Theology

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Richard Dawkins has a post on the On Faith blog of the Washington Post talking about Haiti and the Hypocrisy of Christian Theology: Milder-mannered faith-heads are falling over themselves to disown Pat Robertson, just as they disowned those other pastors, … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Christianity, Current Events | 340 Comments

Christian School Puts Financial Faith in Death

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Daniel Florien

The Journal Sentinel has a story about a Christian school that encouraged staff & student relatives to sign up for life insurance polices, who were told they would make millions of dollars when the people died: The death benefits were meant to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Current Events | 18 Comments

Religious Imperialism

Posted on January 25, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack We’re all aware of the stupid things about Haiti that Pat Robertson said recently, but just to recap: And, you know, Kristi, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Current Events, Oh the Stupidity! | 33 Comments

Skeptics Organize Homeopathic “Overdose”

Posted on January 24, 2010 by kruthar

by Jesse Galef Finally, a creative protest! Living in the DC area, I witness a lot of demonstrations. In general, I find them either over the top, toothless, or just plain boring. No so with this demonstration against homeopathy: In … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 55 Comments

Vatican Bank Accused of Laundering $200m

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Videos | 14 Comments

UK Bans Exports of “Bomb Detecting” Dowsing Rods

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Another score for SCIENCE! It’s frustrating that people in this day and age still think dowsing rods work on anything. And it’s even more frustrating that companies would take advantage of people and sell such fraudulent devices.

Posted in Current Events, Politics, Science, Videos | 26 Comments

Creation

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Anyone see Creation yet? If so, what did you think?

Posted in Atheism, Current Events, Evolution, Science | 30 Comments

Solar-Powered Bibles… Just What They Needed

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Faith Comes By Hearing is sending Haitians solar-powered Bibles in order to relieve their “spiritual poverty.” These are solar-powered audible Bibles that can broadcast the holy scriptures in Haitian Creole to 300 people at a time. Called the “Proclaimer,” the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Current Events, Fundamentalism | 84 Comments

Fresh Prince & Ben Kenobi on Christian TV

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Daniel Florien

This is even funnier than the last one!

Posted in Christianity, Humor | 17 Comments