Monthly Archives: April 2010

David Bazan's Lack of Belief

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Daniel Florien

David Bazan was the lead singer for Pedro the Lion, a Christian indie rock band I used to listen to many years ago. It ends up he isn’t really a Christian anymore, and Chicago Reader has an article about his … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Christianity, God, Music | 15 Comments

Darwin 3:16

Posted on April 21, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack Via The Dispersal of Darwin, who found it on the Facebook group “We can find 1,000,000 people who DO believe in Evolution before June“. Which is a response to a Facebook page making the same claim about Creationism. … Continue reading →

Posted in Evolution, Pictures | 53 Comments

I'm A Teabagger For Jesus

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Christianity, Humor, Politics, Videos | 3 Comments

Modifying Morality In the Lab

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Scientists have shown “they can change people’s moral judgements by disrupting a specific area of the brain with magnetic pulses”: They identified a region of the brain just above and behind the right ear which appears to control morality. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Morality, Science | 32 Comments

QotD: Miracles

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Question of the day: Have you ever observed a miracle — something that could only happen through supernatural intervention? Or have you ever observed something you thought was a miracle at the time, but not anymore?

Posted in Miracles, Questions | 169 Comments

Adam Savage Busts Another Myth

Posted on April 20, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman received the Annual Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award from the Harvard Humanist Society for their extremely popular Discovery Channel show Mythbusters. Adam’s acceptance speech is online, via boingboing. Here’s a selection: For me it … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Current Events | 33 Comments

Joseph Is NOT the Father

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Posted in Christianity, Humor, Videos | 6 Comments

Quote of the Moment

Posted on April 19, 2010 by vorjack

“If God expects me, in order to be a Christian, to be able to theologically justify every move that I make, I’m sorry. I’m going to be a miserable failure.” – Jennifer Knapp, Christianity Today interview P.J. O’Rourke used to … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotes, Religion | 4 Comments

QotD: What's Your Favorite Joke?

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Since we’re still dealing with the last joke’s aftermath, I thought this would be a good question of the day: What’s your favorite joke? Warning: If you’re a sensitive person, stay out of the comments — unless you like being … Continue reading →

Posted in Jokes, Questions | 222 Comments

Christians Selling Drugs

Posted on April 19, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack My grandfather ran a drug store ages ago. Granddad is one of the biggest prudes I’ve ever known, but he still sold certain kinds of magazines from under the counter. He didn’t like it, but the mark up … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Economics | 23 Comments