Monthly Archives: August 2010

Parents Sacrifice Daughter for Money

Parents in the Sitapur district of the Uttar Pradesh, a populous state in northern India, had their four year old daughter beaten, killed and burned in the hopes of becoming rich: Parents sacrifice 4-yr-old girl to become rich The couple, … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Religious Violence, Superstition | 27 Comments

Awkward Politician Sings Jesus Song

This politician is just… awkward. And he doesn’t seem to notice. It’s uncomfortable to watch him make a fool of himself. (via)

Posted in Politics, Religion, Videos | 25 Comments

Arguing Against Belief

I recently picked up Vincent Bugliosi’s book arguing against the conspiracy theories around the JFK assassination, titled Four Days in November. It’s over 600 pages with index and endnotes, making it a hefty trade paperback and keeping it about equal … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Conspiracy Theories, Islam | 48 Comments

How To Identity TEH GAY ADGENDA!!!

Focus on the Family is helping fundies identify the gay agenda that is rampant in US public education:

Posted in Fundamentalism, Oh the Stupidity!, Videos | 80 Comments

Religious Definitions

Over at the Psychology Today blog, The Scientific Fundamentalist, Satoshi Kanazawa is getting a lot of attention for a really odd argument. The title basically sums it up, “If Barack Obama Is Christian, Michael Jackson Was White.” Honestly, not much … Continue reading

Posted in Biology, Islam, Religion, Science | 38 Comments

Brick Stone vs Westboro Baptist Church

I love making fun of these clowns. (via)

Posted in Fundamentalism, Humor, Oh the Stupidity!, Videos | 16 Comments

Dissension Amongst the Ranks

The contortions of the religious right are unabated. The latest schism seems to be between Ann Coulter and the conservative news site WorldNetDaily. The story starts with a group called GOProud, one of the few gay conservative groups. Such groups … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Politics | 61 Comments

The Parent Company Trap

Fox News is either evil or stupid for not mentioning that Alwaleed bin Talal is News Corp.’s largest shareholder:

Posted in Islam, Politics, Videos | 22 Comments

Atheism and Death.

I want to share a couple of experiences with you all and talk about the directions that those experiences have sent me in emotionally and cognitively. Here goes. About a year ago, I was involved in my first ever “crash-call”. … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Death | 73 Comments

Animated Mormon Jesus

This is either an attempt to describe the weirder aspects of the Mormon Book of Abraham, or the strangest episode of He-Man I’ve ever seen:

Posted in Mormonism, Videos, Weird | 21 Comments