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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Tablo's Birther Problem
You don’t normally expect great reporting from an alumni magazine. But the most recent issue of the Stanford Magazine has an article titled The Persecution of Daniel Lee that’s quite interesting. Daniel Lee graduated from Stanford University in 2002 with … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Politics
28 Comments
American Atheists and the WTC Cross
Many battles have been fought as of late regarding government in the US at one level or another being involved in public displays or symbols that could be construed to have religious meaning. Outright religious expression funded by government is … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Politics
37 Comments
The Next Stage in Tract Evolution
Want to share a Chick tract? Now there’s an app for that. If you are a Christian, you want to share the best thing that ever happened to you with your friends. After all, you care about your friends, and … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Christianity
11 Comments
Agreeing with the Devil
When Jared Lee Loughner killed six people and seriously wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tuscon, it started an argument about the use of violent rhetoric in American politics. But Loughner is clearly unhinged, and his actions appear to be primarily … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Islam
26 Comments
Loftus' "The End of Christianity"
The End of Christianity by John Loftus (not to be confused with William Dembski’s The End of Christianity) is a collection of counter-apologetic essays which follows his previous collection, The Christian Delusion and his autobiography Why I Became an Atheist. … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Book Reviews, Christianity
5 Comments
Breivik's Religion
Mark Juergensmeyer at Religion Dispatches wades through some of Anders Behring Breivik’s 1,500 page “manifesto,” which seems to be a disjointed document where Breivik laid out his plans for a coming war between the righteous Europeans on one side and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Religion
23 Comments
Does god Really Heal?
The following post was submitted by Jeremy Wells, AKA the Not So Friendly Atheist, who blogs about the logical flaws in religious arguments. Does god really heal? This is a simple question that I put to the test when I … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Medicine
301 Comments
Tragedy in Norway
From the BBC Norwegians are mourning the victims of a massacre at an island youth camp and a bombing in the capital Oslo. At least 85 people died when a gunman opened fire at the Utoeya camp on Friday, hours … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
36 Comments
Can You Hear Me Now?
It looks like we’ve been having some server issues. The blog has been slow at best, unresponsive at worst, but I think we’ve gotten through it. We lost about a dozen comments on the last post, and probably several more … Continue reading
Posted in Administrative
10 Comments
Atheism in a Postmodern World
Modern atheism began about 150 years ago, when all the factors came together to make a lack of belief in a deity seem intellectually sustainable. But at the time, it was part of a diverse group of movements lumped together … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Faith
78 Comments
