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Monthly Archives: September 2011
I’m a Religious Atheist
The following guest post was submitted by Alex Abbott, who comments here under the handle of “Teleprompter.” He also blogs at The Electoral College Student. Recently, while studying among friends at my college library, a friend’s pal mentioned how he’d … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Religion
25 Comments
I Believe I Can Fly
Back in April, Pamela Gerloff posted something on her Psychology Today blog that was pure secular New Thought: You Mean Anything Is Possible? Subtitle: “How to radically expand beyond the limits of your mind.” She starts, naturally, with an anecdote: … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, Weird
35 Comments
A Universe From Nothing
This is the 2009 lecture from Lawrence Krauss, given at the invitation of Richard Dawkins, covering the big questions of cosmology. In about an hour he covers the origins of the universe and how we know about it. We’ve posted … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Videos
19 Comments
Evangelical Teens are Having Sex
From the “not really news” department comes word that Evangelical Christian teens are having sex, almost at the same rate as that of the background population. From CNN’s Belief Blog: The article in Relevant magazine, entitled “(Almost) Everyone’s Doing It,” … Continue reading
Posted in Sexuality
61 Comments
Jesus, Take the Mortar
This was dug up by Jesus Needs New PR (and apparently he needs some safety gear as well. How about some ear protection there, son of man?)
Posted in Humor, Jesus, Pictures
41 Comments
Dueling Billboards
From the Toledo Blade The ongoing and sometimes contentious debate in churches regarding homosexuality is back in the public eye in oversized print, thanks to 10 Toledo-area billboards proclaiming competing messages. After Toledo’s Central United Methodist Church posted a single … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Pictures, Sexuality
33 Comments
Beautiful Scenery, from Above and Below
Patryk Kizny, Robert Paluch and Fabian Weber put together a timelapse view of the Swiss Alps titled Altissimo. It is utterly gorgeous. However, the music detracts a bit – European tastes just seem different from mine. Scott Bailey felt the … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Videos
6 Comments
Bad History Leads To Bad Counter-Terrorism
Richard Bartholomew has been following reports of poor quality counter-terrorism training at the FBI. The chief name is William Gawthrop, who led one of the worst examples. Some of Gawthrop’s wisdom: At the Bureau’s training ground in Quantico, Virginia, agents … Continue reading
Posted in Oh the Stupidity!, Pictures, Religious Violence
13 Comments
Alien Gods
Jason Colavito caught an interesting tidbit at the end of a NYT interview with Richard Dawkins. Dawkins and the interviewer are mulling over the writings of Freeman Dyson: In one essay, Professor Dyson casts millions of speculative years into the … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Comics, God
125 Comments
Faith Based Economics
From USA Today, a story of a new Baylor Religion Survey: About one in five Americans combine a view of God as actively engaged in daily workings of the world with an economic conservative view that opposes government regulation and … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Economics, Politics
19 Comments
