Author Archives: Guest Contributor

St. Joseph Skeptics Sign Stolen

by Sjskeptic The St. Joseph Skeptics had their sign stolen. It was a small sign that simply said, “Be Good For Goodness Sake,” and included the name of the organization and its website. It survived for three days until someone … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Current Events | 16 Comments

SPAG and the Liberal Christian

by Vincent Skolny A couple months ago, Unreasonable Faith published one of my articles explaining why all Christianity is necessarily Self Projection as God (SPAG). A common confusion about (or maybe a regular misrepresentation of) SPAG is that it applies … Continue reading

Posted in Bible, Bible Absurdities & Contradictions, Christianity, God | 53 Comments

Islamophobia and Swiss Minarets

by Custador The Swiss, perhaps the only people on Earth to practise direct democracy, took a vote recently on whether to ban the building of minarets (the towers outside of mosques where Imams used to stand to call Muslims to … Continue reading

Posted in Islam, Questions, Religion | 211 Comments

Why the Communist Argument Fails

by OneSTDV Over at Friendly Atheist, Hemant posted this video featuring a dialogue about atheism. The religious participants offer trite arguments concerning atheism’s supposed intolerance. At 1:57, a religious think tank commenter drudges up Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao as … Continue reading

Posted in Apologetics, Atheism, Religion | 74 Comments

Fight Dogma, Not Religion

by Teleprompter As the number and visibility of atheists and other freethinkers increases, some spectators have questioned whether atheists are becoming more fundamentalist. Let chaos ensue: how does one judge who is fundamentalist and who is not? What does it … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Christianity, Fundamentalism, Religion | 114 Comments

I'm a Bigoted Atheist

by Custador I, Custador, am a bigoted atheist. I had an email from my cousin this morning. He’s a born-again UK Baptist. And, as I now know, he’s an IDiot — hisis new email sign-off is a Ben Stein quote … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Creationism / ID, Fundamentalism | 166 Comments

Thoughts from an Abortion Doctor

This is a guest post by an abortion doctor. Her name has been removed to protect her and her family. I’d like to share some of my thoughts with you regarding abortion. I’m a doctor who does both 1st and … Continue reading

Posted in Abortion, Christianity, Morality, Science | 583 Comments

Losing My Faith: David and the Sai Baba Conglomerate

by Ernst Hayim Early in 2005, I found out that god was in fact, a pedophile. Curiously, this discovery occurred through an expose on the Internet by a British pianist I had met in India several years ago. David was … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Cults, God, Psychology | 77 Comments

I Needed A Job, And Xenu Was Hiring

by ShĂ©a Bennett I recently had a job interview for an IT position with the Church of Scientology. Let me explain. I wasn’t aware of my potential employer going in. The company in the advertisement was Narconon, who bill themselves … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Cults, Drugs, Religion | 47 Comments

Why Are So Few Christians Vegetarian?

by VJ Why are so few Christians vegetarian? I meet vegetarians from all walks of life except this one. In my three teenage years in the Church of Christ, I never saw anyone eating vegetarian. (Except by the happenstance that … Continue reading

Posted in Bible Absurdities & Contradictions, Christianity, Morality | 254 Comments