It’s the same setup as before, and your logins are the same.

Enjoy and thanks for being patient!

Update 9/30: There was an issue with some old users not being able to post, but that should be fixed now. Unfortunately, something else came up and the forum seems to be down. I’m at Patheos’ mercy and do not have the proper access to fix it myself. A blessing and a curse, I guess. :)

So, dear readers, are you offended by the phrase?

Update:

The final results are in!

No – 375 votes (94%)
Yes – 25 votes (6%)

The poll closed at 400 votes.

Welcome Elemenope! I think you’re going to make UF even better.

(If not, well, Ty will be paying a little visit…)

I went through some of those nine hundred posts and selected some of my favorites.

Here they are in no specific order:

• Is the Bible Reliable for Truth about Jesus Christ?
• Your God Isn’t Pro-Life
• The Worst Father Ever Imagined
• 10 Ways to Embrace Doubt and Find Truth
• How To Handle Criticism From Friends and Family
• Pastor Gets Caught Lying for Jesus
• Creationism In the Jaws of the Lion
• Genesis 4: God lets a murderer off with a warning
• Jesus Is Christianity’s Fault
• Reflections on a Winter’s Night
• An Apple Seed of Faith
• How Did The Apostles Die?
• The Second Couple: Hired Help
• Keep Praising the Bible; It Breeds Freethinkers
• The Varieties of Biblical Marriage
• The Irony of Fundamentalism
• Mom of Dead Girl Says Sickness Was “Test of Faith”
• I Needed A Job, And Xenu Was Hiring
• Thoughts from an Abortion Doctor
• Tucked-In Shirts Are Unbiblical, Says Persecuted Christian
• Ray Comfort the Plagiarist
• Catholic Presents “Evidence” for Eucharist Transformation, Fails

Here’s to another year of unbelief!

Tomorrow we’re back to regularly scheduled UF blogging!

This is my last post in the week of guest-blogging for Dan.  As you could probably tell, I’ve had a fantastic time doing it and I hope you enjoyed this past week on UnreasonableFaith as much as I have.  As noted earlier, I usually write over at FriendlyAtheist, but you made me feel welcome and right at home.

The internet is doing so much to help us foster a sense of nontheistic community.  Please feel free to add me as a friend on facebook!  I just recently started a twitter account, so you can follow me while I figure it all out.

I came up with a parting gift for this visit to UF. Since Dan brought up my breakdancing in his introduction of me, I spent some time in the gym to get this shot:

Jesse Galef reading The Portable Atheist while breakdancing

I feel like a portable atheist myself, as this is now the third atheist blog I’ve written for.

Have a wonderful evening, and I hope to see you again either at FriendlyAtheist, here at UnreasonableFaith, or at another place in the world/internet!

All the best,
Jesse

Give him a warm welcome! He’ll start posting tomorrow morning.

We’re coming up on All Hallows Eve. According to one version of the story, this is the night when the gates of Purgatory are opened, and all the souls wander the earth.

So it seems like an appropriate time to recognize all the good folks for whom reading this blog must be a sort of purgatory. (Remember kids, only professionals should attempt segues like that.)

Of course, I’m talking about the Christian readers — and other theistic readers — who read and contribute to this blog. Let’s face it, atheist blogs can quickly become boring echo chambers. Sure there’s a bit of disagreement, but most of the fun comes from the believers who show up. From the drive-bys who hassle us once and provoke a flurry of responses, to the long term contributers who routinely wade into the discussion and try to prove that all Christians are not Ray Comfort.

Thanks to all of you. And particular thanks to Christians like brgulker and JonJon, who’ve been sticking it out in the comments for a while. And John C, whatever the hell you are, thanks to you too.

I’m sure that if there is a God, he’s looking down on you with a smile, saying, “… what the hell are they at that site for? That does it, next time I create a people, I’m making fewer masochists.”

All that’s missing is the fried chicken and Bible thumpin’.

Enjoy!

There is a free 14-day trial, and after that it’s $1.99 a month (unfortunately they only give 30% of that to the publishers).

Also, even if you don’t have a Kindle, I’d really appreciate it if you reviewed the blog over at Amazon. Thanks everyone!