{"id":8795,"date":"2012-09-13T13:40:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T17:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/?p=8795"},"modified":"2012-10-01T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T17:56:29","slug":"give-a-big-welcome-to-dan-finke-jt-and-chris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2012\/09\/give-a-big-welcome-to-dan-finke-jt-and-chris.html","title":{"rendered":"Give a big welcome to Dan Fincke, JT, and Chris!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Guess what? I have a new neighbor here in the Patheos atheist channel! Actually I have several new neighbors! \u00a0Yay!<\/p>\n<p>Dan Fincke of Camels with Hammers has just today moved to Patheos from my former home, <a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">FreeThought Blogs<\/a>. Dan was raised evangelical, went to a Christian college to study philosophy, and graduated four years later an atheist. He has his Ph.D. in philosophy and writes some fascinating things on ethics, atheism, and religion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"www.patheos.com\/blogs\/cammelswithhammers\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8805 aligncenter\" title=\"camels with hammers\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2012\/09\/camels-with-hammers1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"77\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You should all check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/camelswithhammers\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Dan\u2019s blog<\/a>. I\u2019m thrilled to have him here. Seriously,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/camelswithhammers\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">check out his blog<\/a>. He\u2019s intelligent, a good writer, and always thought provoking. In addition, he and I have a very similar approach to blogging in many ways. Did I mention that I\u2019m thrilled to have him here at Patheos?<\/p>\n<p>JT Eberhard of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wwjtd\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">WWJTD<\/a>\u00a0 is another new addition to the Patheos atheist channel, and he\u2019s also here from <a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">FreeThought Blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wwjtd\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8804\" title=\"WWJTD\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2012\/09\/WWJTD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"95\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">JT\u2019s byline is \u201cFighting Religion Tooth and Claw,\u201d and he focuses on taking on the religious and is a speaker for atheist and skeptic groups. JT formerly worked as an organizer for the Secular Student Alliance, and has a passion for helping young atheists organize and for defending the separation of church and state. JT tangles with the religious on issues like abortion and gay marriage in addition to more typical\u00a0apologetics\u00a0type issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The final new addition is Chris Hallquist of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/hallq\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Uncredible Hallq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"www.patheos.com\/blogs\/hallq\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8806\" title=\"Hallq\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2012\/09\/Hallq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"78\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know Chris as well, but I think his blog is similar to JT\u2019s in that he focuses on taking down religious arguments. And hey, he has a pretty cool blog banner!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, you should check out JT and Chris\u2019s blogs too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome, Dan! Welcome, JT and Chris!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what? I have a new neighbor here in the Patheos atheist channel! Actually I have several new neighbors!  Yay! Dan Fincke of Camels with Hammers has just today moved to Patheos from my former home, FreeThought Blogs. Dan was raised evangelical, went to a Christian college to study philosophy, and graduated four years later an atheist. 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