Kathy Griffin is a comedian who I usually enjoy because she is willing to make cutting jokes about celebrities that I find amusing. Like me, she is an atheist who was raised Catholic. A few days ago, she won an… Continue Reading
No, I’m not going to tell you that Mother Teresa was an atheist. I’m going to tell you that she was a humanist. The headline on FARK overstates the article substantially — Mother Teresa was not an atheist, as suggested,… Continue Reading
A great assessment of the humanist virtues of the Harry Potter books, courtesy of the Misanthropic Bastard, and by way of the Uncredible Hallq.
One of my great intellectual heroes has written about a disturbing phenomenon: courts using the religious activities of a parent as a factor in deciding child custody disputes. Churchgoing parents are, in many states, more likely to be awarded custody… Continue Reading
I’m often challenged in my atheism – invariably by very religious types, often by a subset of religious types, who have bought in to the religious argument that “there is no such thing as an atheist.”* They ask me to… Continue Reading
A lot of religionists would like to believe that while people occasionally have struggles with their faith, they always return to God. It’s not so, as this reporter for the Fish Wrapper describes in a moving and deeply personal story… Continue Reading
An interesting set of questions from the Friendly Atheist. The key here is to have short, concise, honest, and meaningful answers to the questions. Here goes: Why do you not believe in God? Because there is no evidence indicating God’s… Continue Reading
I got forwarded a very old bit of urban legend e-mail today, the one about Pepsi omitting the words “under God” from the pledge of allegiance on new cans of its products. This bit of falsity has been circulating since… Continue Reading
Not a lot of thoughts recently about religion or atheism. But things have a way of popping up again in multiple references, closely clustered together in time. Yesterday, I saw a very amusing movie about kids in an evangelical high… Continue Reading
During one of the early Republican Presidential debates, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas raised his hand when the panel was asked “Who here does not believe in evolution”? Today in the New York Times, Senator Brownback attempts to explain himself.… Continue Reading