• My New Secular Student Alliance Speakers Bureau Page
    Link. My offer only applies to NEW speaking requests and it starts today. I only ask for expenses. There should be no good reason why secular groups around the country wouldn’t take advantage of this. I’ll do it as my schedule permits.
  • Are the Differences Between the Christianities Insignificant?
    Here at John Loftus’ blog Debunking Christianity it’s been emphasized many times by blog post authors and commenters alike that there exists no such thing as a Christianity, there being instead many Christianities. In fact there are so many Christianities…

  • Matthew and the guards at the tomb
    In this post, I am going to look at the resurrection account given by Matthew, in particular his addition found in no other Gospel account, that there were guards stationed at the tomb. According to Matthew, the chief priests were worried that the disciples…
  • In Defense of DJ Grothe
    Greg Laden, a Freethought Blogger, is calling for the resignation of DJ Grothe who is the President of the James Randi Foundation (JREF) which hosts The Amazing Meeting (TAM) every year. A few other Freethought Bloggers have cooperatively written posts…

  • This is wrong on so many levels
    i had to post this. Hat tip to B__e for this one. It makes me feel sick. It is really quite wrong. Read more »
  • God loves abortion!
    Or it is necessary for foetuses to die for a greater good. Well that’s certainly one of the conclusions that must come from the statistics for natural, spontaneous abortions, or miscarriages; abortions that God has the power to stop, and seemingly…

  • The Ledge - why aren’t there more atheistic films?
    So I just received the blu-ray for <i>The Ledge</i> whose description is below. It is probably one of the first films to openly tackle the philosophy of religion and I am looking forward to watching it. However, it got me thinking, what atheistic…

  • Catholic Church Threatens to End Charity Over Contraception (Video)
    Addicting Info brings us another disturbing story about the Catholic Church. And no, this one does not involve child rape. As you know, the Church is opposed to contraception and continues to rail against the Obama administration’s mandate that it be…
  • Atheist Movement: We Are More Than Our Headliners
    Twitter is one of those rare things where I feel rewarded almost every time I use it. One of the things I like best about Twitter is how easy it is to find inspiration from my fellow atheists. Sometimes it is a great quote I haven’t thought about in years….
  • Religious Extremists Who Want to Ban the Internet
    If you are a religious extremist and someone is doing something of which you do not approve, what do you do about it? You seek to ban whatever they are doing, of course. Don’t approve of people buying alcohol on Sundays? Enact “blue laws” to prohibit…
  • The Kind of Atheist I Want to Be
    I want to be the kind of atheist who does not pick fights with the religious but does not run from conflict when it is encountered either. I want to be the kind of atheist who defends secularism whenever necessary and recognizes that strengthening the…
  • Voters Tiring of Hearing Religion From Politicians
    As our politicians desperately try to show how pious they are, it seems that growing numbers of Americans are growing tired of religious pandering. This article at CNN by Lisa Desjardis suggests that some evangelical Christians are beginning to tire of…
  • Faculty Leave Georgia Baptist School Over Lifestyle Statement
    Drawing on my experience in academia, I can safely say that a mass exodus of faculty from an institution is a clear sign of serious trouble. Faculty leave one institution for another regularly, but when they do so en masse, it signals real trouble to…

  • Jesus as a Jewish Religious Bigot
    The most harsh and racially charged position Jesus takes is in his love and protection of the faith of his nation Israel built on the exclusive covenant to the Jews have by its god Yahweh. Read more »
  • Why I HATE Christianity
    I recently wrote a post on my blog explaining why I HATE Christianity which received over 3500 hits in one day, so I thought I would also submit it to DC to gauge the reaction here. I have put some of the Christian responses, and my counters at the bottom…