Hey America, how do you know whether or not your public education system is failing? How about the fact almost half of your adult population is convinced the Earth is about as old as the Agrarian Revolution (when we went from hunters to farmers). Nice, huh? If you're wondering what other Western country has such abysmally ignorant people, the answer is Turkey, a similarly religious country that also has a s ...

It's pretty milk-toast, but it's kind of clever, so I thought I would post it. Not everything needs to be totally outrageous, does it? ...

I can't imagine the kind of terror I would experience if I was a woman and suddenly was faced with a complication in my pregnancy at a Catholic Hospital. The Church's dogma concerning abortion is one that causes the misery and death of countless women, all because they're convinced babies are all miracles of a male God, and conclude abortionists are worse than child molesters (you can't rape what doesn't ex ...

Alright, the video is a little long, but it's still entertaining, and he's right in saying the answers to this fundamentally important question are all completely inadequate. I think theists should just admit if there is a God, he/she/it is certainly not "All Loving". A simple look at Hell would quickly demonstrate that fact. No matter how cruel the real world is (with people and animals suffering untold pa ...

There's an interesting Cracked article entitled "5 Ridiculous Things You Probably Believe About Islam", and while I thought it fair to point out religion hasn't always been a gigantic problem for this world, it fundamentally glosses over the fact in many parts of the world, the dangerous combination of faith and tradition leads to the suppression, torture and murder of women. It's true Christianity, on a wh ...

Watch Bill-Boy as he tries to weasel out of the fact his own chosen Savior has some pretty radical things to say about wealth, the distribution of money to the poor, and the sheer impossibility of the wealthy to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Hey, it wouldn't be religion if it didn't adapt itself to the needs and desires of the rich and powerful, would it? And bringing up Mother Teresa just goes to show how p ...

Here's a typical Vatican strategy: when scrutinized, employ a tactic of obfuscation, and outright lies in order to avoid having to accept responsibility for immoral acts. While report after report continues to find the Vatican secretly harbored known pedophiles to keep them safe and out of jail, the world's largest religion is busy trying to blame everyone else for the child abuse that happened under their ...

What's better than a little Sam Harris in the morning? How about a whole hour of it? It's a good summary of his new book "The Moral Landscape: How Science can Determine Human Values" The rest after the jump ...

A fan of the site sent this in, and I thought it was too good not to post. I challenge all of you to improve on this definition! The winner gets to be a Regular Member for a whole 3 months for free! So submit your entries, and if none of you win, I'll be very disappointed in all of you! NOTE: I need more comments, or nobody wins! ...

Remember "Repent Armarillo"? They're that super scary militia group that goes around harassing gays, lesbians, and anyone else who doesn't believe in their religious nonsense. They have a new video out where they shoot an effigy of Santa Claus in an effort to get everyone to get back to the "fundamentals" of Christmas. I guess that includes using automatic weapons to feel powerful and strong. Nothing quite ...