The Good Atheist

As you might be aware if you’re a fan of the podcast, TGA is about to celebrate show #100. Yes folks, we made it, and all it took was blood, sweat and eating cat food for a whole year (ok, so maybe it was just tuna)! With this historic number, I thought it might be interesting to get you guys to send us your opinions of our worst/best moments in the show. Was there anything super funny you couldn’t stop laughing at for days? Did I make a typical blunder that made you slightly uncomfortable, or cringe uncontrollably? Be sure to include as many comments as you can, and we’ll be sure to talk about them as well. The show is going to be up this weekend, so you have a few days to come up with something.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the Bonus Show with Jeff!

If you don’t like the violent rhetoric of modern day Christian, then you don’t know the Bible, baby! He hasn’t called you to debate. If this guy had his way, everyone would be equipped with breastplates and swords, fighting the unbelievers. If the Bible had been written today, would that be replaced with bulletproof vest and holy grenades? Hey, thanks for being uncompromisingly insane, Rod Parsley. You remind us all of the violent nature of religion.

If there are two things that will never change about Christians it’s this: 1) they will continue to be generally ignorant about history (like thinking that the pledge was something the Founding Fathers invented, or forgetting that “under God” was put there in the 50’s), and 2) no matter how inoffensive your godless billboard is, they will always be offended that some people out there don’t believe in their crazy bullshit.

Are you seriously going on camera, with that scarf, and think we’re going to be fooled into thinking that you’ve successfully “turned straight”? The way I see it, you can either learn to deal with your love for pole and recognize that the Bible is just a bunch of nonsensical fairy tales, or you can continue to be miserable and feel like a sinful piece of shit for the rest of your life. Which one sounds the most fun, honestly?

(thanks to UR and CN for the find)

Spending the day checking out “Texts From Last Night” may not be the most productive thing to do in the world, but I did find this little nugget you might enjoy:

i got kicked out of Barns and Nobles cuz i put all the bibles in the fiction section

You sir, are an American hero…

We got a lot of great questions asked for this special mailbag episode, and I hope you were all ready for a HUGE show. Let me just warn you now that it went a little long folks. It’s a whopping 82 minutes of answering your questions. To be fair, you didn’t ask a lot of yes or no ones, and you all know my passion for tangents. So if you’re a real fan you’re in for a treat; otherwise, get ready to ration this shit out for days. Go listen to it now!

I realized the otehr day that I haven”t been doing a very good job reaching out to fans of the show, and today I’m planning on rectifying this situation. Tonight we’ll be doing a mailbag show, which means we’ll be taking your questions and doing our best to answer them! So simply leave your questions in the comment section of this post, and we’ll answer every single one you put up, no matter how crazy it is.

Hey guys, if you`re fans of the TGA podcast and you can`t get enough of the show, Jeff and I have a new weekly podcast, and this time, I’m the cohost! If you loved our new cartoon, A Winner is Me, then don’t miss out on the first of many great shows to come.

You may not like some of the things Mark Zuckerberg has done to facebook (especially their fucked up lack of privacy), but I doubt most of you are seriously consider hurting this dude. Then again, you aren’t the government of Pakistan, which seems intent on trying to prosecute the goofy CEO for his involvment in hosting the “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day” facebook page.

It’s become pretty clear that the West’s concept of Free speech is in direct opposition to Islam’s powerful insecurities about itself. The whole point of the exercise was to show exactly how intolerant, stupid, and violent this religion is. So far, it’s succeeded brilliantly.

If you think I’m making this shit up, just check out Pakistan’s Section 295-C of  their penal code:

Use of derogatory remark etc, in respect of the Holy Prophet, whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable for fine.

Wait, they kill you AND fine you for disparaging their prophet? Are they going to come and collect the money posthumously, or are you expected to pay for your own execution? That’s cold, man!