Here's an old presentation from Neil some of you may not have seen yet. In the talk, Neil discusses the history of Intelligent Design, and why it still persists in society. While I've always liked Neil, and I'm fascinated by his idea that we should carefully study why some scientists are religious, I think at the end of the day, the answer will be quite dull and not very informative: mainly that when you're ...

Remember last year when I put up Bible Stories on Kickstarter? I remember being nervous that I would have to live down the embarrassment of failing to attract enough potential buyers for the book. That's why I tried to come up with a conservative estimate of how many people would buy it. Luckily, it ended up being a huge success (after an initial moment of sheer panic when we moved the campaign to Indiegogo ...

This video, hilariously titled "Dan Barker gets OWNED by Muslim Hamza Tzortzis", showcases perfectly the kind of pathetic, nonsense arguments you get into when talking to these apologists. Tellingly, the video does not offer a chance for Barker to reply, so I thought I might do him that solid. Let's take a look at his argument, shall we? Asinine Assumption #1: We know God exists, so arguments for God isn't ...

Are you having trouble evangelizing to people who seem to know more about the Bible than you do? Don't worry, child actor Kirk Cameron has the solution for you. He's re-posted an old article from his master entitled "How to Witness to a Closed-Minded Person". As you may have guessed, it's about as compelling as an episode of The View. Here's his advice for how to talk to people who think God and his magical ...

This week, we "pontificate" on the Pope's replacement, and we also talk about the new HBO documentary "Mea Maxima Culpa", on the sexual abuse of children at the hands of the Catholic Church, and the cover-up by the Vatican. The movie is available for free here for a limited time, so be sure to watch it! ...

A chunk of rock from outer space comes crashing down on a poor unsuspecting Russian population, and in the wake of hundreds injured from the aftershock, a clueless bunch of clowns dressed in unfunny hats declared this to be the act of a deity who enjoys reminding his ant colony that life on Earth is fragile as shit: "I think that not only for the Ural [regions] residents, but for the whole of humanity, the ...

Video streaming by Ustream Not sure if you'll be able to stomach the whole thing, so I'll give you the gist of this man's argument (and I'll let you decide what he's secretly obsessed about) 1. The anus is exit only 2. Women use gadgets like bananas and other produce to simulate the male penis You should just watch this guy doing the pumping motion when talking about lesbian sex. Sure sounds to me like he's ...

There are a few articles on TGA that invariably attract the kinds of crazy comments that have to be read to be believed. Sometimes you have to spend some time trying to decipher through their insanity, and attempt to understand exactly what these deranged individuals are trying to communicate. This recent comment seems especially difficult to make out (which I haven't altered in any way): Clearly The Scienc ...

What do you do when your copy of Penn Jillette's "Every Day is an Atheist Holiday" gets defaced by a religious prick co-worker? Well, you write them a letter letting them know how shitty a person they are! An open letter to the passive-aggressive, sanctimonious jerk who defaced my private property: To begin, the mere assumption that I am an atheist because I read a book with the same word in the title is a ...

Working on the Bible Stories book has made me realize it's categorically impossible to gloss the horror out of these stories. The proof? Just watch this kid's Bible cartoon, and just how creepy it is. For the love of their provincial god Yahweh, they wrote a song about Isaac being bound up and prepared to be killed for some imaginary friend. Yeah, i'd imagine a kid having some pretty serious nightmare and t ...