It doesn't matter how loud you scream in your opposition to religion being intertwined with politics. The decision has already been made. For those of you who thought perhaps the Democratic party had finally woken up to the idea that us 'nones' are an important enough minority that our desire to have a true separation of church and state would influence their policy. We were tantalized with the possibility ...

You can always count on Ultra-Orthodox Jews to do something crazy. If they aren't busy showing up at a Holocaust denier conference, they're harassing little girls for dressing "immodestly". All of this bad press has intensified resentment for these fundamentalist weirdos, so in an effort to fight this image problem, they decided to parade around town in uniforms similar to the ones worn by Jews in concentra ...

It ain't easy being a Christian: sure, they might be the majority (for now), but every other day the faith is challenged by objective reality. While many Christians will scoff at the idea that their religion is in trouble, the truth is that countries like Canada, Sweden, and Australia are quickly shedding their religious coat in favor of a broader "spirituality" that doesn't have to deal with the many incon ...

You're a gay man, unfortunate enough to be born in the insane cult of Orthodox Judaism. One day, you make the mistake of actually telling someone like Rabbi Arele Harel about your sexual orientation and your desire to start a family. His solution, as you might have guessed, is just about the worst idea anyone can have: He sets you up with a lesbian stuck in the same cult: Potential candidates email Harel, w ...

Here we see a glorious display of nationalism, xenophobia and religious division. There's nothing like showing up to your neighbor's house, chanting "Death to Arabs" while waving a gigantic Israeli flag. Is it any fucking wonder why the Middle East is still a gigantic shit-hole? Maybe it has something to do with all these assholes about. ...

I get angry whenever Jews trying to defend the treatment of Palestinians try and bring up the Holocaust, as though this was somehow a justification for the economic stranglehold Israel forces on Palestinians. The issue isn't about what happened to their ancestors in WWII. That is merely a distraction from their own crimes and human rights violation. One atrocity does not justify another, and I'm glad Norman ...

A few weeks ago I posted a video of a debate between Sam Harris and William Lane Craig. The video made it clear that Craig is no dummy, despite believing in absurdities. He's been particularly busy recently defending the faith, and one of his latest articles tries to justify the genocide and infanticide in the Bible. It's pretty messed up, actually: According to the Pentateuch (the first five books of the O ...

There's a storm-a-brewin' in Australia, and a controversial church group called "Catch the Fire Ministries". Their leader, a nutjob by the name of Daniel Nalliah, is crazy enough the Family First Party asked him to step down as a candidate after he published brochures that said God would destroy "Satan's Strongholds", which included mosques and Buddhist temples. Nalliah's big problem right now is the Prime ...

I love it whenever experts in nonsense start ranting about the immorality of others. It's especially pleasant whenever these idiots make incredibly racist remarks without actually understanding the ramifications of what they say. It's like having an embarrassingly racist grandpa make totally inappropriate remarks to the cashiers at the local Burger King: you'd try and say something, but the old man is way b ...

It normally doesn't take long for some religious nutbag to say something that a) is tremendously racist b) is totally out of touch with reality or c) torpedoes the peace process. This week, the award for "worse religious representative ever" goes out to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who managed to prove decisively the divisive power of religion is as strong as ever. In a sermon last Saturday he had this message for h ...