The New York Times has a profile on the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the atheist group that tackles all sorts of thorny issues related to Church / State separation in the US. This is beyond the standard front lines of atheism ... this is big ball stuff that takes on the American government at all levels. If you're reading about some religious day or custom 'under attack' from atheists, there's a good c ...

Do you not rejoice at the endless display of insanity that is the World Net Daily? I am utterly in awe of this website's ability to draw such a huge audience, while simultaneously being one of the ugliest, more poorly presented idiot "news" sites on the planet. It looks like the late 90's puked all over this thing. Today's crusty old man with a religious chip on his shoulder is one David Kupelian, whose art ...

Someone sent me a link to this video and wanted me to answer his 5 challenges. Since I'm relatively bored and feeling productive, I though I'd give it a try. 1) Is chance the same as "God in the Gaps" when explaining the origin of life? If you can't accept probability and chance, then you can't accept reality. It would be swell if we lived in a deterministic Universe, but the simple fact is we don't. Mutati ...

I absolutely love whenever desperate Christians try and argue their superstitious beliefs somehow correspond to objective reality. These exercises in futility reminds us why there is a profound incompatibility between truth and religious faith. This article here is a good example of the mental gymnastics religionists have to go through to prove their beliefs weren't simply conjured out of nowhere by a small ...

I dream of the day when I no longer have to say the name Bill Donohue, for every time I do, a little bit of sick makes its way into my mouth. The fact that mainstream media continues to give him a platform to speak proves how shallow and uneducated they are. The latest words out of his poisonous mouth regarding the allegations of priestly sexual abuse (the subsequent attempt to conceal these activities) goe ...

Dayton in Oslo sent me this interesting email (I cut out the sycophantic niceties for the sake of brevity) I wanted to inquire about your opinions regarding the issue of respect in relation to other peoples' religious or spiritual beliefs. I believe Jacob made it clear in episode 75 that he'd confront someone about their beliefs if he felt they were wrong. (This was, however, regarding a person who Jacob wo ...

I'm getting rather annoyed with the argument that because secularists typically have fewer offspring, in the long run religions will eventually out-breed us. Although I have the rare distinction of having been born to a somewhat non-religious family, I can assure you this is usually not the case with many atheists I have encountered since I started this blog. Some were born in extremely religious families, ...

I took a few days off in light of my recent birthday, and while I was away, I received a ton of email concerning a study done by evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa that linked IQ with atheism, liberalism, and monogamy. I figured I should probably talk about it a bit. Kanazawa believes the reason this is true is human beings are designed by natural selection to be more conservative (and therefore mor ...

I don't like religion, but like most atheists I know, the thought of burning down churches is rather repugnant. There's no need to create more religious martyrs by making it seem as though their beliefs are under attack. My preferred kind of "assault" is always verbal and intellectual, and I expect any other "Good Atheist" to follow suit. Of course, there's no way to know if every single non-believer out th ...

When you think about the sexual revolution of the 60's, what is the first thing that comes to mind? I usually picture a bunch of hippy chicks burning their bras and having crazy orgies, but only because I watch way too much old school porn. Of course, not everyone associates the sexual liberation with the wonderful "imagery" of peace and love. Take Bishop Walter Mixa for example; he recently stated the abus ...