You all know by now that the educational system in Louisiana is rapidly deteriorating thanks to Governor Bobby Jindal and his relentless crusade to institute voucher programs that end up benefiting religiously run schools. He may have come out recently begging for the GOP not to become the 'stupid party', but he's actively working to ensure his constituents are ever more ignorant about the real world. The p ...

It's a bad idea to feed Internet trolls, but every once in a while I get a comment on a random article that I just can't resist writing a response to. This one appeared in an article entitled "Why is Christianity growing in China". Here's this clown's answer: It will be interesting to see atheists trying to uplift the human spirit with??? LOL, not to make fun of your beliefs dear "know it all", but it's bee ...

Someone on r/atheism found this Ray Comfort flyer entitled Scientific Facts in the Bible: 100 Reasons to believe the Bible is Supernatural in Origin. The ironic title demonstrates the true stupidity at work here. Check out these awesome excerpts: Try to think of any explosion that has produced order. Does a terrorist bomb create harmony? Big bangs cause chaos. How could a big bang produce a rose, apple tree ...

You know what I like most about this cartoon? They aren't afraid to kill a couple blond, blue eyed kids with explosions and flooding. All of that shit courtesy of an invisible Jesus who is raining down holy terror. What a pleasant guy! ...

I'm not quite sure what the hell is going on in this preview, but from what I can gather, cheesy special effects and a very unusual Apocalyptic setting means humans are shooting angels with guns, and demons have super long limbs for some creepy reason. Also, there seems to be some kind of subplot where God is a gigantic asshole. There's no way to tell if this will be awesome or just a gigantic piece of stea ...

If you live in Mississippi and you care whether or not your kids grow up to be smart and well educated, you should be outraged by House Bill 25, which aims to introduce this disclaimer on all biology textbooks: The word "theory" has many meanings, including: systematically organized knowledge; abstract reasoning; a speculative idea or plan; or a systematic statement of principles. Scientific theories are ba ...

Let's face it; we're used to being generally despised; it's so unsurprising, in fact, that when I fell upon this site, www.christianfaithandreason.com, I practically glossed over the familiar rhetoric of atheists are deluded and wrong. Had I done so, I would have missed the opportunity to read an article by the obscure author of Letters to a Christian Nation: Counterpoint. Although the title may sound lik ...

New Age Meets Conspicuous Consumption You might not be aware of this, but there are apparently only three things you need to do to make your life better and more prosperous; first ask the universe, then align yourself to it, and finally, reap the rewards of your materialistic fantasizing. If this sounds familiar, that's because it's not unlike what you did as a child, waiting for Santa Claus to bring you yo ...

As the plot thickens after the arrests of 4 men suspected of trying to blow up fuel tanks at JFK airport, a number of experts have come forward explaining their terrorist plot would not have had the desired effect they were seeking: the complete destruction of JFK Airport. At best, these men could have set off a dangerous blaze, though nothing that would have endangered the lives of JFK's daily commuters. I ...