Jake: Today I have a very special guest, someone who is going to join me to talk about the problem of child witches in Africa as well as the conflation of religion and superstition in that region. I wanted to ask someone who has had their feet on the ground here, because, you know, I am an isolated blogger and I want to make sure that I am not just saying false information and with this in mind, I invited L ...

It was only a matter of time before the millions of African men, women, and children slowly dying of AIDS would shame the Catholic Church into changing its stance on condom use. In a new book set to be released, based on conversations with the Pope, Benedict said in some cases, using a piece of rubber on your dick would not make God angry. When he was asked if his church was against condom use, he said: “It ...

Perhaps I'm not the best person to offer advice on how to deal with trolls. My site gets relatively light traffic, and the people who visit tend to be way too polite, nice, or otherwise supportive. My lack of popularity in a sense has shielded me from the kind of criticism you're reglarly subjected to. Still, I feel I understand why your positions have been so villified, and why you often find yourself outs ...

I think Plato said it best: "Be kind to everyone you meet, for they are fighting a hard battle". My 'hard battle' was having to shut down the Kickstarter campaign 24 hours before we were set to receive almost 20k in support monies. The reason this had to be done is best explained by my American partner, Lena: My name's Lena, I was Jacob's American partner on this campaign. I want to personally apologize to ...

Are you familiar with the Bible and still mysteriously think it's the word of God? Well, there's a new trivia game for you hosted by the King of Rednecks himself, Jeff Foxworthy, called "American Bible Challenge". Fresh off his last terrible game show (you may remember it was all about humiliating adults by proving a 6th grader knew more trivia), this new one aims to pit teams of believers against one anoth ...

Hey gang, we're just about to pass the 10 day mark for the Bible Stories book campaign, and we're still aiming for 30k in order to help launch a book tour as well. I've already been scoping out venues (Houston is looking promising so far), but until we get a little closer to our new goal, I can't make any hard plans. The driving force behind wanting to step outside of my comfort zone should be obvious by no ...

If you've been wondering where your shows are this week, you'll have to do a little digging if you want to listen to yours truly this week. Since I'm doing promotion for Bible Stories this week, I've managed to be a guest on several podcasts, including The Imaginary Friends Show, Cognitive Dissonance, and Post-Rapture Looting. So, be sure to check out my interviews and possibly be introduced to a new show y ...

When you believe in a dogma without question, odds are you've managed to find fertile ground for your racist, sexist, or bigoted ideas. Like this South African man who apparently forgot apartheid wasn't quite over: A Muslim police officer in Johannesburg says his religion does not allow him to share a toilet with black colleagues, according to a report on Wednesday. "I am a Muslim and they need to consider ...

If you're a religious fundie, odds are your level of respect for other living creatures not gifted with 'a soul' is not very high. Most fundamentalists see violence and cruelty towards animals as just a normal part of everyday life. God, in their deluded eyes, gave them total dominion over animals, and that means you can treat them like shit if you want. How else can you explain this bit of cruelty? Ex FLDS ...

So, as it turns out, sex is pretty popular, and over the past few decades, the use of condoms and other forms of contraceptives has helped decrease STI and pregnancy rates in places that actually bother to teach people real sexual education. Unfortunately for Americans, teaching has made way for preaching, and in this tospy turvy world, facts are the enemy. Enter 1flesh, a website dedicated to preventing co ...