I realize that when you're trying to make a billboard express an esoteric point, there will be occasions when you'll fail to make the point. Attempting to reach out to people feeling isolated by their unbelief is a challenge, no doubt about it. It's why I'm going to try and be nice to this billboard that has recently appeared in Orange County, which claims that: "Atheist make better lovers (after all, no on ...

Is your child starting to doubt the mythology you've worked so hard to ingrain? Are they behaving in a way that doesn't conform with your limited world view? Why not kidnap them and ship them over to the Dominican Republic where they'll be forced to do exercise and menial labor to help set them "straight" (often quite literally). How is any of this legal? How are these people not in jail for kidnapping and ...

I won't lie to you folks: things have been tough. My financial struggles notwithstanding, site troubles had conspired to sap the last ounce of enthusiasm I had about running this crazy operation. With the indignity of moving back in with my Mom (with a fiancée in tow, no less), the humiliation seemed complete. There's nothing like hitting rock bottom to learn that you're a lot tougher than you expected. Onc ...

I generally dislike when celebrities try and participate in the political discourse. Sure, I might not mind if someone famous agrees with me on every issue (which has yet to happen), but most of the time, celebrities use the spotlight to demonstrate how little they know about important topics. Such cause célèbre also tend to make them look foolish. Remember Brad and Angelina's attempt to re-invigorate Louis ...

It was a valiant effort, folks. I tried, hard as I might, to make a living spreading the "gospel' of atheism, but in the end, I failed. It took me a little while to realize just how desperate the situation had become, but my failure to secure even the most modest of loans served as a cold reminder that outside of my tiny group of supporters, there is no recognizable value in what I do. Part of me is honestl ...

When you think of the word courage, what's the first thing to cross your mind? If you happen to be gay and a Catholic living in Connecticut, that word is about to take on a disturbing new meaning: The Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, this month is beginning a program that ministers to gays and lesbians...The Vatican-endorsed program, called Courage...was started in 1980 by the late Terence Cardinal Coo ...

This might be a minor grievance, but why do religious folks insist on singing "Imagine" when the song is so clearly anti-religious? I know it's beautiful and melancholic, but surely they realize that the whole point of John Lennon's immortal ballad is a call for peace and love by abandoning ideologies that needlessly divide us. Sure, it's a song of peace, but it lays out the way to get there pretty fucking ...

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 ...

Here's something I've learned in all my years of blogging: if you look for something hard enough, you'll find it. In my case, it's examples of religious stupidity that I zero in on. I realize that cheap laughs and easy jokes may not give the complete picture of a particular religion (usually Christianity or Islam), but if I was trying to be fair I wouldn't be having any fun. I want you to keep this in mind, ...

Things I find hilaro-tragic about this video: 1. Bolling assuming that the group, which was founded out of state, is intent on forcing their agenda on Texans, despite the fact that he's told several times that the group responded to complaints from residents of the town. 2. No one on the program seems to understand the difference between free speech and government sanctioned religion. 3. Fox News crew makin ...