Finally, some good news coming out of the UK. It seems a public school founded 500 years ago by the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral has decided to demolish its chapel in favor of building science classrooms. Can you imagine a more cheerful sign of progress? St Paul's School in south west London has knocked down its chapel to make way for new science classrooms, becoming the first of the country's leading publi ...

Seriously, religious people have to be the deadliest geeks of all time. According to Steven Pinker's new book "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined", their wars account for 13 of the worst 100 mass killings of all time (check out his interview with Sam Harris here). So far, followers of Lucas of Whedon have yet to do more than throw lame-ass conventions. No offence. (via Unreasonable F ...

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 ...

Before listening to the enlightening sermon of Pastor David Grice, I thought the Wizard of Oz was a whimsical musical featuring a talented cast of actors bringing a classic tale to life. Little did I realize that it's actually a psychotic story of a young murderer and her unwitting accomplices. Yes, the Wizard of Oz is Satanic, and with the help of David's hilarious sermon (he reminds me of a chubbier Will ...

When abuse allegations started popping up against the Catholic Church, Germany was one of those countries that, like Ireland, had suffered mightily at the hands of the clergy. When they opened up a hotline for victims of sexual abuse, they received 2700 calls after only 3 days. The Vatican, aware that it's about as popular as mouth herpes, is setting off to Germany in a vain attempt to discuss how Protestan ...

Ever since Conservapedia put up a link to TGA declaring that there was "no such thing as a Good Atheist", we've been getting a lot of great comments in a number of articles. The best one so far has to be from "Bob", who is convinced that not only do we not exist, but that life on earth wouldn't be worth living if it wasn't for his imaginary buddy: I want to know just one thing, if there is NO God, NO afterl ...

A fan - who shall remain anonymous for reasons that will be clear in the email - sent me a letter I thought I would share with the rest of you. I'm not the best at giving advice to people in awkward situation like his, but since this is an atheism site, readers are bound to have opinions that they're only too happy to share. Hi Jake, How do I ask my boss for Friday off to attend the Texas Freethought Conven ...

I'm truly honored today. Conservapedia, apparently aware that I was poking fun at their ridiculous "Question Evolution!" campaign, decided to inform me that my objection to their fantasy has something to do with the excessive amount of "sinning" going on at my house. I guess all of those orgies finally caught up with me, huh? To celebrate this momentous occasion, I'm going to go snort cocaine off a prostitu ...

Every once in a while an old article will spring back to life whenever a religious weirdo randomly lands on a page that sends him or her into a wild, nonsensical tirade that gives you but a glimpse into their "unique" minds. Take some choice passages from "Johnathan" who wants to make sure we don't burn in hell: Perhaps you should put a nail down, and watch it miraculously spring to life and start “evolving ...

Oh Florida, do you always have to ruin everything? Republicans in the state shaped like a diseased penis are fighting to keep a strange, antiquated law from being eliminated since it technically classifies any unmarried persons living together as criminals. "Cohabitation" is a second class misdemeanor, carrying fines and up to 2 months in jail. As you've probably guessed by now, this ridiculous law dates ba ...