The New Humanist 2009 Bad Faith Award polls are now open. Lots of unreasonable people to choose from, though my list would have been quite different. I mean, how can a list like that not have Ray Comfort on it?
Who gets your vote?
by Jesse Galef
As if celebrating the holidays isn’t hectic enough for most people, we atheists have to decide which days to celebrate and how. Thanksgiving and Veteran’s Day are easy ones – they’re good secular values. I celebrate the secular version of Christmas – celebrating the spirit of giving – but I often have to [...]
by Jesse Galef
My friend Hemant Mehta (FriendlyAtheist) had a great interview with blogger Nancy Duke on the Chicago Coalition of Reason billboard, atheism, and religion. The questions gave away her semi-hostile position, but I feel like Hemant did a great job answering in a positive way:
ND: What is ChriFSMas?
HM: Christmas for the Flying Spaghetti Monster [...]
by Jesse Galef
Just in case you wanted another opportunity to discuss the vandalism of atheist ads, there’s another incident in Boston:
It… kind of makes sense? Not completely sure what they were going for.
My friend Hemant over at FriendlyAtheist pointed out a hilarious coincidence that the vandals could have exploited: If they put a single [...]
by Jesse Galef
The Indianapolis Public School system has a policy to ban certain websites from being viewed at school. I certainly hated it when I was in high school (we found ways to bypass it if course) but it’s a reasonable idea. And the list of subjects banned is pretty straightforward: Pornography, Social Networking, Atheism [...]
by Jesse Galef
What is so threatening about our billboard ads?
I don’t understand why religious individuals get so offended by the words “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone.” or “Millions are good without God.” They have an absolute right to be offended and an absolute right to speak out against our [...]
Long story short, The Humanist Ethical Society of Chicago invited Sunsara Taylor to speak at a conference. Later they learned she was a communist, and dis-invited her. Taylor showed up anyway and made a statement before the program about how she didn’t think she was treated very ethically. What happened was crazy:
On Sunday, November 1st, [...]
Siberia: Darth Pope wins. 2009 Bad Faith Awards
Offred: I was wondering how long it would be before Daniel or someone posted this, dkos has been having some involved discussions... Pray for Obama
Jerdog: Couldn’t they have at least recycled all that paper? Or will anything tainted with evil 50%... The Book Burning That Wasn’t
Elemenope: Solid, except the “stop the hate” at the end blunts it slightly with corniness. Pray for Obama
bigjohn756: Pathetic… The Book Burning That Wasn’t
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mikespeir: …it’s only a matter of time before some lunatic tries to act on this “biblical advice.” Yeah. It’s not these... Pray for Obama
