“Freedom is measured by the distance between church and state”
For the last year or so, the world has seen a growing fleet of atheist advertising: the bus ads, billboards, etc. There is not a single such ad that has been attacking or hateful. They’ve been positive affirmations that those who don’t believe in a god or gods are not alone, and are free to [...]
I usually manage to hide the religious folks from visibility on my Facebook page. It saves me a lot of angst and grief. But somehow a person from whom I would not have expected this managed to post:
Let’s see how many people on FB aren’t ashamed to show their love for God and admit that [...]
I have no absolute proof that it was Christians, but there’s plenty of reason to suspect that it was.
Again, I ask, what is wrong with Christians that they have so much anger, hatred, and bitterness that they would deface someone else’s ad like this? Why are they so threatened by people who have a different [...]
Sheesh!
If you watch the video attached to this story you can only shake your head and wonder what is wrong with these people. The judge ruled that sectarian prayers do not belong in the Forsyth County Commissioners meetings. So what do they do? Right after the ruling they have yet another Christian preacher issue the [...]
This is wholely and completely embarrassing, and this student needs to be stripped of her credits toward her zoology major. She fails.
According to this report, a group of students gathered to debate the existence of God, with three students taking the atheist position, and three students taking the theistic position. This was a student activity [...]
This is a perfect example of what I believe most Christians are like, in their hearts, even if they don’t say so out loud. They are intolerant of other religions and are becoming increasingly vocal (and stupid) in their hatred of Muslims, gays, atheists, and others.
I have no defense for Islam (nor should I), but [...]
One can only hope. But, sadly, it isn’t likely.
Cousin John sent me a link to this article in the Guardian: The internet has done for Scientology. Could it rumble the Christians, too?
The article’s author is discussing the fate of Scientology in other countries, and how it is increasingly being exposed for the fraud that it [...]
This idiot, from the Lighthouse Baptist Church, in Grand Prairie, TX, is amazingly full of shit at every turn:
He complains that some translations of the Bible seem to eliminate Mary being a virgin (she wasnt’), along with some of his other pet doctrines, so he prefers the King James Version and claims it is THE [...]
Y’know…. I find it very difficult to have respect for people who do this sort of stuff.
A billboard in Moscow, ID reads, “Millions are good without God.” And some one (or ones) decided to climb the billboard and spraypaint over the word ‘without’.
Why don’t all those god-botherers get it? The sign is not the least [...]
A coalition of atheist organizations have funded an ad campaign for the subways in New York. Bravo
The advertisements ask the question, written simply over an image of a blue sky with wispy white clouds: “A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?”
It is a plain statement of fact. These ads are aimed to [...]
Okay, so let’s pretend, just for a moment, that the story about Noah’s Ark is true. We know it isn’t, and we know it logically could not be true. But just for a bit, let’s pretend it might be.
So, the whole earth is fucked up and God is super-pissed. He’s going to flood the entire [...]
One of my Facebook contacts posted a rather ugly and unfortunate Bible passage today on Facebook:
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish [...]
This is insane, but it’s from Florida, so what do you expect? Anti-Choice Floridians Peddling Constitutional Amendment to Criminalize Birth Control Pill (see also here)
Yep, you read it right. Some right-wing idiots are trying to push a “Personhood Amendment” into the State Constitution, declaring that even a zygote is a “person”, and therefore as a [...]
In just over a couple weeks, it will be 30 September 2009 — Blasphemy Day!
I wrote about this way back in March, but that was a while ago, so now is a good time to bring it up again to remind everyone.
The whole point of Blasphemy Day is in response to the U.N. effort to [...]
Oh my GAWD! On a friend’s Facebook page, she posted a link to Obama’s speech, as did I. One person commented beneath it:
I think it’s not so much the speaking but the “homework”/assignments that were to go along with it. As a teacher, I have a problem with it. As a parent, I have a [...]
Scenario: You are a registered voter in your jurisdiction. A local measure comes up for a vote. The proposed action (let’s say it’s about reclaiming an abandoned property and turning it into a neighborhood park for children; or maybe building a pedestrian bridge over a gully so that people won’t have to walk a mile [...]
Okay, so apparently the news is chock full of attempts by certain kinds of Christians who just don’t get it. In FFRF intervenes in Michigan school Christmas break dispute we see why it is important for EVERY citizen to keep their eyes and ears open to prevent inappropriate Christian coercion and incursion into areas where [...]
Everybody knows about Peter LaBarbera and his “Americans For Truth About Homosexuality” — no, I won’t link because he (and his organization) is the antithesis of Christian grace and tolerance. He is extremely obsessed with the sex lives of other people and apparently made it his mission to meddle in as many lives as possible.
But [...]
Soooo…. Gov. Crist believes that stuffing a piece of paper into a crack in the wall has protected Florida from storms? What ignorant bullshit. Crist’s wall against hurricanes is in Jerusalem
Could it be divine intervention that’s kept Florida safe from hurricanes since Gov. Charlie Crist took office?
Crist told a group of real estate agents Friday [...]
Well, okay, so I’ve been lapse in posting here. Busy with work (YAYYy) and Facebook (it’s evil, I tell ya!). And there’s not been a lot of other stuff going on worth writing up.
The last couple of weeks or so have brought a flood of articles resulting from APA’s recent statement regarding so-called reparative therapies [...]
