We Are Godless: Our yearly National Day of
Reason post.
Being
an atheist is causing a good man to fight for custody of his daughter: This
whole thing broke on Tuesday and blew up real quick! I am happy to report that
Jordan hit his needed goal for fundraising in less than 48 hours (if that) and
exceed it. I talked to him as the whole thing was breaking and he is
overwhelmed with gratitude. We have his back in the future as well. Go to the Facebook page to
check everything out for yourself. As a father of a little girl I cannot
imagine what he is going through. Hat tip to Reed from The Crackpot Chronicle for the interview.
The Anti-Faithist: Man, someone
tell that dude to take it down a notch…
Sam Harris...I Am Disappoint: Updated to
include his rebuttal addendum. I still think he is wrong.
Once
more, with feeling: ‘Weather’ is NOT ‘climate’: Seriously, if you’re not
reading The Science Bit you are
losing out. Brian does a great job of destroying bad representations of science
in the media.
Euphemistic
congress: “Everybody knows that it is
perfectly acceptable to say anything you like about religion. Anything. Go on,
try it. Nobody will care one way or the other.”
God on Trial: The Verdict: I posted this
about two months ago but it is just so brilliant I had to break it out again. I
put it on my personal Facebook wall with the message: “Today is the National Day of Prayer. I would remind those that believe
in the God of Abraham what kind of god they are praying to if it were true.”
It got a few likes. Not one response. Keep in mind my Facebook page is
intentionally pretty small. I actually know most of the people on there. They
are family and friends from high school, college and grad school. The majority
are believers of some sort. I always wonder if they actually read or watch the
things I post. I wonder what they think...
Dan Savage Discusses the Bible: Obviously he
is getting a lot of flak for this. Obviously, I think he is dead on.
Skylon
spacecraft: 'Revolutionary' engine design tested: Very cool, but that
sounds suspiciously like “Cylon.”
Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in
39 Days: This is more like it! Plus it’s an Amurrican company! Fuck yeah!
(j/k)
Random Quotes: Religious Set Aside Their Differences…for
Hate:
“…how can we be expected to be tolerant
of religions that preach intolerance?”
For
Catholics, a Door to Absolution Is Reopened: Indulgences are back! Such
convoluted garbage. It amazes and depresses me that anyone would adhere to
this.
DEA
Left Daniel Chong to Drink Urine in Cell: Awful story. Screw the DEA and
the Obama Administration for the rapid and dramatic increase in the ineffectual
drug war.
VIDEO:
Wife Of Key Legislator Behind North Carolina’s Anti-Gay Amendment Claims It
Would Protect ‘Caucasian’ Race Why that’s just crazy.
Schools as
Scapegoats via Practical Doubt
Italy
scientists say they have found oldest human blood: That Otzi guy is a
goldmine!
“Real-Life
Superhero” Phoenix Jones Spawns “Real-Life Supervillain” Rex Velvet: I find
this hilarious. Of course I am a nerd that remembers an episode of Batman: The Animated Series where Batman
is put on trial by the inmates of Arkham Asylum and the question is asked “who
created whom?”
Much Ado
about Nothing: “For millennia humans simply said, ‘God did it’: a creator existed
before the universe and brought it into existence out of nothing. But this just
begs the question of what created God—and if God does not need a creator, logic
dictates that neither does the universe.”
From
Minister To Atheist: A Story Of Losing Faith: "I just kind of realized — I mean just a eureka moment, not an
epiphany, a eureka moment — I'm an atheist," she says. "I don't
believe. And in the moment that I uttered that word, I stumbled and choked on
that word — atheist."
Pastor's
loss of faith started with loss of hell: This is a great example of why we
cannot be ignorant of theology and think that we will inevitably get through to
people via science and reason. For some people it’s much more visceral and
emotional than that. We need a multi-pronged approach.
Neil
deGrasse Tyson: The most astounding fact: Another amazing cartoon from Zen
Pencils. I attempted to embed the cartoon as a standalone post,
but it just wouldn’t work in Blogger. I hate you, Blogger. I hate you so bad…
Scientists
Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Existence--In Space: This
article is from July 2011, but it’s news to me and very cool!
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