Thursday, September 2, 2010 Login

Darrel W. Ray Speaks Out!

Here’s another ally in our efforts to educate the masses:
The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives And Culture (Darrel W. Ray/IPC Press/243 pages; Dec 2009)

Amazon Product Description: What makes religion so powerful? How does it weave its way into our political system? Why do people believe and follow obvious religious charlatans? What makes [...]

Dan Barker & The National Day of Prayer

Dan Barker put on a very good showing recently on Fox News. Check it out:

Very well spoken!

Atheist Barbie

All dolls are atheists, of course.
At long last, one has apparently come out of the closet and admitted it.
Atheist Barbie (Jen McCreight/Blag Hag; April 8)

Pope Opera

Got 7 minutes to spare?
Have great sex with someone you love!
Is that not an option?
Here’s my second recommendation:
Pope Opera (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; April 7) Samantha Bee says the liberal media is torturing the Catholic Church until it renounces its so-called crimes of faith.

Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions

Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can — and should — be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.

The Second Best Book Of The Year?

Ok, probably not.
But it still looks like an interesting read if you’re into “Dumb/Deluded Theist” stories.
God Made Me Do It: True Stories Of The Worst Advice The Lord Has Ever Given His Followers (Marc Hartzman/Sourcebooks; 288 pages; Mar 1)
Amazon Product Description: Does God, in His infinite wisdom, convince people to get rid of their [...]

Jesus is Everywhere

If this is what it might be like to have a ‘personal relationship’ with Jesus then I think that I will pass….

Jesus Is Everywhere – watch more funny videos

Supernatural Answers Consistently Fail…

When you stop for a moment to consider god’s track record as an answer to unknown phenomena it, so far, has a 100% failure rate:

(via Conversational Atheist)

The Best Book Of The Year?

Ok, so the year is young and a lot can happen between now and next January.
Still, I learned about the following book for the first time yesterday and it sure sounds like it’s gonna be a top contender for My Favorite Read of 2010.
If you get a chance to read it first, please be sure [...]

Have YOU Seen Jesus’s Missing Naughty Bits?

It seems that every single day I learn about at least one wildly bizarre element of theism and/or religion that I’d never heard of before.
Every. Single. Day.
Here’s the most bizarre thing I’ve come across thus far today (thanks to a book club catalog that came in the mail):
An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church’s [...]

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