Resurrecting the Atheist Spot
I posted this over at the new Atheist Spot:
Today may be the day that Christians everywhere are celebrating the alleged resurrection of their god-man Jesus, but today is the day that I am resurrecting the Atheist Spot. After a promising start the site became bogged down with excessive amounts of spam. To that end, [...]
Website Update: Books & Buzz
I have two big site updates to announce:
(1) Books
For some time now I was using a nice Wordpress plugin by Rob Miller called Now Reading. The plugin allows you to keep track of which books you are currently reading, have already read, and want to read. It then provides a few page templates to display [...]
The Empty Tomb
In honor of Easter I have put up on the site a 5-part series of articles that examine in depth the story of the empty tomb, as told in the four gospels, and come to the conclusion that the story itself is probably unhistorical:
The Empty Tomb: Introduction
The Empty Tomb (2): Gospel of Mark
The Empty Tomb [...]
RSS Feed Fixed
Apparently the RSS was broken for about a week now and not updating correctly without me realizing it.
The RSS feed should be working properly now. Please let me know if you notice that the feed is not working correctly!
Thanks and sorry for the inconvienence…
Overturning the “provider refusal” regulation
I received the following message this morning from the Center for Inquiry:
The Obama administration is proposing a rule to overturn the “provider refusal” regulation. The overturning regulation is going through the usual process, including a comment period through April 9.
Please send a comment right now. It doesn’t have to be very long, just a few [...]
The End of Hereditary Religion
I am pleased to announce that I have partnered with Richard Collins to launch a new website/blog at http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com called End Hereditary Religion. The website is focused around the issue of childhood indoctrination and raising awareness concerning the very real problems associated with it. Unfortunately, it still seems like quite a big taboo to criticize [...]
What is God for?
I was browsing around Zazzle.com the other day and came across this design:
I think the design is very clever. The red letters, of course, spell “WAR”. God may be for many things, but historically and even today war and religion have been and still are close partners. This design helps remind us that we forget this fact [...]
Merry Newtonmas!
If you don’t feel like celebrating the alledged birth of Jesus of Nazareth today, why not celebrate the birth of Sir Isaac Newton (December 25, 1642)?
After all, we know for sure that Newton existed and his contributions to science positively transformed the way in which we think about and study the world! And that’s more than I [...]
Can You Sing? Here’s a Contest for You!
If you are an atheist and can sing (or think you can sing), Q Transmissions, a weekly skeptical talk show based in Canada, is holding a contest. From their blog:
Q Transmissions wants YOU to sing us what is sure to be the next smash hit on the Skeptical charts… Fervent Unbeliever!
For lyrics and music go here. [...]
Atheists Need Some Love, too
Believe it or not, atheists and other unbelievers are looking for love, too. That’s not always easy. Dating is not always easy. What do you do if you don’t want to end up with an individual that you like only to find out that he or she is religious and only wants to be with [...]
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