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OM_! Skepticon is This Weekend!
Fair City News | November 20th 2009 by chad
Skepticon attendees not sure if event will actually occur Springfield, MO— Local atheists are considering coming together for an annual gathering but are not sure to trust in what the flyers and event announcements have been propagating. If enough read more
“Don’t Label Me” Billboard Campaign
Caffeinated Joe | November 19th 2009 by Wings
The British Humanist Association has been running various billboards to raise money.They are unveiling a new campaign tomorrow, to coincide with Universal Children's Day.click to enlargeI like it, a lot.Simple and cute, yet it still gets the point ac read more
New Book for New Atheists
Aspiring Polymathis | November 19th 2009
Professor Stenger has written a new book: The New Atheism.Author of the New York Times bestseller God: The Failed Hypothesis (reviewed here), Stenger attempts a more positive presentation of modern atheism. And he urges scientists and other non-Chri read more
The Constitution and Christmas
Positive Momentum | November 19th 2009 by Ron Byrnes
Last Sunday the wife’s Sunday school class on making Christmas less stressful and more meaningful went really well. At least for the first fifty minutes. During the last ten it devolved into a gripe session about public school and state governm read more
Ariane Does it Again
SuperSense | November 19th 2009
Yesterday, Ariane Sherine revealed the final phase of the atheist bus campaign with the new billboard. The campaign, scheduled to coincide with the Universal Children’s Day (Nov 20th), draws attention to Richard Dawkin’s point that some a read more
Debate b/t Religion and Science: Theists, Atheists, Agnostics, In…
Marmalade | November 19th 2009 by Benjamin David Steele
Karen Armstrong’s ‘The Case For God’ (or) Why Science Makes My Head Hurt Written by Ajita Kamal This response profoundly misunderstands Karen Armstrong’s arguments. This isn’t a fair portrayal. As far as I understand her argumen read more
All Aboard The Atheist…Billboard?!?
The Atheist Blogger | November 19th 2009 by Adrian Hayter
Religious bigots and enemies of free speech can all relax, the Atheist Bus Campaign is over! Now all you’ve got to put up with are some MASSIVE BILLBOARDS! Mwahahahahaha! Ok, but seriously, the next stop on the Atheist Bus Campaign (which shoul read more
Indianapolis Schools Ban Atheism Websites | Unreasonable Faith
Digits on Newsvine | November 19th 2009 by Samsara
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. read more
‘Conservative Atheists’
The Atheist Conservative | November 18th 2009 by theatheistconservative
This fine essay by Heather Mac Donald (written in 2006?) has been much quoted. We found it again on the website of Richard Dawkins, and quote it in our turn because we like it so much: Upon leaving office in November 2004, Attorney General John Ashcr read more
The Anthropic Argument Against the Existence of God
Urban Philosophy :: Your Thoughts, Everyone's Wisdom | November 18th 2009 by Mitchell LeBlanc
Mark Walker, a philosophy professor from the University of New Mexico has a forthcoming paper in Sophia in which he outlines a new argument against the existence of God he names the ‘Anthropic Argument’. The goal of this very brief artic read more
Joe Nickell-December 3rd at Auraria Campus!
Metro State Atheists | November 18th 2009 by Chalmer Wren
Posted in atheism, Christianity, god, Paranormal, Pseudoscience, science, Skepticism, UCD Atheists Tagged: atheism, Atheist, Atheists, Auraria Campus, Center For Inquiry, Center for Inquiry On-Campus, CFI, Crypto Science, Crypto Science Society, god read more
My Proof is Gone!
Bay of Fundie | November 18th 2009
Oh no! My proof of the non-existence of Ceiling Cat has been destroyed! For those of you keeping score at home, I did finally move out of that hotel two weeks ago today. I was in there for exactly nine weeks. There’s no excuse for them to have read more
Carbon 14 Is Irreducibly Complex
Tangled Up In Blue Guy | November 18th 2009 by Mike Haubrich
Image via Wikipedia Some Strange Ideas I’ve been an active reader and participant in the rhetorical wars of Creationism for at least ten years now. I have heard and read some very good arguments, at least logically placed if not based o read more
Please Don't Label Me
davblog | November 18th 2009
Last night I was discussing my opinions of religion with some friends. I made it clear that, contrary to what it might appear from what I write, I don't actually want religion banned. I believe that people should be free to believe whatever nonsense read more
The Case Against God
Truth, Justice, and the American Way | November 18th 2009 by David V
This is my opening for my debate on the existence of God at tomorrow’s philosophy meetup: 10 minutes is not much time to present an argument against a belief central to the philosophy of the majority of Americans. To show that God isn’t read more
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy = Existentialism?
5700 | November 17th 2009 by Lorna
How can happiness result from appreciating the pointlessness of existence? Nov. 17, 2009 By Matthew Hutson / Psychology Today I’ve recently come to the conclusion that cognitive behavioral therapy, the empirically-demonstrated gold standard f read more
A Lesson on Definitions
The Atheist Blogger | November 17th 2009 by Adrian Hayter
Image via Wikipedia A friend recently sent me a request in an email: Adrian, hope you are well. Would you be kind and help me answer this email from a Christian who thinks Atheists are intellectually dishonest – his reasoning is a first for read more
Mr. Deity & Cast at the AAI 2009 Conference
SoftMachine Other | November 17th 2009 by Richard Walker
Mr. Deity & Cast at the AAI 2009 Conference - Watch more Videos at Vodpod. via Richard Dawkins dot net Mr. Deity and cast perform live skits from their excellent web series. Brian Dalton (Mr. Deity) explains his personal journey from Mor read more
Atheist Sites Censored In Indianapolis Schools
Godless Blogger | November 17th 2009 by Jake Collyer
Apparently the School Board in Indianapolis has forgotten that the Constitution applies to them. The FFRF has sent a letter to them in complaint of this. And of course here comes the kicker, you can still visit Christian sites. This policy does not p read more
Another atheist group harrassed in the US
Stating the Obvious | November 17th 2009 by George
In Seal Beach, California, the Seal Beach Atheist Meetup Group, who held their last meeting at Hennessy's Tavern, were asked to take down the sign advertising their meeting after complaints from other patrons. The sign had the incendiary words, "Seal read more
Mold
Confessions of a Mystic | November 17th 2009 by Teresa Silverthorn
On the edge of my lawn, is a clump of mold. It fell from the tree, and has splattered on the ground. It is the shape of a human brain, split down the middle, covered with fungus and mud. As I ponder this clump of mold, that looks like a human bra read more
Tuesday Funny – MADTV
biblioblography | November 17th 2009 by Douglas Henry
Highlighting the show, ‘Touched By An Atheist’, with George Carlin: Enjoy. read more
Galileo and Hollywood
Open Parachute | November 17th 2009 by Ken Perrott
I have always enjoyed Carolyn Porco’s talks. She is the director of CICLOPS, the Cassini Imaging Science Team. Cassini is currently in orbit around Saturn. In this talk given at the AAI 2009 Convention she covers some interesting topics (see vi read more
Five Finger Death Punch the Multiverse
Atheism is Dead | November 17th 2009 by Mariano
I wished to present a neat, simple and powerful five fingered death punch to the concept of the multiverse.The multiverse is a mythological tale which some atheists accept when evidence contradicts their preferred theories/worldviews.Here are the fiv read more
ROBOT GOD Episode 3, “Anti Gods and Infidels”
Hostage of Dolour | November 17th 2009 by David Faylin
ROBOT GOD and Robot Prophet are disturbed by the appearance of rather unpleasantly tough “other gods”. Feat cameo appearance by former president Robot George HW Bush! Written, scored, visualised and Photoshopped by me, David Faylin.. SUBS read more
HOMOSEXUAL-FASCIST "LIBERALS," WHO SANG, "BABY, YO…
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | November 17th 2009 by Tom
All you homosexual-fascist "liberals" out there, who was it who sang, "Baby, you're a rich, fag Jew," and did you and/or do you censor him for it? Do you want every reference to him banned from the public domain? His name is not in the Book of Life o read more
Philosophy And Ethics – Teaching Critical Thinking In Australia
PodBlack Cat | November 17th 2009 by Kylie Sturgess
Breaking news at end of this blog-post! ***** As I write this, it’s the afternoon on the day that the Year 12 students in Western Australia do the first Philosophy and Ethics end-of-year exam. I’m hoping to get a copy of that exam afte read more
My Lyme Journal: Volume 4
Silence is Betrayal: A Feminist Blog | November 17th 2009 by Sara Gwin
It's official: I've hit the one year mark of my diagnosis with lyme disease.I still can remember the fearful panic mode I was in when I couldn't find a doctor willing to treat me even though I had that rare positive lyme test. I went from knowing nex read more

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