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Name: jeff bob | E-mail: joshy793@aol.com | IP: 71.252.132.111 | Date: May 13, 2008 Al gore is a hoax. All he did was restate an opinion. ...
Obama Deserves the Prize
Given the ever-increasing milquetoast flavor of each successive presidential campaign, I had pretty much decided that in my lifetime I would never see a ...
Some Cambodians Pray to the ‘Spirit’ of Mass Murderer Pol Pot
ANLONG VENG, Cambodia (AP) -- Ten years after the death of brutal Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, his grave has become a symbol of spiritual comfort to some in the ...
www.isanyoneupthere.com
Oh, how the credulous are shaking in their boots. Searching high and low like jonesing addicts for their security blankets, their soporifics. Now comes ...
Expelled: Variety Review Gets it Stupefyingly Wrong
Variety is my bible. It's indispensable daily reading in my business. Which is why I was so incensed by their Expelled review. The ...
Shock and Horror: Teens Use Cell Phones for Sex Pix
(AP) Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves. The instant text, picture and ...
Surprise: Muslims Don’t Want to Talk About Their Crimes
FURY is mounting over plans for Muslim sex offenders to be let off rehab. Perverts must go ...
Classroom Evolution Kids Can Watch
As all students of Darwin know, evolution occurs when there is variation in a population; where some variants confer a survival or reproductive advantage to the individual, and where the ...
It’s Simple. Stop Lying to your Kids!
Objectivity scares the hell out of people, because facts always trump wishes. I knew that when I started writing for Black Sun Journal 7 ...
The Truth Hurts - Again
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- It looked harmless enough, but the words on a billboard un-nerved so many people that a popular restaurant nearby actually lost business. ...
Coptic Christians Starve American Exchange Student
HALLOWELL, Maine - Jonathan McCullum was in excellent health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
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Comments: Life is Short and Christianity is Logically Impossible
Two brilliant comments will have to fill in for me today since I'm having an incredibly busy week. And really, I couldn't have said it better. ...
Religious Delusion Hampers Nanotechnology
Addressing scientists Feb. 15, 2008 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dietram Scheufele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of life sciences communication, presented ...
Christian Hate from the Mailbag
My nephew Clint sent me this Christian hate letter he received. I think it speaks for itself. Clint has opened himself up to such expressions of ...
Oxford Theologian Giles Fraser Folds Intellectual Tent
Giles Fraser, a lecturer at Wadham College, Oxford, has decided that theism is not a premise that can be defended intellectually. In an article on Ekklesia ...
TM Founder Dead
"To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach," he said.
Why am I Forced to Vote in Church?
As an atheist, I only go to church when I'm forced to. And as a civic-minded citizen of West Hills, CA, that's about twice a year--on ...
Morality: Neither Scripture Nor Nihilism
Atheists are often accused of being moral nihilists. It's one of the leading smear tactics believers and bigots use against us. Russian Chief Rabbi Berel ...
Catholic Identity More Important than Helping Needy
HB 1080, the archbishop believes, would hinder Catholic non-profits from hiring or firing employees based on the religious beliefs of the Catholic Church. Though recognizing that many non-Catholics work at ...
Hello, Scientology. We are Anonymous.
Gawker is standing up to the Scientology thugs, and now someone has released this anonymous but earnest sounding threat video. Let's hope this is "The ...
Islam’s Defensive Play: Keep Abused Women from Blaming Religion
On WorldChanging, normally a site I have a great deal of respect for, an article appeared by Erica Barnett which reeked of white liberal elitist ...
The Karma Accountant
This story by J. Orlin Grabbe is too funny not to post. I wish I'd written it. I don't understand what motivates some people ...
Spirituality: Self-Awareness, not Self-Delusion
Man and God, From the UK Times Online
It has been a good year for atheists. Richard Dawkins’s book The God Delusion has sold more than ...
Blair’s Whimsical Irrelevancy
Blair's Whimsical Irrelevancy
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has switched his allegiance from Henry VIII's divorce-granting Anglican church back to the original Holy See. He had planned the conversion ...
John Haught’s Cliche-Ridden Caricature of Atheism
It's another groaner over at Salon. After their inexplicable dalliance with the confused ramblings of Camille Paglia, it's hard to pretend anymore that the webzine ...