Bill Maher Reads from The Purpose Driven Life
I’m so there.
This week I was interviewed by Farrah, a puppet on the Hoggworks Studios video podcast called The Rant Puppets. He asked me about bird smarts, critical thinking, crystals, PZ Myers, and chiropractic medicine. I liked his hair. Enjoy…
Is Obama more religious than George W. Bush and can atheists trust him?
Maybe yes and maybe no. I still like what Obama is trying to do as President.
Why I Deny the Virgin Birth of Jesus
An ancient book says a man 2,000 years ago was born of a virgin and was sired by God himself. I once believed this, because I believed the Bible — a book I thought God himself wrote.
I was wrong. Here are five reasons why I no longer believe in the virgin birth.
I’m with Daniel (the author) on this one. I even doubt that Jesus was a real person, much less a supernatural messiah.
Scientology Meets It’s Match Or More Religulousness From The Hollywood Elite
Last week’s invitation-only GATE event drew an audience of about 500 that included Adrian Grenier, Jackson Browne, Garry Shandling, and Virginia Madsen. Melissa Etheridge was among the speakers. And if you think this group isn’t serious about transformational entertainment, consider that the meeting continued for four hours. (Tolle teaches that time is an illusion so perhaps that was not a problem.)
[Jim] Carrey himself has long been into a mixed-bag of spirituality—a filmmaker once told me that the actor “talked about Jesus, Gandhi, and Mohammed in a way that made me think he had not done the reading.” He’s been into Tolle for a while now and at the meeting, he explained that he’d come to an understanding that his thoughts were illusory and thought is responsible for “if not all, most of the suffering we experience”—Tolle in a nutshell.
A Conversation With WhoIsYourCreator.Com
A reader sent in his email exchange with WhoIsYourCreator.Com, a Christian creationist website. It’s much longer than anything I normally post, but I thought it was interesting enough to pass on.
Instead of just quoting something from the article, I will quote PZ Myers who commented about it: “Dishonesty has consequences, and creationists are fundamentally distorting the evidence to fit their desired conclusion. That hurts them when people take a moment to actually examine what they are claiming.”
He’s right. The badly researched “Creation Book” was one of the things that pulled me out of the Watchtower Society.
The Unreasonable Faith of Martin Luther
Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science: Part 2 of 6
Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science: Part 3 of 6
I hope to read the rest of this series soon.
Outragously Irresponsible Claim by Weak-Minded Theist Group
The title may be a tad inflammatory, but so were the words this group put on their billboard: “Sweden is one of the most secular countries in the world. It’s a land of no color where children will you for candy.”
A Guide to Christian Clichés and Phrases
Charlotte Allen Anti-Atheist Editorial In LA Times
Charlotte Allen is bored of atheists? We’re bored of the standard Christian arguments and hate speech – there’s nothing new under the sun there.
This is a bit of a rant, but a good one.
