for HS HAT one day soon you’d look and find no word from me. Or you’d say we must ‘stay in touch’, since friends can love each other just as much or more than incongruous lovers. So, love ends. … Continue reading
The Fighting Atheists RELIGION IN THE NEWS Winter 2010, Vol. 12, No. 3 by Thea Button International Blasphemy Day took place for the first time on September 30. Naturally it had its own Facebook page, which announced that its purpose was “to promote … Continue reading
The Bloody, Awful, Horrible Catholic Church by rjosephhoffmann N ELEMENTARY school my class watched Robert Frost stammer through part of a poem he couldn’t quite read on a snowy and bitterly cold Washington day. The occasion was the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, the … Continue reading
So, Atheism is Just a Belief? by rjosephhoffmann ELL, what did you think it was? Let me guess. You thought it was about not believing–and naturally not believing something is the opposite of belief. And since the opposite of belief is fact, well there we are. … Continue reading
“Our century is probably more religious than any other. How could it fail to be, with such problems to be solved? The only trouble is that it has not yet found a God it can adore.” Teilhard de Chardin, SJ … Continue reading
The Sure-Fire Atheist Rapid Response Manual by ADMIN posted on DECEMBER 1, 2011 [EDIT] When I wrote Atheism’s Little Idea I said atheists were small. But (and this is embarrassing to confess) I had no idea how clever. There’s a species of ant in Papua New Guinea … Continue reading
I’d like to thank the Academy. Jerry Coyne has just awarded me the Mooney Prize for “Accommodationist of the Year” and pays a lot of attention to why, he says, no one is paying attention to me. He defends his fellow … Continue reading
UPDATE: Apologies are due to Greta Christina who was in fact ranked by an atheist website as one of the top ten popular atheist bloggers. rjh Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t … Continue reading
