#atheism


# politics    

to out or not to out, that is the question…

Skeptical bloggers are debating whether to out a troll whose fabrications fueled Chris Mooney's anti-atheist stories.
to out or not to out, that is the question…

# oddities    

wait, isn't nature a scientific publication?

For some inexplicable reason, Nature decided to publish a paranoid parable about tyrannical New Atheists lobotomizing Christians into depression and loneliness.
wait, isn't nature a scientific publication?

# science    

how to throw yourself a public pity party

As a loud and proud New Agnostic, Ron Rosenbaum doesn't just not know how the universe came to be, he doesn't want to know what we've found out so far.
how to throw yourself a public pity party

# oddities    

wielding blasphemy in a religious world

The modern world needs blasphemy not just as abstract right, but being actively exercised when the occasion calls for it.
wielding blasphemy in a religious world

# oddities    

alienating atheists one story at a time…

The (Non)Prophet blog has a contest for the atheists least likely to offend religious zealots and whose identity is based on how accommodating to their beliefs they are.
alienating atheists one story at a time…

# oddities    

the strange world of non-believing preachers

What happens when a preacher loses faith? They may have no choice but to keep preaching...
the strange world of non-believing preachers

# politics    

why i'm not "out of the atheist closet"

Just to answer the questions, no, I'm not interested in participating in the branding and sale of Atheism BrandTM Atheism...
why i'm not "out of the atheist closet"

# politics    

a philosopher's case for accommodationism

Professor Massimo Pigliucci is trying to make a case for accommodating believers railing against science and fact-based education and discourse with some very flimsy arguments...
a philosopher's case for accommodationism

# evolution    

when accommodationists lash out at atheists

According to David Scharfenberg, Ken Miller is the only sane, rational person in the debate about how evolution should be taught, a debate led almost exclusively by foaming-at-the-mouth irrational extremists on both sides.
when accommodationists lash out at atheists

# politics    

newsflash: you are not god

This blog's creationist readers appear to need a reminder the criticizing their statements is not the same thing as disagreeing with a deity.
newsflash: you are not god

# politics    

battling atheism with hackneyed clichés

Indiana governor Mitch Daniels teaches a master class in mindless, empty, hostile zealotry and stringing together supposedly fear-inducing buzzwords.
battling atheism with hackneyed clichés

# politics    

theologian tries to feminize atheism. badly.

Theologian Stephen Prothero would be happy to engage atheists. He'd just like them to be attractive ladies his age and type...
theologian tries to feminize atheism. badly.

# politics    

when you really need a controversy…

How do you cover a schism that doesn't actually exist? You whip one up from cherry-picked quotes and use them to stir up a tempest in a teacup.
when you really need a controversy…

# oddities    

the religious world quakes. ok, no, not really.

A theologian claims that the God of the Old Testament is just one deity who separated us from writhing, shapeless monsters. Don't expect his colleagues or mainstream believers to care much about his treatise.
the religious world quakes. ok, no, not really.

# science    

the gift that still keeps on giving…

Everyone's least favorite science communicator, Chris Mooney, is once again trying to warp reality to fit his narrative.
the gift that still keeps on giving…

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