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# sex    

sex and the frustrated fundamentalist

Thanks to the Duggar scandals, we're getting a peek at what Quiverful literature says about premarital sex, and its contents are completely untethered from any semblance of reality.
sex and the frustrated fundamentalist

# politics    

why an unhip church is also not the answer

While priests are looking how to get more butts in pews they're willing to consider anything to explain dropping church attendance. Anything except people losing faith.
why an unhip church is also not the answer

# politics    

when there are already enough people on a warpath

Atheists will not outshout religious zealots because the zealots will drag them down to a reality and fact-free screaming match and beat them with experience.
when there are already enough people on a warpath

# politics    

the still fuzzy future of organized skepticism

Skeptical groups and bloggers seem to have split into two camps. One wants to teach and promote science. The other has very different priorities.
the still fuzzy future of organized skepticism

# politics    

how to approach a problem with mind wide shut

A group of Christians illustrates everything wrong with one-sided interfaith dialogue in their conclusions after conducting a survey of atheists.
how to approach a problem with mind wide shut

# politics    

defending a fanatic with wishful thinking

Pundits are hailing Pat Robertson's hateful tirade against atheists after an attack on a Sikh temple as a step forward in inter-faith relations. That's both telling and disturbing.
defending a fanatic with wishful thinking

# politics    

and so the world loses a titan of journalism…

R.I.P. Christopher Hitchens, 04.13.1949 - 12.15.2011
and so the world loses a titan of journalism…

# oddities    

so how do you sway the unbelievers?

What does it take to sway an atheist? Skeptical bloggers weigh in...
so how do you sway the unbelievers?

# tech    

kurzweil is an influential atheist? really? how?

Ray Kurzweil is an atheist by the colloquial definition of the term. But when it comes to the spirit of the term, instead of the letter, I would hesitate to agree.
kurzweil is an influential atheist? really? how?

# politics    

conservapedia hits rock bottom, keeps digging

The latest scholarly take on atheism from Conservapedia: "hur hur, u r fat..."
conservapedia hits rock bottom, keeps digging

# oddities    

and the christmas lump of coal goes to…

Weird Things is making a list and checking it twice, going to find out who's been undermining public health, science, and education...
and the christmas lump of coal goes to…

# politics    

skeptic groups try to exorcise their atheists

Newly minted atheists are joining skeptical groups and those groups are not happy about it...
skeptic groups try to exorcise their atheists

# politics    

a simple atheist wish list for the real world

What do most atheists actually want? Surprisingly for many theists, it's not the abolition of faith...
a simple atheist wish list for the real world

# politics    

woe be to theologically unschooled heathens?

For appearance of factual correctness, insult both sides of argument regardless of facts, rinse, repeat, sell book.
woe be to theologically unschooled heathens?

# politics    

ratzinger finds a new scapegoat for his troubles

According to the pope, his senior advisers, and ardent supporters, the Catholic Church molests kids because... atheists were literally Nazis?
ratzinger finds a new scapegoat for his troubles

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