Romney: Grounded in the Galaxy?
By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS | RICHARD DAWKINS FOUNDATION FOR REASON AND SCIENCE Up until this week, Mitt Romney had played down explicit demonstrations of his Mormon faith during the campaign. However,...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson | The Only “ist” I am is a Scientist
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson claims the title “scientist” above all other “ists.” And yet, he says he is “constantly claimed by atheists.” So where does he stand? Tyson explains the value in not...
View ArticleGay without God | Challenging the Status Quo on Two Fronts
By GWOG | gaywithoutgod.com A few of us are gay. Fewer still are atheists. And only a fraction of us are gay atheists. Those of us who are both gay and atheists have grown up against the grain of...
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The tactical atheist: On the motivations behind engaging with theists
A guest post on the Friendly Atheist blog today posed “Six questions for Christians following the Newtown massacre.” Two weeks ago I offered some thoughts of my own about prayer during tragedies, and...
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Nature, marriage, and how the Church doesn’t get sex or evolution
It’s hilariously tragic when people like Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George make idiotic statements like, “Marriage comes to us from nature.” Nature? Where the closest thing to marriage is often for a...
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Cognitive Dissonance, the Occult and Gays
If your home was anything like mine (ultraconservative, fundamentalist Christian), you probably grew up with the fear of Satan, the occult, witches, and the powers of darkness. My parents took...
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Israel: The country Conservative Republicans love to be seen loving
A Pew Research Center poll last month asked 1,503 respondents the following question: In the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians, which side do you sympathize with more, Israel or the...
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Arizona Republicans: Swear An Oath to God to Graduate High School
As reported on Monday in the Phoenix New Times, a proposed Arizona state law would require students to swear an oath to God (we can assume the Judeo-Christian god) to defend the United States...
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Finding the Holy faggot atheist within
I love planets. Actually, I love exoplanets — anything about them. I want to know everything I can. How massive/dense they are, what materials they are comprised of, what type of star(s) they circle,...
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Pluto dethroned and marriage equality denialism
Two years ago, at the ninth annual Amaz!ng Meeting in 2011, astrophysicist and all-around cool guy Neil deGrasse Tyson shared a story about a girl who wrote to plead with him to reinstate Pluto as a...
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