OK Cupid recently did profiled people of different races according to their interests, as a side note the also cross profiled them by reading level, then by religion and reading level. The results are not shocking. Check it out here: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-real-stuff-white-people-like/
Sep
04
“He trusts God to keep him safe, and I’m here just in case that doesn’t work out.”
by moJoe
Too long to read on the show, this article is, nevertheless, pretty damn awesome. Apparently, when you’re a born in Canada, your career options are pretty limited in the US military. One of the positions available is Religious Programs Specialist. You don’t have to be an American OR believe in God to land that job.… Continue reading »
Aug
26
Listener email: Circumcision
by moJoe
Here is an email I received a while back that I have been meaning to put up here for you guys. Names deleted by request. Hi, Joe. ****** here, aka *****. I’ve been listening to the most recent AN podcast and wanted to share my views on male circumcision with you. Obviously you have very… Continue reading »
Jul
10
I invitate you! (Nerds only)
by moJoe
Ever wonder to yourself: “Gee, I wonder what rockstar’s like Joe Prova do with their free time…?” No? Really? How about: “Gee, I’d like to get in a space ship, explore space, trade slaves and drugs for money, and blow up capital ships with Joe Prova! YEEHAAHH! ROCK ON!!!’ Well, you just might be in… Continue reading »
Jun
22
Muhammad!
by moJoe
Here are a couple of the pictures you folks sent in for Draw Mohammad Day. (You have to click “Read More” to see them”) SP sent me this one. Work a Comcast logo into this somewhere and my vision will be complete. Z sent me this rather touching family picture of the prophet. He looks… Continue reading »
Mar
14
Special Report 001: Interview with Michael Middlebrooks Re: Gov. Charlie Crist bigotry
by moJoe
In the first of our Atheist News Special Reports we conduct a short interview with a Post Graduate student and Saint Petersburg native Michael Middlebrooks who claims to have had a rather unpleasant run-in with the Governor of Florida. We made several attempts to contact the Governor through both the Governor’s office and Charlie Crist’s… Continue reading »
Dec
17
You See?! Gay Marriage DOES hurt people!
by SamuelC
Apparently cutting off services to tens of thousands is preferable to the Catholic Church loving their neighbors as they love themselves (why does that phrase sound somehow familiar?).
Dec
02
Tis’ the Season
by SamuelC
So it’s getting to that time of year where we start seeing the spaces in stores previously occupied by pumpkins and turkeys being filled with holly leaves and all sorts of trinkets that hearken the year’s end. No one can be bothered by the fact the health care bill limped out of the house as… Continue reading »
Nov
19
Episode 018: Minute-and-a-half Man
by moJoe
Richard joins me for another fabulously entertaining episode of the Atheist News Podcast. This week we start the show off with a candid discussion about why Dragon Age is likely to ruin my life. We also talk a bit about my printing misadventure as well. In the news this week: The Catholic Church is apparently… Continue reading »
Nov
16
Rank and File
by SamuelC
There are still several aspects of our country though that falsely perpetuate the notion of our rights and freedoms as being the effect, not the cause, of religious practice in America. The facet of this I will explore here is religion in the U.S. military.
Nov
05
Episode 017: Demoncandy
by moJoe
Happy belated Halloween everybody! Halloween is a favorite holiday of mine, and of course–because it’s fun and there is no Jesus involved–it’s under fire from the loonies. Richard joins me for a SPOOOOKTACULAR Atheist News Podcast show in which we discuss topics such as DEMONCANDY, God naming rights, the terminally credulous (some dead, some only… Continue reading »
Oct
06
Jesus and Ronald Reagan Deliver the Constitution; Professors and Supreme Court Foiled Again
This is just too amazing to not?propagate. ?Pharyngula links to this spectacular piece of right-wing?kitsch that depicts Jesus (Caucasian, like he should be) personally delivering the Constitution to a group of awed on-lookers who include, children, school teachers, US Founding Fathers (including, ironically, notoriously atheistic Thomas Payne), Ronald Reagan, dead astronauts, black soldiers (specifically), and… Continue reading »
Oct
04
Sometimes you just gotta blow some shit up…
by Bammy
I like apocalypse movies just as much as the next guy, but this one was far better than any other I have seen in quite a while.? Left behind, the end all of Kirk Cameron christian apocalypse movies, I laughed! I cried! It was better than Cats! And yes the Russians are the bad guys,… Continue reading »
Oct
02
AAI Coverage, Day 1 – Arrival and live broadcasting of the Dogma Free America podcast
by moJoe
I arrived at the AAI conference and got registered. That was pretty slick, they had a press and VIP line, so I got to skip the line. There are a number of booths around the convention center representing different organizations which I am going to try to visit later. I’m currently sitting in on the… Continue reading »
Oct
02
Where’s Your Missing Link Now? Oh, There It Is.
There has, over the centuries since Darwin posited his theory of natural selection–and, more specifically, of the descent of man from early ape ancestors–been much wailing and gnashing of the teeth. ?One of the more frequently wailed notes (translated into language that can be understood by reasonable people) goes something like this: if Darwin was… Continue reading »
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