Stereotypes provide great fodder for comedy. They can also obstruct social progress. Consider the stereotypes in this Onion news parody: Why is the medicinal use of marijuana illegal in most states? Blame a stupid stereotype. It just happens that I am for both the legalization of marijuana and for the legalization of atheism. But wait [...] [more >]
Many people will tell you that a god must exist — just look around! There’s all this incredible stuff, and where there is incredible stuff, there must be an incredible-stuff maker. In more sober wording, the argument goes, “There must be a creator because life on earth appears designed. And not just designed, but intelligently [...] [more >]
Because I don’t pray, nor imagine some invisible alpha watching over me, I am free to live in a state of hedonistic anarchy. Yah, right. The reality: I have inner, pro-social, drives. Call them “voices” if you must personify. I have a conscience, in other words. This conscience no doubt originated in my parents’ teachings [...] [more >]
In a hilarious scene from the now classic (i.e. old) film, Being There, Peter Sellers, as the simpleton gardener and soon-to-be U.S. president says, “I like to watch.” And by that he means television. The woman in the bedroom with him, however, assumes he means he likes to watch . . . sex. The amorous [...] [more >]
Here’s the question: Does the team that prays together get arraigned together? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts of the Apostles 16:31, King James Version) A few football seasons ago I discovered that if a football coach fervently believes in the Lord Jesus [...] [more >]
Is killing a god a crime? If it is, I hope habeas corpus rights demand that the body be presented before I am convicted. As an atheist I could be accused of killing God. But that’s impossible. For there is not one god, but millions, perhaps billions. There is one god, or more, in every [...] [more >]
I just love this strip. Funny, irreligious, insightful. A statement by a Supreme Court justice comes to mind: I know pornography when I see it. Similarly, heresy and humor are largely, if not fully, in the eye of the beholder. As a liberal atheist, in defining either pornography or heresy, I would probably define these [...] [more >]
