Erich and I have previously mentioned Christian selection bias -- the practice of crediting "God" with prayers that are "answered" while ignoring the many examples of prayers that are not (also known as confirmation bias) -- but today I saw, for the first time, an explicit call for this bias among Christians. …
OK, so ten years ago I had this idea of writing a short story about a high school attended by praying mantises. The prom was coming up and many of the boy mantises were nervous. Actually all of them except for a reticent bespectacled boy mantis named George who had…
I just happened upon this 1999 George Carlin comedy routine -- a slick, pointed and . . . well, Carlinesque . . . critique of religion. I found the Carlin video on a sassy site populated by lots of non-believers: "God is for Suckers," a site that makes Dangerous Intersection's presentation look rather…
The Missouri supreme court has ruled that a law banning sexually explicit billboards is--gasp!-- unconstitutional. This should come as a surprise to no one. But of course religious groups are stunned. They will try to appeal. Personally, I resent all the JESUS! billboards and the propagandistic ones that declare Pornography…
According to freethinkers cited in this article from MSNBC, the old adage is a denial of our contributions," says Master Sgt. Kathleen Johnson, who founded the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers and who will be deployed to Iraq this fall. "A lot of people manage to serve without having to…