Taxpayers forced to pay for churches and Marco Rubo lies

On February 13 our House of Representatives, a secular institution supposedly upholding our secular Constitution, passed HR 592, a bill to to impose taxpayer money to go towards the rebuilding of churches (or other houses of worships). It wasn't even close, it was by a...

Ace of Cakes star gives a cake for same sex wedding

Congressman Rush Holt, a physicist by profession, gave a speech praising Charles Darwin on his birthday, February 12th. Strangely, Congressman Holt is not on the House Science Committee but Congrassman Broun is on it. Broun by the way, stated that evolution, embryology and...

Urge Congress support to Charles Darwin Day

Charles Darwin was one of the greatest scientists in the history of well, science. Unfortunately, he has been attacked and demonized by the Christian right-wing (which doesn't represent Christians as a whole of course) because of his description of natural selection and...

Tenneessee about to have teachers teach about creationism i

In the state of Tennessee, a large portion of the population does not believe in evolution. Unfortunate, but true. Tennessee isn't maybe the buckle of the so called Bible Belt, but it isn't too far away from that. The governor of that state is about to sign legislation that...

Urge Congress support to Charles Darwin Day

Charles Darwin was one of the greatest scientists in the history of well, science. Unfortunately, he has been attacked and demonized by the Christian right-wing (which doesn't represent Christians as a whole of course) because of his description of natural selection and...

Urge Congress support to Charles Darwin Day

Charles Darwin was one of the greatest scientists in the history of well, science. Unfortunately, he has been attacked and demonized by the Christian right-wing (which doesn't represent Christians as a whole of course) because of his description of natural selection and...

Why does creationism go together with rejection of global warming

James Inhoffe, an anti-gay rightwinger U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, does not believe in global warming. On a conservative radio show, he made the statement, while giving a statistic, that many less Americans believe in global warming caused by humans, than a few years ago....

Why the cast of MythBusters is full of atheists

The MythBusters is a show about challenging myths. Some of the supposed myths are true. Such as that elephants are really afraid of mice. Yes, I know it sounds weird but many people are afraid of mice also. Though we aren't quite as large as elephants, we are much bigger than...

Evolution under attack in South Korea and prison for atheist

In South Korea, a creationist (fundamentalist Christian) group has succeeded in getting that nation's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to ask school textbrook publishers to eliminate examples of evolution from textbrooks. This, is extremely depressing. In the...

Todd Akin of "legitimate rape" fame, on evolution

Todd Akin, the Missouri Congressman who wants to be the next U.S. Senator from that state and who believes that women who are "legitimately raped" don't get pregnant, has a few thoughts on evolution. Well, very few because it is obvious he has never really thought about it...

Evolution under attack in South Korea and prison for atheist

In South Korea, a creationist (fundamentalist Christian) group has succeeded in getting that nation's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to ask school textbrook publishers to eliminate examples of evolution from textbrooks. This, is extremely depressing. In the...

Why tradition is a bad argument for anything/ and illegal prayers

We are a nation founded upon change. Upon a break from tradition. Tradition is what allowed kings to rule with absolute control over their people, often with a cleric in the background, justifying it as the will of a god. Tradition is what later denied the right and ability...

This Saturday, Rock Beyond Belief concert at Fort Bragg, NC.

The U.S. military has not always been friendly to atheists. I was an atheist in the military, by the way. When I was in basic training, I could either go to chapel on Sundays or perform chores in the barracks. I chose to do the chores. But why was the only free time available...