A new study shows that, even in the Midwest where "God Hates Fags," conservative officials want to teach kids creationism and educators want to fight teen pregnancy with abstinence, America might be l... Continue reading "Missouri and Kansas: Losing our religion"...

The percentage of Americans who follow no religion has doubled since 1990, according to a new survey of religious identity. At 15 percent, they are now the third largest group, behind Catholics and Baptists. The Christian majority has dwindled by 10 points in the last 18 years. While only 1.6 millio...

I was quite pleased to see the Ottawa Citizen run a huge article today on the fact of Evolution and a related article.  It's pleasing because even in Canada, the forces of stupidity would have us believe that some magical sky fairy bleemed everything into existence and gave humans domain over every...

   IS RASH LIMBO THE BOSS OF THE REPUBLICANS - BY DEFAULT?What about Newt Gingrich, you ask? C'mon - Newt is SO-15 years-ago.    (Click on any image to ENLARGE it)       Dean Baker  "... According to the Congressional Budget Office, Social Security is fully funded through the year 2049 with...

Friar Zero reported that the version of the Atheist Blogroll that is limited to 25 blogs in a rolling list is not working. Instead, it is displaying all 864 blogs. I reported the problem via Twitter and then checked the tech support site, they are aware of the problem and promise a fix within a few ...

ATHEIST HOLY DAY - ( A MUST READ ) FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY! In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it...

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. If ...

This video is a couple years old, but it makes a worthy point for those of us who sometimes get weary of hearing how foolish and vile we are when we are accused of these things by people who don’t even know us. Click here to view the embedded video....

We had two new atheist bloggers sneak in over the last 24 hours. I normally do updates once a week, but I figured what the hell. Avert Your Eye Human Behavior Please drop in and welcome them to the team. Technorati tags: The Atheist Blogroll, Atheism, Blogging...

Image by K.Caylor via Flickr The Southeastern U.S. is a hotbed of Christian extremism, and many Southern states have shown little interest in adequately funding education. What are those of us in the region to do if we are interested in overcoming irrationality, promoting science education, and stre...