Blog Profile / Daylight Atheism
| URL : | http://www.daylightatheism.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Religion / Atheism | |
| Posts on Regator: | 696 | |
| Posts / Week: | 5.2 | |
| Archived Since: | October 26, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Why the Petition Matters
Earlier this week, I posted a petition asking the leaders of atheist and secular organizations to support feminism and measures to improve diversity and stop harassment. The petition went up at 9:30 PM on Thursday night, and as of this writing, on Saturday night, it has around 1,300 signatures and... Read More
Petition: Support Feminism and Diversity in the Secular Community
You may have heard that the video blogger "Thunderf00t" recently published a video titled "Why 'Feminism' is poisoning Atheism", which he's been sending to the heads of atheist and skeptical organizations. In this video, he attacks named individuals who've been active in promoting diversity and... Read More
Right-Wing Religions of the World Unite to Oppress Women and Gays More Ruthlessly
This article was originally published on AlterNet. When you hear the word "interfaith," you might think of people from different religions working together to do charitable deeds: running a soup kitchen, for example, or collecting clothes for the poor. But there's a darker side to interfaith as... Read More
Christian Activists Demand What They Already Have
This weekend, I saw a story on AU's Wall of Separation blog that was too funny not to share: According to the Jacksonville Daily News, members of the Baysden Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church trooped down to the Onslow County School Board building in Jacksonville, N.C., this week to... Read More
Reap Responds
While I think this conversation has already gone on long enough, I guess I should mention that Reap Paden has left a comment on my post from last weekend about him, which consists mostly of wounded self-justification. I can only assume that being called a misogynist has stung his ego, which I... Read More
From the Mailbag: "I Don't Argue With People"
Last year, when I wrote about the death of Savita Halappanavar from anti-choice theology, I pointed out that several Catholic bloggers seemed to think Catholic doctrine should have permitted her to be saved - contrary to every real-world example I'm aware of. In every case I've ever read about... Read More
Open Thread: New Year's Resolutions, 2013
Happy New Year, everyone! How's your 2013 so far? I think this is going to be a good year for skeptics, since it gives us a perfect opportunity to educate people about the irrationality of triskadekaphobia. Since this is the time to take stock, I'll report back on my resolutions from last year... Read More
Threads of 2012
To know where you're heading, it helps to know where you've come from. And with the last grains of sand slipping through the hourglass, now is the perfect time to look back over the year that was and survey the major themes which wove throughout my writing during the past twelve months. So, without... Read More
The Twitter Report: Hands Off My Freeze Peach!
It's a slow news day. How about some internet drama to liven things up? As you all know, I've been writing a lot lately about sexism and misogyny in the atheist community. While most atheists are perfectly decent, rational human beings who understand the concept of treating all people as equals... Read More
Questions for Pro-Lifers: The Results, Continued
Last month, I posed a list of questions to people who identify as pro-life. In the long comment thread which ensued, there were a fair number of people who stepped up to respond, both some who were traditionally religious as well as some who said they were atheists (but more about that later on... Read More
New on AlterNet: Courting the Votes of the Non-Religious
My latest column is now up on AlterNet, There Are Now As Many Nonreligious Americans As Evangelicals -- 6 Ways Politicians Can Court Their Vote. In it, I discuss the evidence which shows that nonreligious Americans are becoming a pivotal voting bloc - including evidence that they played a decisive... Read More
Questions for Pro-Lifers: The Results
Last month, I posed a list of questions to people who identify as pro-life. In the long comment thread which ensued, there were a fair number of people who stepped up to respond, both some who were traditionally religious as well as some who said they were atheists (but more about that later on... Read More
Miracle on 34th Street: The Value of Empiricism
Yes, you get a Christmas post! Atheists don't take the day off just because people think a mythological savior-god was born on this date thousands of years ago. So my wife and I were watching Miracle on 34th Street last night (the original, not the remake). In spite of everything I'm about to... Read More
Both Billboards and Soup Kitchens
What strategy should the atheist movement adopt during the holiday season? Should we focus on doing good works as a visible proof that we're caring and moral people, or should we redouble our efforts to be loud and uncompromising in the face of an onslaught of religious schmaltz? That's the subject... Read More
Weekend Presents: December 23
It's two more days before you can open the gifts under the tree, but I have some early presents: • Now hear this: I'm on the New Books in Secularism podcast, discussing my book Daylight Atheism . • Big news out of the Philippines: The legislature has finally passed a national Reproductive... Read More
The Twitter Report: Let's Have A Rousing Welcome for the Pope
On a related note to my last post, you've probably heard that the Pope recently took a bold step forward into the 21st century by joining Twitter. This is significant because it marks, to my knowledge, the first time that the Catholic church has ever taken a bold step forward on anything. (He chose... Read More
Reasons to Quit the Catholic Church: A Coda
Even though I just published a long list of reasons why good people should leave the Catholic church, it seems like new ones are piling up every time I turn around. Herewith are some of the latest arguments for all people of common sense and conscience to sever their association with this corrupt... Read More
Atheists in Music & Art
[Editor's Note: This is a guest post by AJ Johnson. Raised Baptist in the Bible Belt, she became an atheist after learning about evolution and the immoral verses in the Bible. She's a former development director of American Atheists and currently serves on the board of Recovering from Religion and... Read More
On the Tragedy in Newtown
I hate having to write posts like this, but it's too huge a story to ignore. Less than two weeks before Christmas, America is again reeling from a mass killing - one of several this year, but the worst in a while - at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Not counting the... Read More
Video: My Dating and Relationships Panel at Skepticon V
As I mentioned earlier, I took part in a discussion panel at Skepticon V last month, How Should Rationalists Approach Relationships and Marriage? The video of that panel is now available online, so if you'd like to see it, enjoy: Thanks to Jesse Galef for inviting me to participate, and... Read More