Claudia guest posts at Friendly Atheist on what she dubs “Femalegate“: The situation: There’s a discussion and the subject of inclusion of woman in the movement comes up. The panel has 5 men and 1 woman. In the audience, men outnumber women two to one. The complaint that women are […]
Read MoreTwo very different accounts…
…of the same panel at a regional meeting of American Atheists in Huntsville, Alabama on the subject of gender relations: One says it all went to hell and it’s no wonder a woman who stood up to ask a question ended up in the bathroom in tears with people consoling […]
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Listening to Julia Sweeney’s “Letting Go of God” for a bit of thought-farming on the relationship between imagination and science. I know that the quote I’m looking for is toward the end, but am listening to the whole thing anyway because I like to listen to Julia Sweeney when I’m […]
Read MoreAn exercise in getting the last word
So now a Christian group in Fort Worth has hired a “mobile billboard” truck to follow around the buses with the “Millions of Americans are good without God” ads on them. The truck’s billboards read “I still love you – God” and “2.1 billion people are good with God.” One […]
Read MoreAnother atheist bus ad controversy…
…this time in my neighborhood. Well, not my immediate neighborhood, as the Dallas transit authority has refused these ads. But Fort Worth has not, and local clergy are raising a big stink: Ministers Justice Coalition of Texas thinks in the wake of the controversial campaign, the T should get rid […]
Read MoreSo….Skepticon
I’m glad I went, and I had a good time. That said, I most likely won’t go back. It’s amazing, what they’re doing. A free conference in the Midwest for non-believers, with this kind of lineup of stellar speakers? Anybody in the area who is remotely interested in these topics […]
Read MoreAnother snippet on dickishness
Comment from m5 in reply to this blog entry on Dispatches from the Culture Wars: I’m pretty sure THIS guy and his ilk are the ones Phil Plait was talking about in his Don’t Be a Dick speech, and I wish certain people would stop insisting criticism of THIS sort […]
Read MoreAtheism and (not) being a dick: a belated rant with copious footnotes
The “What would convince you that there is a god/supernatural/really weird thing out there?” argument continues. I didn’t read the whole thread. I’m feeling fatigued on the subject, honestly. It’s easy to demonstrate the existence of weird things (even really weird ones), rather more difficult to prove the supernatural (depending […]
Read MoreWhat would convince you that God exists?
This isn’t a new question, that’s for sure. I’ve been asked it more times than I can recall, starting roughly ten years ago when I thought it would be fun to go online and argue at length with strangers about whether it makes sense to believe in God or not. […]
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