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Hey Skeptic North – atheists are not witches. We are skeptics too. We are you.

In case you haven’t heard of it, Skeptic North is an exceptionally well written blog focusing on the subject of (you guessed it) skepticism. The site has a bit of a Canadian flavour, which works for me since I also happen to be Canadian. Warm fuzzies aside, I’m having problems with Skeptic North’s final installment [...]

Awesome Godlessness Part II: Not Being Afraid of Your Own Thoughts

If you haven’t already done so, it might be a good idea to read part I of this series before reading this article. There, I set out some important ideas that will help you understand the frame of reference I have for describing an awesomely godless existence. ——- God Has Far Too Much Time On [...]

Awesome Godlessness Part I: Introduction

Part of the interview an atheist survey I recently completed asked why I think living as an atheist is better than living a life under God. In retrospect, my response wasn’t nearly as good as it might have been. For starters,  I wrote it right before bed time. And that led me to only partially [...]

Getting Past Atheist Anger

As many atheists will attest, fierce anger is one of the emotions we experience (sometimes for extended time periods) when we break free from belief. Godless Girl recently wrote about how she gets past the anger, which inspired vjack from Atheist Revolution to begin a series of posts on getting past anger. I enjoyed Godless [...]

PZ Myers Weighs in on the Search for a Less Religious Version of “Spiritual”

A couple of weeks ago I suggested we stop using the word ‘spiritual’ when describing feelings of awe, wonder, connectedness etc. and use ‘sublime‘ instead. The main thrusts behind my argument were that: Spiritual is defined and understood by most people to have religious connotations. Attempting to re-cast ‘spiritual’ in a less religious light is, in my mind, [...]

Atheism Is a Purely Emotional Response to Being Mad at God?

I’m amazed at the ability of the Godfull to miss the point and make false statements and generalizations about how atheists become atheists. The thought is on my mind because a theology student recently asked me to answer some survey questions (he’d been assigned an “interview an atheist” project). I’m not sure if the questions [...]

Baba Brinkman: The Rationaliz’n, Darwin Testifyin’, Make-Ya-Think-’bout-Evolutioniz’n, Rapper

I’m going to start this post by saying I’ve never cared much for rap music. I suppose I could use the excuse that I’m a an over 40 year-old, white, raised-on-a-farm Albertan Canadian, but I know others in that same demographic who love rap so, so much for that excuse. Last week, Baba Brinkman was on [...]

“Why me, Daddy?”

Today, me, my wife and our two children attended a conference for families dealing with children afflicted with Type 1 Diabetes. We attended because my seven year old son has been a Type 1 diabetic for close to two years. While the kids took advantage of the rare opportunity to play with others with similar [...]

Spiritual Atheism: Good Idea With a Bad Label?

There’s no question that one of the challenges we atheists face is to show that life is not empty and meaningless without God. For some odd reason, believers have a hard time believing that – without God –  we’re not here merely to survive, but to really live and affirm the awesomeness of existing. You don’t [...]

Atheism Can Be Frightening

If fear has held you back from thinking god might not exist, I encourage you to press on – the rewards are truly immense. A mind-opening, perhaps even (dare I say it?) spiritual experience awaits you.

Just Say ‘No’ to Atheist Churches

Last night I read yet another article claiming that what we atheists need are ‘churches’ where we can come together as communities. The idea, which seems to be mostly coming from ex-believers, is that we need special places where we can share a sense of community – like believers do. I Don’t Need a Church I don’t know [...]

My Spirituality as an Atheist

This about covers it… (In case you are wondering, the beautiful music is part of the Shawshank Redemption Score composed by James Newton Howard,)

A Universe From Nothing by Lawrence Krauss

What a fascinating talk this is! In my mind, we can add Lawrence Krauss to the list of amazing, passionate science communicators that currently includes Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Because I’ve Got Writer’s Block…

In Case You Wondered…

I’m alive and well, and while I’d like to say I’ve been too busy to blog, the truth is that I’ve been sidetracked with a heavy dose of existential angst / ennui and some fairly heavy depression. What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Why am I here? These are the age-old [...]

Recently Read Books

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Links For Edmonton Atheists & Skeptics

A fellow atheist from Edmonton asked me if I knew of any upcoming atheism related events. Being as unorganized as I have been, I had nothing to offer at the time. However, I’ve fully embraced Google Calendar as my time management tool of choice and now feel better equipped to point Edmonton atheists/skeptics in the [...]

The Dunning–Kruger Effect aka Confirmation Bias on Steriods aka Creationists aka People Who Watch Fox News

In my Does Religious Faith Instill Hatred & Distrust of Science post I mentioned confirmation bias – a person’s tendency to recognize evidence that supports their position, while ignoring and/or downplaying that which opposes their position. According to the Dunning–Kruger effect, some poor unfortunates suffer from something far more severe. Apparently, they are dumb + [...]

Godless ≠ Without Morals

I sometimes get emails. The latest one is from a Christian who shared his opinion (a tired old claim) that, without his god, there is no morality. As if that weren’t enough to get the last hair on my head standing up, last night I watched Dinesh D’Souza make the audacious claim that all of [...]

Attempts@Rational Behavior Is Good For Your Health

I often have a sore neck. The Doc says I need to do more neck exercises so I’m visiting Attempts at Rational Behavior more than I used to. What does AARB do? They provide highlights of the weird shit religious people say on Twitter (and elsewhere, but mostly on Twitter). The incredulous “no, no no” [...]

Does Religious Faith Instill Hatred & Distrust of Science?

I have a friend who I’m finding myself disagreeing with more and more lately. This person is intelligent and generally makes a lot of sense – even when we have ideological disagreements (such as on political matters). But lately, the disagreements have baffled and troubled me as I’ve put pieces of the puzzle together to [...]

Does Majesty & Wonder Have To Come From A Creator?

I was in the mood last night for space stuff so I popped In the Shadow of the Moon into the DVD player. The film is a wonderful documentary (directed by Ron Howard) of the US moon landings. It begins, appropriately enough, at the beginning with John F. Kennedy’s bold challenge, and ends with the landings made [...]

Oprah Dashes the Hopes of Atheists Everywhere

Ok, a slight exaggeration but watching the video below was, quite frankly, maddening. It’s the part where she says, “Maybe you believe and you don’t know you believe” which translates to me as “I can’t conceive that you really don’t believe in God, therefore, you must be in denial – you really believe – you [...]

Vacation Book #1: On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Well, a year after purchasing it, I finally finished On the Origin of Species. It was quite the read – all 650 Victorian Era pages worth. Although Darwin’s writing style was a lot more accessible than I expected, it was still a bit dry in places. That said, there were multiple rewards for my perseverance. [...]

Dear Imaginary God: Fuck You & The Imaginary White Horse You Are Supposed to Ride In On

I’m not the swearing type but I figure if you’re gonna do something, you ought to do it right (fyi for those who don’t know, it’s Blasphemy Day).

A Letter to a Friend: Evidence for Evolution

Hi Friend, I thought I’d follow-up on our disagreement about evolution. Before I go further, I thought I’d confirm what I think you said so I don’t put words into your mouth: Evolution has been dis-proven. Many scientists say that evolution has many holes in it and that it has not held up to scientific [...]

Welcome Stumblers!

I see from my stat logs that I’m getting lots of visits from Stumbleupon. Thanks for stopping by – I hope you find my blog worthy of your thumbs up!

The Secularization of Quebec

Have you ever thought it might be nice to move to a less religious part of the world? If so, you might have thought you’d have to go all the way to Scandinavia. Well, you’d be wrong. Starting in the early 1960′s, the province of Quebec, Canada went through a Quiet Revolution – a revolution [...]

Proof Not All “New Atheists” Are Condescending Jerks

Sure, we all have our moments (I certain have them) when we just want to grab believers by the neck and choke the belief system out of them. But many of us also know how hard it is to shed one’s belief in god. The following post on Reddit does a far better job than [...]

Skeptically Speaking Podcast/Radio Program

I’ve been a bit starved for interaction with real-life atheists/skeptics lately (I guess because I de-converted so late in my life, I never gravitated to those types before) so I ventured out and met some Edmonton skeptics at a local pub. It was fun – especially when the group began discussing topics like religion, superstition, [...]

Hey You Atheist Bloggers – Who’s Your Audience?

I wrote earlier this week on the reasons I blog about atheism. In doing so, I also came to a clearer understanding of who I write for: Me, Myself and I (you could say, I write for an unholy trinity of sorts): I find writing about atheism/religion to be stimulating and satisfying. Other Atheists: It’s [...]

Is Richard Dawkins Right? Does Believing in God Make You Delusional?

Search for “Dawkins” or “The God Delusion” on this blog and you’ll quickly learn that my de-conversion to atheism was connected to those two terms. Of course, I’m not alone. But, does being a Dawkins convert also mean that I think believers are suffering from a delusion? Answer: It depends. One definition of the delusion [...]

Did Pain & Suffering Lead To My De-Conversion?

It’s been suggested that I became an atheist because I am mad/upset at god for the pain and suffering he’s placed on or allowed me to experience – specifically, that I am mad my son is diabetic, and that I’ve suffered from neck and back pain. I’ve written about not being mad at god before, [...]

Let’s Talk About Evidence

Arguably the most common thing we atheists are heard saying is that there is no evidence for the existence of god. Just as commonly, we hear believers say that we must show evidence that god doesn’t exist (it’s at this point where you can usually hear an audible *sigh*). Before getting into the backward logic [...]

Cemeteries Used to Creep Me Out

I had an appointment after work today so I drove my car (I usually bike or bus). I also decided to lug my camera along – something I used to do a lot, but that I haven’t done in quite some time. I had no specific subject in mind and found myself turning into a [...]

The Illinois Family Institute’s Attack on The Friendly Atheist Equates to Cocking a Loaded Gun

It appears that some Christians are incredulous about the uproar around Laurie Higgins (of the Illinois Family Institute) letter writing campaign against Hemant Mehta and his Friendly Atheist blog. Let’s be clear; No one is objecting to the Institute speaking its mind about Hemant’s views. We all have the freedom to disagree with anyone’s view [...]

So be it…

Doubting Your Faith For the Hundredth Time? Church Shopping Yet Again? It May Be Time To Think The Unthinkable.

I remember when I began to have doubts about my faith. The world – according to Christianity – just wasn’t adding up. At first, I tackled the problem by exposing myself to more religion. I attended more church, met more church people, and read more of the Bible. Still, nothing made sense. “It must be [...]

Apple Eaters Provides Clarity Around the Attack on Hemant Mehta

I found an excellent blog – Apple Eaters where Jim has done an outstanding job clarifying the slime-baggery of the Illinois Family Institute attack on the Friendly Atheist. Get the word out, people. These people need to be taken to task. Edit: Another good synopsis on Daylight Atheism (via Atheist Revolution)

How to Piss A (Friendly) Atheist Off

Us so-called “New Atheists” have gotten a bad rap in many circles. As our numbers have grown, one counter-attack from the religious is that we are not like the old atheists – that we are militantly against religion and are attacking liberal-minded believers who are not concerned with our atheism. For my part, I am [...]

Why I Blog About Atheism

A question I’ve been asked at least three times since starting this blog is: Why blog about atheism? Why is something you don’t believe in so important to you? You don’t have a blog about your disbelief about Santa Claus – so why have one about your lack of belief in god? Of course, the [...]

Lee Strobel – The Case for Faith

A Christian friend lent me Lee Strobel’s The Case for Faith saying he found it “pretty convincing”. Well, it wasn’t. At all. I’ve got pages and pages of notes and will try to post something here when I’m done organizing my thoughts. In the meantime, all I can say is that if The Case for [...]

Proud Atheist Pappa

We took the kids for a treat tonight – dinner at Red Robins (one of their favorites). Almost as soon as we sat down, my daughter (11 years) mentioned how someone in the family thinks they saw a ghost at the side of her bed. My response was an immediate and confident, “there’s no such [...]

Why Religious “Objective Morality” is a Bunch of Balogne

An oft made claim believers make is that, without god, there is no objective morality. Meaning, without a higher power, we are free to make up whatever morality suits us, or the societies we live in. I call bullshit. Someone needs to explain how god’s morality can be so hopelessly confusing as to lead to [...]

Atheist Superstition?

I’ve been reading Carl Sagan’s The Demon Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark – a terrific book that sheds a bright light on humanity’s history of superstitious thinking (ghosts, gods, UFOs, clairvoyance etc). As if Sagan’s writing weren’t profound enough, today I learned of Bruce Hood’s Supersense: Why We Believe in the [...]

Alberta Lives Up To Its ‘Texas of the North’ Handle – Introduces Legislation That Will Help Parents Protect Their Children From Science

This is a sad day for the province I call home. It should also end any discussion I’ve had with people who claim Canada is a ‘moderately’ religious nation.

Why Should Atheists Care About Other People?

Atheists are often portrayed as people who don’t/shouldn’t have reason to care about others – that atheism leads to selfishness. The line of thinking goes something like: we don’t believe humans have a soul, therefore we think this life is all there is – there is no afterlife, therefore we think that there is no [...]

The Stages of Grief Re: Atheist De-Conversion

I have often thought about how closely my de-conversion followed the stages of grief described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Wondering if I was alone, I googled stages of grief in atheist deconversion. It turns out that many atheists go through a similar experience. At the top of my search, I found a wonderfully written post over [...]

The Emptiness of an Atheist’s Life

Ed is a Christian who’s chosen this place as one he’d like to do some converting in. Check my comments – you won’t have to look far for him. He’s trying quite valiantly to bring me and my readers to Christ. One of the lines of thought that keeps creeping into Ed’s conversation is that [...]

The Insatiable Atheist

I wonder if other people who are new to atheism go through a time when they just can’t seem to learn enough? It’s been almost a year since I became an atheist. I remember thinking at the beginning of that year that I’d have a lot to say about the ongoing experience (it’s why I [...]

I’m Not “Mad At God”

I find it surprising that so many people assume the reason atheists are atheists is because we are mad at God. The assumption is that we atheists are mad at God for permitting bad things to happen to us (e.g. the loss of a loved one) or, more broadly, that God permits such abounding evil [...]

What God, Ghosts, Santa Clause & Other Imaginary Things Have In Common

I’ve heard (mostly from Christians) the accusation that atheists tend to replace Christianity with other forms of spirituality. Specifically, I’ve heard it said that we often believe in paranormal concepts such as ghosts, witchcraft, telepathy and past lives. The implication of these claims is that an atheist who believes in unproven paranormal stuff has no [...]

How I Will Raise Two Little Heathens

I became an atheist five years into my daughter’s education, and one year into my son’s. They both attend Catholic elementary school. My wife has also largely abandoned religion (believes in “a greater force” but not a personal god) so we are, for the most part, on the same page with regard to religion. But [...]

Three Crucial Things You Must Know Before Challenging An Atheist’s Unbelief

I propose that there are three categories of atheists: Natural Atheists: Those brought up by atheist parents who never experienced the conflict between religion and rationality. Apathetic Atheists: Those whose faith was not particularly strong and who, without a compelling drive to believe or not believe, defaulted to atheism – becoming an atheist involved very [...]

The Chocolate On Top of Shit Argument for God

I once asked a friend if he’d like to go bowling with my family. He said, “No thanks. I hate bowling”. I tried again. “It’s not just bowling – it’s neon bowling“. My friend: “Mark, do you like eating shit?”. “Uh, no”. “If I put chocolate on some shit, do you think you’d eat it”? [...]

Let the Quote Mining of Roger Ebert Begin

In case you are just now catching up, Roger Ebert posted a Q&A of creationist beliefs (6000 year old earth etc) on his blog the other day. The thought that such an apparently intelligent man could believe such nonsense caused quite a stir – PZ Meyers spoke about it here. Today, PZ posted a follow-up [...]

Statistics: Awareness of Atheism

Disclaimer: From the school of you can make statistics say anything you want, I’ve collected some data and made some speculations (feel free to make your own). — I’ve heard it said that atheism is growing, but I wonder if the assertion is true. One way to get a clue is by surveying the public [...]

Turn the Other Cheek

I’m increasingly bothered in some of my regular hangouts – places like the Atheism Reddit, YouTube and some atheist blogs. To my disappointment, I’m even bothered by some of my own writings. What’s bugging me is the arrogant, condescending attitude we often have toward believers. Certainly not everyone is guilty of this and, of those, [...]

Can Atheists Be Spiritual?

I am slowly finding like-minded bloggers who feel the need to express what they believe in, in addition to the assertion that they have no belief in god(s). Here’s a gem written by David Garnet over at Glittering Muse. If we are to attract more people to atheism and the humanist worldview, we need more [...]

One Atheist’s Perspective on Prayers

Belief In God = Misplaced Hope & Comfort

The shock and fear of my son becoming a diabetic shook me very deeply. So deeply, that I found myself reacquainted with that frightened little voice in my head that yearned for a sort of parental comfort and protection from the perceived demons of the world. The voice was saying, “Please don’t take him from [...]

XTC ‘Dear god’ Lyrics & Videos

I trade emails with a group of co-workers and past co-workers. Today, someone in the group said, “God Bless Canada”. Another friend replied with, “What if you don’t believe in god?” (huzzah!) and then followed up with the lyrics of a 1987 song called Dear god by the British Band XTC (probably best known for [...]

Who Needs To Be In My Blogroll?

I’ve been doing some work on my sidebar and bookmark page. What links am I missing that you think should be in every good rational, freethinking, atheist’s blog?

Karma Isn’t The Answer Either

It’s funny how one broken brick can lead to an entire wall falling down… One of the first aha! moments I had after letting go of my god delusion was the realization that leading one’s life according to the laws (?) of Karma isn’t much better. The Stoke-On-Trent Humanist Group has it partly right: These [...]

Who’s Your Nomination For The Fifth Horseman?

I downloaded the Four Horsemen from richardawkins.net a couple of nights ago, and got to wondering who the fifth horseman might be. Even though I like to think I have the occasional original idea, I decided to Google the matter here and here and found that there were at least a few people wondering the [...]

The Five Most Important Days for Atheists

Head on over the Hemant’s for an interesting 10 year retrospective.

The Problem I Have With Atheism

It’s a negative thought. That is, it merely takes a position against something. And, while I proudly call myself an atheist – a person with no belief in gods – I am a whole lot more than that. Aren’t you? I now fully realize this as the purpose for this blog – to explore all [...]

U.S. Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Fundie/Creationist Crap

Much of the ridicule aimed at fundamentalists and creationists is directed at the US Bible Belt. I’m not from there. I’m Canadian. And while many people are correct to say that Canada has much less of this garbage going on, there is one province that is the exception. That province is where I make my [...]

My Atheism Advocacy Rating – What’s Yours?

Following up on yesterday’s post, here’s where I’m putting myself on what I’ve decided to call my Atheism Advocacy Scale (I should probably update the graphic): Atheism: 6 out of 7 (using Dawkins 7 point scale, I am a “De facto Atheist”) Antitheism: 7 out of 10 Evangelism: 8 out of 10 Militancy: 5 out [...]

What Kind of Atheist Are You? Place Yourself on the Atheist Advocacy Scale

After my de-conversion to atheism, I was compelled to contribute – to share the great joy of being freed from religion. I decided to start blogging about atheism, naively thinking there didn’t seem to be many atheist bloggers. How wrong I was. There are hundreds – perhaps thousands of us! Knowing there were many atheist [...]

Continuation of the 7 Pillars Stuff

Seeing my 7 Pillars post get linked to by the Friendly Atheist made me as excited as my kids were when we finally got a Wii. I was even happier to see the discussion it generated (32 comments last time I checked)! But some of those comments made me want to clarify a few things: [...]

One Atheist’s Abbreviated World View – 7 Pillars I Try to Live By

An excellent post from the Atheist Revolution archive made its way onto the reddit atheism what’s hot list this past week. The post is vjack’s endorsement of the secular humanism worldview (which I like to think of as a belief system), coupled with a suggestion that other atheists follow suit. The goal in this is [...]

10 New Commandments for Fundamentalists, Evangelicals & Creationists

Conservapedia Shifts Focus From Homosexuals To Atheists?

In November, Boing Boing posted a list of the ten most viewed articles on Conservapedia. At first blush, it looked as though Conservapedia’s fundie, creationist right-wing community was obsessed with homosexuality. While that may be true, it was soon postulated at Infothought and Crooked Timber that there was something fishy about the stats (make sure [...]

Fuckin’ Christ

Today, I wanted to write something funny, but this came out instead. Since my de-conversion, I’ve had all kinds of days. I’ve had good days, bad days, great days and terrible days. The ups and downs have tended to see-saw between the joy around “I’m free to think as I want” versus the anger around [...]

George Carlin Dies

Via The Atheist Blog comes word that George Carlin has died. Mr. Carlin was unquestionably my favorite comedian, and was an atheist who chose to spread the word through brilliantly crafted comedy. George will be missed and remembered.

Newest Member of the Atheist Blogroll is…

Me! I’m astounded at the vastness of the atheist blog community (it’s much larger than I could have imagined) and am excited to be added to Mojoey’s incredible Atheist Blogroll. Thank you to Mojoey, and welcome to any visitors who find their way here from the blogroll. As you can see, I am just getting [...]

Let’s Agree Not to Bother

I know, I know. Many of the people who read this think I am wrong. Terribly wrong. So wrong in fact, that some of you think I am going to hell. You want to convince me to change my mind. You want to save me from eternal damnation. While I appreciate your kindness (I really [...]

How I Became An Atheist

If you were brought into this world by atheist parents, it’s pretty likely you became one yourself. For you, atheism was the natural, default position, and you have a hard time imagining how anyone could believe in god. You had it easy. In North America, a very large majority of people are Christians. Children, by [...]

Coming Out

This post is my official coming out as an atheist. I am what is defined as a strong or positive atheist – someone who does not believe in gods or anything supernatural. It does not mean I am 100% certain (just like I can’t be 100% certain fairies do not exist), but that I have [...]

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  • For Good Reason Interview program hosted by D.J. Grothe, promoting critical thinking and skepticism about the central beliefs of society.
  • Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Home of one of the longest standing skeptical podcasts.
  • Skepticality Official podcast of Skeptical Magazine
  • Skeptically Speaking Live radio/podcast hosted by everyone’s favorite geek girl, Desiree Schell “Call in. Question Everything.”
  • The Atheist Experience Fantastic call-in atheist TV show out of Austin, Texas with big focus on talking with believers.

• Great Reads

  • Letter to a Christian Nation - by Sam Harris
  • Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible & Why - by Bart Ehrman
  • The God Delusion - by Richard Dawkins

• History & Statistics

  • Adherents.com Excellent statistics and maps on the subject of religious adherence.
  • History of the End of the World This is a great link showing the 220 times the world was predicted to end, but did not.
  • Maps of War: History of Religion
  • What Charles Darwin believed about religion an excerpt from his biography should clear things up

• Favorite Articles

  • Frequently Asked Questions for the Newly Deconverted is for new atheists wondering where they go from here
  • Jesus Myth the case against the historical Christ
  • Why are atheists so angry? Greta Christina has a post that sums the reasons up quite well!

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  Favorite Videos

  • Atheist a simply made video with an incredibly inspiring message
  • Intelligent Design on Trial An excellent documentary about the controversy that occured in Dover, Pennsylvania over the teaching of evolution.
  • My Spirituality as an Atheist One of my favorite videos – truly poignant and beautiful.
  • Pat Condell’s Youtube Channel is Atheism on the offensive (controversial, funny & brilliant)
  • Potholer54′s Youtube Channel home of the amazing “Made Easy” series (evolution & natural selection, the scientific method, and history of the universe etc)
  • Why Do People Laugh at Creationists? is an excellent 24 part Youtube video series by Thunderfoot

• The Four Horsemen

  • Christopher Hitchens author of “God is Not Great”
  • Daniel Dennet author of “Breaking the Spell”
  • Richard Dawkins author of “The God Delusion”, “The Blind Watchmaker” & more
  • Sam Harris author of “The End of Faith” & “Letter to a Christian Nation”

• Meaning of Life Type Stuff

  • Ethic of Reciprocity “The Golden Rule” is one of things that guides my life
  • One Source of Morality might be from our feelings of empathy
  • Secular Humanism check out the Council of Secular Humanism affirmations and declarations
  • Secular Humanism on Wikipedia atheism is what I don’t believe & secular humanism is, more or less, what I do

• Kick-Ass Science

  • Action Bioscience Promoting bioscience literacy. Great articles on evolution, genomics, the environment, biotechnology and more.
  • Bad Astronomy My favorite astronomy blog! Written by Phil Plait
  • NASA Image of the Day Pure awesomeness!
  • Sense About Science responds to the misrepresentation of science on issues that matter
  • Wired Science Nice, eclectic mix of science articles from a variety of fields. Always entertaining.

• Fun/Entertaining

  • Atheist Cartoons Best atheist related comics on the web!
  • Jesus & Mo The adventures of modern-day Jesus and Mohammed. What could go wrong?
  • The Onion News Network The best satire news on the web. Not an atheist site, but often satirizes religion and religious beliefs.
  • xkcd A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language

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