Atheist Media Blog

Church Member Defends Pastor Worley's Anti-Gay Rant

2012-05-25T14:03:00.000-04:00

May 23, 2012 on CNN
See also: Pastor Wants Gays Put in Concentration Camp

Daniel Dennett - 'How To Tell You're An Atheist'

2012-05-24T10:13:00.001-04:00

Philosopher Daniel Dennett was one of the stars of the Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne and gave a brilliant and whimsical talk on defining the atheist. He is the uber-philospher of the mind and a great provocateur, though he was speaking to 4000 non believers at this convention.

He talks specifically about The Clergy Project in the middle of his talk at 19 min 15 sec.
For more info: see http://clergyproject.org/

The Center of all Things

2012-05-23T10:07:00.003-04:00

by The Thinking Atheist

Beautiful Minds: Richard Dawkins

2012-05-22T10:56:00.000-04:00

Aired April 25,2012 on BBC Four

Professor Richard Dawkins reveals how he came to write his explosive first book The Selfish Gene, a work that was to divide the scientific community and make him the most influential evolutionary biologist of his generation. He also explores how this set him on the path to becoming an outspoken spokesman for atheism.

The Big Questions: Is There a Difference Between a Religion and a Cult? - BBC

2012-05-22T10:13:00.000-04:00

May 20, 2012 on BBC One

Pastor Wants Gays Put in Concentration Camp

2012-05-22T09:53:00.004-04:00

"I figured a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers,” he says in his sermon, delivered on May 13. “Build a great, big, large fence — 150 or 100 mile long — put all the lesbians in there, drop some food down. Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can’t get out. And you know what, in a few years, they’ll die out."

(via Cynical-C Blog)

Teresa MacBain on CNN 'Faces of Faith' with Randi Kaye

2012-05-08T16:19:00.000-04:00

The Clergy Project

Come Ye Out From Among Them, 3 Former Preachers Talk About Coming Out As Atheists

2012-05-03T16:02:00.001-04:00

3 former preachers in the movement talk about coming out as atheists, the hardships, the persecutions and things we miss. Brother Richard, Jerry Dewitt and Ernest Perce V (The Saint's Revenge) reflect on the past and the emotions are overwhelming. The intro is 2 minutes long.

Non-believing preachers listen up blog

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss: Something from Nothing | ANU

2012-04-25T09:51:00.000-04:00

Critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss discuss biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of other topics at this event entitled 'Something for Nothing'. This video was recorded at The Australian National University on 10 April 2012.

(via RDnet)

Doing Good...Without God

2012-04-13T16:53:00.002-04:00

by The Thinking Atheist:

Thanks for supporting 2 secular charities that are making a difference. Here are the links to find out more and make your donation:

Charity Water: http://mycharitywater.org/thethinkingatheist

Responsible Charity: http://www.razoo.com/story/Thethinkingatheist

Richard Dawkins and RDF at the Reason Rally

2012-04-10T12:20:00.000-04:00

Richard Dawkins speaking at the Reason Rally March 24, 2012 is preceded by Sean Faircloth, Director of Strategy & Policy at the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science US, then Executive Director Dr. Elisabeth Cornwell, Executive Director of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science US.

This World: The Mormon Candidate - BBC

2012-04-05T13:25:00.000-04:00

March 27, 2012 on BBC Two

John Sweeney investigates the beliefs of Mitt Romney, the man most likely to take on Barack Obama later this year, and asks whether America is ready for a Mormon president.

Sweeney travels to Utah to examine the appeal of the world's fastest growing religion. He meets the stars of its expensive ad campaign 'I'm a Mormon', who tell him of their dedication to family and charity. He meets polygamists, followers of an old Mormon tradition the official Church has turned its back on, he talks to missionaries who recruit people around the world just like Mitt Romney in the sixties, finds ex-members who claim they are cut off from their families and accuse Mormonism of being a cult, and he explores the faith with a Mormon apostle.

The Big Questions: Do we need religion to create a moral society? - BBC

2012-04-01T13:39:00.000-04:00

March 25, 2012 on BBC One
(Thanks to Tr3vel0cita)

Reason Rally 'Question Silly Beliefs' - Interview with Lawrence Krauss

2012-03-29T13:32:00.001-04:00

March 27, 2012 on RT News:

The Reason Rally took over the National Mall here in Washington D.C. this weekend, billed as the largest gathering of the secular movement in world history. So what does the largest gathering in history of atheists, humanists, secularists, freethinkers, skeptics, really mean? Are we seeing a more open minded society or judging by the rhetoric coming from GOP candidates, and legislation being brought up in states across the country, is the tension between the religious and the not, only growing? Lawrence Krauss, author and Foundation Professor at Arizona State University joins the show.

Sean Faircloth & Richard Dawkins address the American Atheists Convention

2012-03-29T10:15:00.000-04:00

Sean Faircloth (Dir. of Strategy & Policy, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, US) discusses his new book Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All & What We Can Do About It. Richard Dawkins then delivers the keynote address at the American Atheists National Convention in Bethesda, Maryland, March 25, 2012.

Richard Dawkins and Michael Aus discuss The Clergy Project

2012-03-29T10:09:00.000-04:00

The Reverend Michael Aus came out as a non-believer on national television on March 25th 2012. Congratulations to Mike on his brave decision, and to the Clergy Project for giving him moral support. For more information about The Clergy Project see their website at http://www.clergyproject.org/

Tell the truth about Islam

2012-03-26T16:25:00.000-04:00

by Pat Condell

Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence

2012-03-20T17:40:00.000-04:00

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.

Scarlet Letter - Atheist Documentary Trailer

2012-03-19T16:37:00.000-04:00

Special Sneak-Peek look at Scarlet Letter, a documentary about atheists.

David Silverman Calls Closeted Atheists to the Reason Rally

2012-03-19T16:05:00.000-04:00

March 18, 2012 on CNN

Secularism - A Short Film

2012-03-19T16:04:00.000-04:00

A Short Film by David M. Beadle. Robert G. Ingersoll wrote this essay in 1887, it's message is as urgent today is it was 127 years ago.

Moroccan Girl, 16, Commits Suicide After Being Forced to Marry Her Rapist

2012-03-16T15:15:00.001-04:00

From Al-Arabiya English:

A 16-year-old Moroccan girl has committed suicide after a judge ordered her to marry her rapist, according to Moroccan media reports.

Last year Amina al-Filali’s parents filed charges against their daughter’s rapist, a man 10 years older than her but it was only recently that a judge in the northern city of Tangier decided that instead of punishing him, the two must be married.

The court’s decision to forcibly marry Amina to her rapist was supposed to “resolve” the damage of sexual violation against her, but it led to more suffering in the unwelcoming home of her rapist/husband’s family.

“After I filed a complaint against him, he said he will marry her. And when he married her and took her to his family's home he mistreated her, beating her and leaving her starve with no food,” Zahra Mallim, Amina’s mother told the Morocco's 2M TV.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe

2012-03-13T17:00:00.000-04:00

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.

New Atheist Billboard: God Is a 'Myth'

2012-03-06T13:22:00.001-05:00

March 5, 2012 on My Fox NY

A national organization known as American Atheists said on its website that two billboards questioning the existence of God would be going up Monday in heavily religious neighborhoods in the tristate region.

American Athesists says the signs will be in English and Hebrew and another would be in Arabic: "You know it's a myth... and you have a choice."

The Arabic billboard is going up in Paterson, New Jersey, which has a large Muslim population.

And, one in Hebrew and English, will be up near the Williamsburg Bridge where there is a large Jewish community.
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The Separation of Church and State Makes Rick Santorum Want to Throw Up

2012-03-02T16:52:00.000-05:00