Agnostics make the ultimate sacrifice:
That’s just a teaser to a longer clip that’s hilarious and worth watching. It asks Christians if they actually believe the Bible is true and whether they’re willing to follow through with what it demands in certain areas…
It’s from The Chaser’s War on Everything, an Australian comedy show:
(Thanks to Ashley for the link!)
This is everything I’ve ever wanted all rolled into one: Cake and babies.
It seems getting your sonogram put on a cake is the new trend for cool people.
This just makes me want to have my octuplets even sooner.
(Thanks to @MerrieMelodyxx for the link!)
I’ve mentioned before how atheists are atop the leaderboard at Kiva — a website that “allows people to lend money via the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries which in turn lend the money to small businesses…” It’s a wonderful charity.
The 5,000+ members of the Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists and the Non-Religious group have given over $763,000 in loans!
And Kiva Christians are in second 
But here’s a fun twist: If you sort by category, by “Religious Congregations,” who sits atop the leaderboard then?
Not Kiva Mormons. They’re in 3rd.
Not Catholic Kiva. They’re in 2nd.
In 1st, members of The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! The 600+ members have loaned over $82,000.
USA Today’s Cathy Lynn Grossman has taken notice:
To really help “the last and the least” do you have to focus on “the lost” as well?
Maybe not — if you go by the statistics at Kiva, the international internet person-to-person micro-lending site where it appears that folks with no religion are spirited participants in efforts to uplift the world’s poorest.
Bobby Henderson is trying to get his team to crack the $100,000 mark.
Here’s hoping he reaches that goal!
Jesus is super-athletic. Who knew!?
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Anyone else besides me afraid of heights?
Somehow, I can do roller-coasters, though…
(via Cyanide and Happiness)
I can’t decide between Richard Dawkins, Satan (who looks suspiciously like Dawkins), Prince Philip (who looks like Dawkins if he lost an arm), or Tom Cruise (who looks like Dawkins if he gained an arm and a dose of crazy).
Oh no! The Flying Spaghetti Monster is also on the list!
And Nothing!
And Science!
I don’t know what to do 
(Thanks to Christopher for the link!)
Last we heard from Simon Singh, he was preparing an appeal in his case.
If you recall, Singh was being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association because he had written an article trashing the supposed legitimacy of chiropractics.
There’s an update on the case and it’s not a good one:
… the Court of Appeal has refused Simon Singh’s application for permission to appeal (PTA).
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There are no further details yet, including reasons.
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Simon Singh has just over SEVEN days to decide whether to ask for an oral renewal hearing, though the seven days commence on the service of notice of the decision on the parties (not the date it was made or any order was sealed).
(This right is unless the Court of Appeal has held that the application is totally without merit.)
If anyone can help us make sense of this, what does this mean for Singh? What are his options now? Will an oral renewal hearing work in his favor?
(via New Humanist Blog)
Just days after learning about the death of atheist benefactor Richard Leroy Walters, I came across the obituary of Gerald Gardner, who died last week at the age of 83.
He is noted for “[providing] the statistical underpinnings for the landmark Supreme Court case that resulted in the prohibition of sex discrimination in newspaper want ads.”
That’s awesome, but I had to smile again when I read the last paragraph:
Ms. [Jo Ann] Evansgardner, his wife, who holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology created her name as a hyphenless hybrid of her husband’s and her own. They married in 1950; she is his only immediate survivor.
Ms. Evansgardner said her husband, most of all, was fired up by principle.
“He was an activist atheist,” she said. “A proselytizing atheist. I hope you can print that because it was important to him. He thought that not saying you were an atheist hurt the cause of reality.”
I love that: Not saying you’re an atheist hurts the cause of reality. So say it loudly and proudly and be remembered for being (as the saying goes) a voice of reason in a sea of irrationality.
(via @CFIOnCampus)
How many atheist rappers are there?
If you said “One,” you’re wrong!
I was surprised enough to learn about Greydon Square, but he now has competition.
This song below is called “Brainwashed” and it’s by Charlie Check’m:
Check’m’s new album is Listen Without Fear.
I do miss the cheesy nature of his video for “Roll With An Atheist”:
I *totally* should’ve been one of those background guys…
Jen has read the mind of all 250 Creation Museum trip attendees.
The other parts can be found here.
Too bad museum founder Ken Ham won’t be there on that day… oh well.
Anyone else think Jen should draw an atheist graphic novel?
I can see it now: The enemies throw consecrated communion wafers at PZ Myers, but he eats a copy of Unscientific America to get the strength to defeat them. And somewhere in there, Ben Stein appears as The Joker.
(via Blag Hag)
Robert Brockway at Cracked has an entertaining review of this book he just read. It’s called The Holy Bible:
As readers we’re enthralled by the mystic action; wondering exactly what kind of creature this God is, why he has these powers and what on earth he’s going to do with them, and then all of a sudden we’re pulled out of the action and forced to sit idly while the author describes an entire week (day by day) in God’s life. I mean, that’s great and all that we’re getting some backstory on his character, but honestly, what happened with paragliding through Hell? I don’t really care what your Wednesdays are like, or on which days you like to rest — get back to the action! Jesus, if we wanted to hear about your day, we would read your fucking LiveJournal, almighty.
It’s so sad Brockway was unable to finish the review… something must have happened to him as he was writing the end of the piece.
(Thanks to Thilina for the link!)
I Sold My Soul on eBay
Jim and Casper Go To Church
