03.11.09
Posted in Contests, General, Humor at 4:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
Last time, I ran this contest:
Taking a cue from this list…
Replace any word from the title of, or a line from, a book about atheism… with the word “Pants.”
For example, “The Pants Delusion” or “Atheism: The Case Against Pants.”
(If you use a line from a book, give us the name of the book and the page number!)
Here are the Top 10 answers (with submitters):
10|
The Blind Pantsmaker — Richard Dawkins
(a parody of)
(Riker)
9|
(In a reversal of the rules)
Sisterhood of the Traveling Atheists — Ann Brashares
(a parody of)
(flatlander100)
8|
Expelled: No Pants Allowed
(a parody of)
(Andre Pena)
7|
Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Pants — Michel Onfray
(a parody of)
(Shelley Mountjoy)
6|
God Doesn’t Believe In Pants — Ray Comfort
(a parody of)
(The Science Pundit)
5|
(In a reversal of the rules)
SpongeBob SquareAtheist
(a parody of)
(jedipunk)
4|
Letting Go of Pants — Julia Sweeney
A memoir of how one woman learned to live without trousers, slacks, or britches.
(a parody of)
(EnsignRose)
3|
There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your pants.
This has the added benefit of possible sponsorship by Dockers.
(a parody of)
(Hank Bones)
2|
There are no pants in foxholes.
(Enough said.)
(Reginald Selkirk)
1|
Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Pants — Dale McGowan
(a parody of)
(Snuggly Buffalo)
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
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If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest:
What horrifying, frightening, shocking things take place inside this building…?
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
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02.17.09
Posted in Contests, General, Politics at 3:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
Last time, I ran this contest:
Barack Obama has taken a presidential oath without a Bible. He mentioned non-believers in his Inaugural Address.
In what way will President Obama reach out to atheists next?
Here are the Top 3 answers (with submitters):
3|
In an effort to balance faith-based initiatives, FriendlyAtheist.com becomes eligible for federal grants.
(postsimian)
2|
His administration’s position towards “faith-based initiatives” will be “abstinence only”.
(Wes)
1|
I’m afraid it won’t be quite as rosy as many of you depict… you think he’s closing Gitmo? He’s just making space….
(J Myers)
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
…
If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest:
Taking a cue from this list…
Replace any word from the title of, or a line from, a book about atheism… with the word “Pants.”
For example, “The Pants Delusion” or “Atheism: The Case Against Pants.”
(If you use a line from a book, give us the name of the book and the page number!)
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
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01.26.09
Posted in Atheist Advertising, Contests, General at 7:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
Last time, I ran this contest:
The atheist bus ads are now in full force over in England.
It begs the question:
Where else will we be seeing ads about atheism in the future?
Here are the Top 5 answers (with submitters):
5|
On milk cartons. (Hemant’s note: I assume they would say: “God is missing” or something like that.)
(Random Chimp)
4|
The Pope’s hat.
It’s a perfect place for advertising space. And after losing all that money in child-abuse lawsuits, he has to make up the lost revenue somehow.
(Chris Morse)
3|
Disclaimer on inside cover of Bibles (a la Cobb County): “This storybook contains material on ‘god’. ‘god’ is a theory, not a fact, regarding the nature of the universe. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered.”
(Andrew)
2|
In the bedroom: “Don’t shout falsehoods while making love”
(Allytude)
1|
One word: Skywriting
(Bill M.)
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
…
If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest:
Barack Obama has taken a presidential oath without a Bible. He mentioned non-believers in his Inaugural Address.
In what way will President Obama reach out to atheists next?
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
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12.18.08
Posted in Contests, General at 5:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
Last time, I ran this contest:
Why are atheists Tiana and Kate praying outside the Discovery Institute?
(Pic via Kate_Holden)
…
Clearly, most of you decided to answer your own reworded questions… which makes deciding the winners difficult.
Ah well.
Here are the Top 5 explanations… or responses (with submitters):
5|
Due to an overabundance of Thetans, their bodies swelled just enough for their Mormon Temple Underpants, (don’t ask why – their lingerie is their own business), to cut off the circulation to their legs, thus dropping them to their knees. Knowing that they must restore blood-flow to their lower extremeties, they began a Buddhist clapping exercise designed to raise the heart-rate. At that precise moment, a wandering Quaker photo-essayist, working for a well-known TV medium, wandered by and snapped their pic for the medium’s brochure to put above a fictitious quote thanking him for reuniting someone with their long-dead ancestor.
Being in front of the DI was just weird luck.
(Postman)
4|
They’re not praying. They’re doing entropy calculations to ward off the Dembski.
(Janothar)
3|
They’re praying there’s a working bathroom in there.
(Matt)
2|
I don’t think they’re praying, I think the door only opens when you’re in the prayer stance…
(Ray)
1|
“Oh, you meant we should be preying on the people inside The Discovery Institute.”
(William)
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
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If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest:
A recent poll asked 1,600 British children to “name the individual they considered the biggest celebrity.”
In first place: Simon Cowell.
In second place: God.
I think that gives new meaning to the word “Idolatry“…
But it raises another question:
In what other ways is Simon Cowell better than God?
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
(Thanks to Gracie for the idea!)
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11.24.08
Posted in Contests at 6:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
Time for a new contest! It’s been a while…
Why are atheists Tiana and Kate praying outside the Discovery Institute?
(Pic via Kate_Holden)
Remember — you’re playing for Friendly Atheist wristbands!
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
(And, by the way, both girls will soon be appearing on the Skepticality podcast.)
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08.25.08
Posted in Contests, General at 9:00 am by Hemant Mehta
Last time, I ran this contest:
This weekend is the Atheist Coming Out Party in Columbus, OH.
This raises the question:
What is the worst way to come out as an atheist?
It can be a statement, a dialogue/scene, a sign, etc. The question is open to interpretation!
Here are the Top 5 ways (with submitters):
5|
In poster form:
(hoverFrog)
4|
Worst coming out speech:
“I accept your nomination for President of the United States and look forward to becoming the first atheist to serve in the White House.”
(ubi dubius)
3|
I wouldn’t recommend coming out to ones mom like I did mine, although I doubt it is the worst way it could be done. My mom was going on about religion and wouldn’t let it go and I said “Good grief, Mom, I stopped believing in god not long after I stopped believing in Santa Clause!”. She stopped talking at that moment.
(Jewel)
2|
So there I was, hanging out with Pat Robertson, Rick Perry, and Fred Phelps on a hunting trip deep in backwoods Alabama, to which I said “Boy, who would imagine an atheist would get the chance to hang out with all of you!”
(Jason)
1|
Trip and fall onto a table, crushing a plate of communion wafers, the other end of the table flips up and a bible flies into the fireplace and is consumed by flames and also the table hits a woman holding a baby and it soars straight into an open microwave oven. Throw up your arms and exclaim “It’s ok! I’m an atheist!”
(Krista)
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
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If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest:
Atheists were not invited to the Democratic National Convention’s Interfaith Gathering.
What other events are atheists not being invited to? Why not?
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
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08.01.08
Posted in Contests, General at 3:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
Last week, I ran this contest:
You’ve heard of Yo’ Mama jokes? (e.g. Yo’ mama is so ugly that when she joined an ugly contest, they said “Sorry, no professionals.”)
Well, finish this statement:
Yo’ atheism is so militant…
Here are the Top 5 statements (with submitters):
5|
Yo’ atheism is so militant, the Pope says yo’ Mama should have had an abortion.
(ubi dubius)
4|
Yo’ atheism is so militant, PZ Myers started complaining about your billboards.
(Derek)
3|
Yo’ atheism is so militant, crackers desecrate themselves on hearing of you.
(Allytude)
2|
Yo’ atheism is so militant, you’ve been excommunicated by the Unitarians.
(ubi dubius)
1|
Yo’ atheism is so militant, you disowned your kid ’cause he was cross-eyed.
(Wes)
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Honorable Mention goes to hoverFrog for this entry… and the hilarious accompanying picture:
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
…
If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest:
This weekend is the Atheist Coming Out Party in Columbus, OH.
This raises the question:
What is the worst way to come out as an atheist?
It can be a statement, a dialogue/scene, a sign, etc. The question is open to interpretation!
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
[tags]atheist, atheism, contest[/tags]
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07.16.08
Posted in Contests, General at 8:00 am by Hemant Mehta
Last week, I ran this contest:
It was so successful last time, it’s time to try it again:
Create a motivational poster for atheists!
Here is the website that allows you to do it. Send your final products to 
.
Here are the Top 10 posters (with submitters) — Click on the images for larger versions!
10|
(Adrian)
9|
(Dana)
8|
(Greymalkin)
7|
(Jeff)
6|
(John)
5|
(Margy)
4|
(Aditya)
3|
(Hoverfrog)
2|
(Ian)
1|
(Joe)
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No contest like this is complete without the Honorable Mentions. They may not have made the Top Ten, but they were amusing, shocking, or otherwise entertaining…
Honorable Mention|
(John)
Honorable Mention|
(Stuart)
Honorable Mention|
(Anfractuous)
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
…
If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest (Thanks to reader Matt for the suggestion!):
You’ve heard of Yo Mama jokes? (e.g. Yo mama is so ugly that when she joined an ugly contest, they said “Sorry, no professionals.”)
Well, finish this statement:
Yo atheism is so militant…
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
[tags]atheist, atheism, contest[/tags]
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07.07.08
Posted in Contests, General at 8:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
Last week, I ran this contest:
We recently learned that one in five atheists actually believes in God.
What other surprises did we discover from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey?
Here are the Top 3 responses (with submitters)!
3|
Atheists consume, per person, 3 times the national average of bananas.
(Old Beezle)
2|
The most popular type of “holy Mormon underwear” is the thong.
(Cobwebs)
1|
1 in 5 atheists believes they are god.
(Josha)
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
…
If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest:
It was so successful last time, it’s time to try it again:
Create a motivational poster for atheists!
Here is the website that allows you to do it. Send your final products to .
Funny, positive and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
[tags]atheist, atheism[/tags]
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06.27.08
Posted in Contests, General at 12:00 pm by Hemant Mehta
Last week, I ran this contest:
You went shopping at an atheist store.
What’s it called?
Where is it located?
What did you buy?
How much did it cost?
I want to know what your receipt looks like!
Here are the Top 3 responses (with submitters)!
3|
(Ross)
2|
(Brandon)
1|
(Scott)
And an honorable mention to H.M. who made me laugh with this one:
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Congratulations to the winners! The top three will be receiving specially-made Friendly Atheist wristbands (in the color of their choice), sent to me by blog reader Shauna and her sister Danni!
…
If you’d like to win your own wristband, here is the new contest:
We recently learned that one in five atheists actually believes in God.
What other surprises did we discover from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey?
Funny and creative answers will have a shot at winning.
Good luck!
[tags]atheist, atheism[/tags]
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