University of Texas at Austin: the mock mass shooting “Life and Liberty Walk to End Gun-Free Zones” planned by avid gun supporters was rendered impotent today by counter protesters open carrying dildos and flatulent noise makers. The Austin American-Statesman reports that only about 15 gun supporters showed up to stage the mock mass shooting, and […]
Indisputable Irrefutable Absolute Proof of God
The front man for the Restored Church of God is at least as deserving of a take-down reality check as any other creationist, especially since this guy is the author of so many publications dedicated to misinformation. I never heard of him before now. He’s one of those multimillion-dollar charlatans who somehow he slipped under […]
Why we don’t support media trolls
It’s not like we don’t see people reminding us in comments on videos asking Aron if he is going to respond to something a media troll said. Often fans of media trolls try to start off-topic comment battles on every one of Aron’s videos even on innocuous topics that are not controversial in the atheist […]
The Cowardice of the NRA and the Politicians They Own.
The power to end the mass shooting epidemic has always been in the hands of the American people. As if we needed another reminder that Republicans are too cowardly to oppose their faithful campaign contributors in the NRA, yesterday the Senate blocked an emergency effort by Senate Democrats to keep guns out of the hands […]
Report: Police Seeking 3 White Males in San Bernardino Shootings
Fox 11 Los Angeles tweeted that police are looking for 3 white males dressed in military gear. Although there have been Islamist terrorists, who appear white such as the Chechnyan Tsarnaev Boston Marathon Bombers, here is more preliminary evidence this is domestic terrorism: During a news briefing, San Bernadino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said information about the […]
Another Religious Witch Hunt
I’ve often said that whenever religion has had rule over law, the result has always been an automatic violation of human rights. This is why I’m an advocate for secular governance. Because all the news I hear from theocratic regions is just this stupid and sometimes worse. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI12_lmsp9g&[/youtube] This is another example of a literal […]
Secular Idea for Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a campaign to break the record for 24 Hour charitable giving. Before you think, “Well, La, Dee, Da…”, it is sort of a reaction to the crass consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. (I would like to see us break the record for Voting Tuesday, which I just made up.) Also, […]
Look who dropped in
Something fell through the ceiling. It made quite a mess. Oh look who it is. You are adorable! I coaxed that opossum into a pet carrier and took her down to the park. I left the door open with a piece of turkey on the exit, and left it in a field by a creek […]
Creationism’s False Equivalence
This was my lecture to the Secular Student Alliance at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, 2015/11/24. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9p3dE5C4_8[/youtube] Today I’m going to talk about creationism, also known as Intelligent Design or Creation Science –as compared and contrasted with actual science. The term creationists use to describe actual science is ‘evolutionary’ science, but they […]
How we atheists do Thanksgiving
My friend, Vyckie Garrison posted a very sweet article on Raw Story about how atheists celebrate Thanksgiving. She asked several prominent atheists to participate, and I meant to. I don’t know what happened. I thought I sent the message, but I’m not seeing it now. Pity. I really wanted to be a part of that. […]