On May 5th, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court contradicted the Constitution, discarding both clauses of the 1st Amendment. Previously Congress could make no law respecting the establishment of religion, nor limiting the free exercise thereof. This ruling not only establishes a state religion, but it also forces non-Christians to bow their head to the Christian […]
dropping out of the Dogma Debate
I hardly blog at all. I think I’ve only posted about once per month sometimes, sometimes once per week at best. I haven’t made many videos lately either, and there’s a lot of good ones I could be making, if I still had the time. My book is more than a year behind schedule, and […]
How crazy is religion?
I’ve seen a number of posts and comments suggesting that religion should be treated as a mental illness. There certainly seems to be a strong correlation between religion and insanity. I’ve read a few papers comparing the logical and psychological aptitude of strong believers vs those with little or no faith at all, and the […]
A Charitable Argument
Last weekend, I was in Salt Lake City (and Las Vegas). This week, I’ll be in Nacogdoches. Next week, I’ll be in Albuquerque. I don’t have a lot of time at the moment, but I did want to pass on a blurb from David Smalley, host of Dogma Debate on iHeartRadio. To all those screaming […]
Secular Pro-Life Same Old Scare Tactics
If I were to tell you that a purportedly secular anti-abortion group was engaging in the very same fear mongering and harassment of abortion providers that the largely Christian dominated pro-life groups do; would you be surprised? The True Pooka’s final report on Secular Pro-Life’s tactics is posted. In addition to the other tactics Pooka documented, the group […]
Better Commandments
On April 26th, I’ll be at Stephen F Austin State College in Nacogdoches Texas, where I will be talking about the Damn Commandments. Imagine you’re the supreme being, and you’re going to provide the top ten rules for all of mankind, and that’s the best you could come up with?! It occurred to me that […]
Westboro in my neighborhood
I normally sleep in as late as I want on a Sunday, especially when it’s cold and raining. But today I went to a church conference. South Garland Baptist Church was going to confront Westboro Baptist Church, and I wanted to be there.The Westboro troup showed up, but they weren’t very interesting, and I couldn’t […]
Secular Pro-Life (Anti-choice) Claim: Planned Parenthood Cheats Donors
Apparently, Secular Pro-Life is so irked by Planned Parenthood that they are willing to make unfounded charges about what they do with donations. True Pooka investigates… Now that you’re done reading I’m going to show you a magic trick I call; “Proper research done without confirmation bias followed by conclusions drawn based on experience and […]
Madness Mayhem HIV charity
I’m doing another charity telethon this weekend, Saturday / Sunday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrKxPIXdUA I’m really no good at these. If I knew how to talk people out of their money, I wouldn’t always be in the red like I am. So what I need is for people who have money to wait until 5:00pm Sunday, when it’s […]
The Unbelievers
Next week, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss will tour the US to personally host special screenings of ‘The Unbelievers’. A few months ago, Krauss and I were having breakfast in Oklahoma City, and he was telling me about his new movie. I remember remarking that when Dawkins and Krauss are in a movie, it’s produced […]