Last week, we were supposed to have fallen victim of John Hagee’s four blood moons tetrad prophesy. That didn’t happen, but Hagee made a fat sum of money on his book scaring his megachurch following into the end times, and no one will hold him accountable for being wrong. Harold Camping’s failed end-of-the-world prophesy in […]
Texas now has a spot for the Baphomet statue
Now that Oklahomans have worked out that state sponsored religious monuments on their capitol grounds means allowing the Satanic Temple a piece of capitol real estate too; the Ten Commandments were quietly removed from state grounds yesterday. On the plus side no one was hurt, but on the minus side its supporters are being sore […]
America Have You Had Enough Mass Shootings?
Had enough mass shootings to support better gun laws? President Obama sure has. “A visibly frustrated President Obama offered condolences to the victims of the mass shooting at an Oregon college on Thursday, but he added that “our thoughts and prayers are not enough,” and voters should demand changes to the nation’s gun laws.” No America hasn’t shown the will […]
Should Abortion Be Legal?
People have been able to get safe, legal abortions in the U.S. for over 40 years now. Ever since, Roe Vs. Wade in 1973, abortion rights have been a political football, where our politicians play a game with the health and welfare of millions to score political points. This political season has been the worst […]
Four Blood Moon Tetrad nonsense
I went to the American Atheist National Convention in Salt Lake City Utah in April of 2014. It’s funny because there was a ComiCon going on right across the street. A lot of them belonged with us -and visa versa. Patrick Stewart and William Shatner were both speaking there, but could just as well have […]
“In God We Trust” is Unconstitutional.
Here in Texas Christians love the national motto, so much that back in 2007 they chiseled and defaced the stone in our Senate chamber with it. The reasoning according to our now Lt. Governor Dan Patrick goes like this: “There will be times when all of us sit at our desk, and we’ll be able […]
The Imposition – my presentation to PAStAHcon
PAStAHcon stands for the Pennsylvania State Atheists & Humanists convention in Harrisburg. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_X59eIzVrM[/youtube]
Is Christianity Cultural Appropriation?
Cultural appropriation comes up in the news every now and again, and seems to provoke strongly worded opinions. Miley Cyrus doesn’t appear to get it even after having had it patiently explained to her many times by people, who actually experience it. A blog post I did 2 year sago about Katy Perry’s Geisha performance […]
Richard Carrier’s mythicism
Not that long ago, I (like most people) thought that there was once a guy named Jesus, who was a 1st century cult leader and faith healing charlatan, and that his story was heavily embellished and exaggerated, blown out of all proportion -to become the legendary character on which all the various and conflicting denominations […]
Tell us again why we can’t have good gun legislation
Perhaps there are good reasons that most Americans should own guns, but I want stay on point here. And yes, I was raised in Texas so I am keenly aware that it would be next to impossible to disarm just this state alone. However, why is it even possible for a Right Wing terrorist group […]