At different points around Delhi, I saw little tent communities like this one; where people literally live on the sidewalk -but with some privacy and shelter where they can actually sleep undisturbed and go about their day, earning enough to eat at least. I saw one of these rows of tents erected along a creek, […]
How to get pneumonia in a tropical country
When I first arrived in Delhi, I stepped out of the airport to see a blanket of fog in late afternoon. Fog is an early morning occurrence. So what’s going on here? At first the locals told me that the fog never lifts because it is winter and it is cold. But I don’t think […]
Riding through Agra
To get to the World Atheist conference in Vijayawada, I had to connect in Delhi. Having never been to India, I arranged a layover. A friend who lives there hired a car to take me to Agra for the purpose of seeing the Taj Mahal. If I’m in India anyway, I may as well see […]
Hopping through Arabian Airports
I’ve heard that Qatar is one of those places where atheism carries a death sentence. We call it k’TAR, but the locals seem to call it CATTar. All I saw was Hamad Airport in Doha. It’s a huge ultra-modern hub and the people are justifiably very proud of it. It tempts me to take a […]
Lemmy RIP
In 1982, I was all about Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. But a few of my friends told me that I reminded them of someone else. They showed me a picture of Lemmy Kilmister, front man and bassist for speed-metal band, Motörhead. The thing is, at that moment, by sheer coincidence, I happened to be […]
FBB fund against the Texas twister
Due to the F4 wedge tornado that killed a dozen people in our neighborhood last night, the Foundation Beyond Belief has initiated an aid donation facebook fund to help affected survivors.
Refuting the allegedly irrefutable proof of God
David C. Pack of the Restored Church of God made five half-hour videos claiming to list what he says are indisputable irrefutable absolute proof of God. I’m making a series of videos disputing refuting and absolutely disproving his claims point by point. Last week I showed the first video of that series, which was an […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]