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more about #religion more comments → Mrs. Beeton: One of the best Christmas gifts I ever received was The God Delusion, from a Catholic. Giving gifts you know the recipient will enjoy trumps all dogma... more » BookishLookish: Jeffrey Dahmer was a humanist, he liked to eat on humans. Was that the joke? more » lionel-mandrake: This is a little OT, but here goes... I've been under the impression that money-lending (especially of the interest-charging kind) was a big no-no, h... more » Spirit Fingers: Scientology is probably quite miffed that the atheists' recruitment tactics are far simpler and have nothing to do with the, "Bring in a new member a... more » BookishLookish: Hey, I'm a Reform Jewess and therefore a stone cultural agnostic, but if this campaign means one less "Jesus Is the Reason for the Season!" sign, one ... more » Lysergic Asset: I think this is the best 2-1/2 minutes on this topic (religion vs. no religion). more » AzureTexan: Historical Fact: The Three Wise Men were bearing the gifts of lold, common sense and mirth. more » mfnher: I'm an atheist who has no use for Christmas. My husband and I like to go to Vegas over the holiday. The hotel rooms are cheap, and there are great spa... more » RollsRoyceRevenge: Evidently Humanism also has something to do with an urge to punch someone's Santa hat right off their fucking head. more » i'm a bottle: I don't see anyone attacking Kant for attempting to unlink religion from morality. His point was that you're crazy to think that you'll get rewarded ... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Aw, it's not a war on Christmas. Just on Jesus. Who is, frankly, a good target on account of all that pacifism. more » octavia144: Is that a stock photo you keep in the same file as Aunt Jemima? more » BettyCrocker: I'll take a toot and a schmear. more » MessiahsHandle: Wow, who knew the Bible was such a downer....maybe Christians should read something more inspirational...like maybe the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pa... more » ajackarmstrong: Wow, liberals truly are morons. The quote is a clever way to say Obama does not live or govern with Christian values and praying that he only serve on... more » -
#god
Atheist War on Christmas Proceeding Smoothly
"For Christ's Sake," ha: Secular Thanksgiving is over, which means it's time for the Atheist War on Christmas to begin anew. More » -
#reconciliation
Cocaine-Dealing Rabbi Points the Way Forward in Middle East Peace Process
Rabbi Baruch Chalomish is on trial in England for operating what prosecutors call a "commercial cocaine-supply operation" and paying prostitutes with coke. That's the bad news. The good news is that his partner in crime is named Nasir Abbas. More » -
#biblestudy
Christian Conservatives Praying for God to Kill Obama
There's a hilarious new meme in the wingnut sectors of the internet: someone's coined a bumper sticker slogan encouraging people to pray for Barack Obama. But here's the funny part: it's really a secret Christian code for "Kill the President!'
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#propaganda
How the Nazis Stole Christmas
A museum in Cologne, Germany, has a chilling exhibit on Nazi efforts to remove Christ from Christmas and replace Santa with a Norse god. Expect Glenn Beck to start talking about other people who hate Christmas in about six hours. More » -
#outrage
Outrage-Off: Bill O'Reilly vs. Bryan Fischer
Nidal Hasan, a Muslim, killed a bunch of people at Ft. Hood. This is a challenge to the right wing to come up with the most outrageously crazy thing to say, about Muslims. Today: Bill O'Reilly vs. Bryan Fischer. More » -
#crazies
The Anti-Muslim Backlash Outrage-Off, Vol. 1
Nidal Hasan, a Muslim, killed a bunch of people at Ft. Hood. Clearly, this calls for the angriest members of the right wing to compete to say the most paleoracist anti-Muslim thing. Today: Pat Robertson vs. Tunku Varadarajan. More » -
#gawkerquestionnaire
Questionnaire: Are You a Jew?
So! In foggy London town, people are wondering who is a Jew and who is not a Jew! Why can't we all be Jews? Because some Jews are more Jewy than other Jews, apparently. Are you? Find out! Question 1:
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#polygamy
Extreme Mormon Sect Member: It Wasn't Rape, It Was 'Spiritual Marriage'
This wonderfully creepy man, of the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas, faces 20 years in jail. But it was all just polygamist love, and you don't know and you weren't there he says. More » -
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#pagans
Pagan Wins Council Seat!
Hah, the Republican pagan won in Queens. Breaking! What does that say about the mood of the electorate, exactly? (That they dislike Asians, maybe?) More » -
#jesus
Jesus Was Not a Transsexual
A play called Jesus, Queen of Heaven, about the bearded one wanting to take a walk on the wild side, hitch up his/her robes, paint his/her nails and become Jesus-ina or whatever is upsetting christians. More » -
#elections
Your Off-Year Election Guide
The only race tomorrow that will have anything to do with national political trends is a tiny congressional district in upstate New York. But there are other races that everyone will talk about as if they mean something. More » -
#awful
Jon Gosselin's Public Shot at Forgiveness With Celebrity-Obsessed Rabbi Shmuley
"I feel guilty," Jon Gosselin laments to "America's Rabbi," Shmuley Boteach. Rabbi Shmuley talked to Jon on his bima about asking the world for forgiveness. We dispatched our Black Ops spy to the scene. One word: Wow. This is absurd.
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#greatescapes
Tom Cruise's Wedding Cook Exposes Scientology's Scary Retention Practices
Ruh-roh. The St. Petersburg Times—Scientology HQ's hometown paper and perpetual investigative thorn in their side—has unleashed another scathing report on the religion. This time, it's on the lengths they'll go bringing deserters back, including Tom Cruise's wedding chef. More » -
#beyonce
Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce
The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt is a political organization that once included Sayyid Qutb, the man who inspired Al-Qaeda. It was founded to promote Islamic law, oppress women etc. And now it wants to keep Beyonce out of Egypt! More » -
#mediameltdowns
Scientology Leader Can't Handle the Heat On Xenu, Storms Out on Martin Bashir
ABC's Nightline ran a special on Scientology this weekend. It was typically strange and disconcerting, but nothing necessarily new. Except: What could provoke their spokesman to storm off the set of an interview? We get to learn. Paging Lord Xenu. More » -
#recessionomics
Jesus' Bank of Choice Shut Down, Bought Out
Damn, the economy's getting to everyone these days. Even the lord and savior of a bunch of people, Jesus Christ (33), who apparently endorsed Riverview Community Bank only to see it shut down, reports Minneapolis' Citypages. Holy shit, holy bummer. More » -
#cults
Moon's Last Mass Wedding a Success, Moonie Times Says
If you didn't get married to someone you don't know in a sea of 20,000 cult members yesterday, you may have missed your chance. It looks like the Reverend Sun Myung Moon has performed his final mass wedding. More » -
#science
Animals Afflicted by Religious Sacrifice
Murderous scientists have proven that animals slaughtered for Jewish and Muslim religious sacrifices feel the pain, but stunning the animal first terminates the torture. So, animal rights activists, it's time for a whole new type of holy war. [New Scientist] -
#aporkalypsenow
Swine Flu Officially a Tool of Satan
The deadly Mexican Pig Flu's dirtiest deed yet: Coming between you and the literal body and blood of Christ. You will pay dearly for this, heathen microbe. More » -
#freespeech
Big Scary Cartoonist Coming to Scare Yale
Speaking of idiotic uproars over cartoons, at colleges: The guy who drew the Danish Muhammad cartoon that set off worldwide riots is coming to Yale—the provincial little school whose University Press allows religious psychos to dictate what it publishes. More »
