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Christianist Bryan Fischer has an explanation for the Connecticut shootings, too:

The city of Prescott, Arizona appears to have an official religion: Christianity.

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A couple of years ago, Pat Robertson said something sensible (bear with me here) about marijuana:

Remember Julea Ward?[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="397" caption="Julea Ward"][/caption]Ward was a graduate student in counseling at Eastern Michigan University. She also happened to be a Christian and refused to treat a suicidal gay student because her Christianity prevented her from "he...

There's only one question I have after watching Santa and Moses duel in an Epic Rap Battle: How the hell did they get Snoop Lion to do this?!

The United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics just released the results of the 2011 census and the results show that nearly 25% of the people in England and Wales profess no religion (PDF) -- nearly 14,100,000 people.

Matt Barber of the conservative Christian group Liberty Counsel knows exactly how to defeat the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group he considers bullies: Punch them in the mouth. Metaphorically. (Because when you want to fight back against a bully, metaphors will do the trick!)

The Austin Atheists Helping the Homeless is rebooting with a new Facebook page and a giveaway on December 16th! If you're in the area and eager to help out, they could use some volunteers.

At Skepticon 5, I gave a talk about many of the topics I discuss in The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. I shared the stories that touched me the most as I was writing it and I hope they motivate you to take action:

Last week, evangelist and Banana-man Ray Comfort released a 30-minute documentary called Genius about... John Lennon...

Seth Andrews, who makes *amazing* YouTube videos and runs a podcast under the handle The Thinking Atheist, has just released his new autobiography Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason:

At Skepticon 5, American Atheists' Managing Director Amanda Knief gave a talk on how those of us who are godless can avoid employment discrimination:

15-year-old Noah created this awesome parody of an infomercial and basically exploits all the tricks in the book to sell his HomeoQuantum Juice:

Got a minute to spare? Take the Atheist Census and help gather some nifty data about the distribution of atheists around the world:

Jim DeMint, heralded for a time by political pundits as the most powerful member of the U.S. Senate, shocked even his own staff yesterday when he announced that he'll relinquish his seat next month to become president of the Heritage Foundation, the preeminent Washington, D.C. think tank for soci...

We've all seen examples of passive-aggressive atheist activism: Downvoting pro-religion posts on Reddit. Putting a warning label on hotel room Bibles. Crossing "In God We Trust" off of dollar bills. We can debate whether any of that makes a difference, but the point I want to make is that we beli...

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Over the past couple of weeks, The Texan Canadian has put out two videos called "How to Deal with Religion." They're fun to watch, partly for the analysis and partly for the great clips he includes:

College Humor looks at the Bible as if it were God's Diary... (some NSFW language)

Two years ago, Brigit Clarke-Smith began a group called Atheists Anonymous at the La Costa Glen retirement community in Carlsbad, California. It's not exactly "anonymous" -- many of the members are very open about their atheism -- but the name suggests that atheists may be better off keeping thei...

The battle to march the education of American children toward the 19th century continues. In Indiana, state senator Dennis Kruse is going to push what he is dubbing a "truth in education" bill.

Marco Rubio tried to play the part of a Creationist earlier this month when he told GQ magazine that the age of the Earth was in doubt:

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has a sense of humor.She just did a satirical promo for a radio station (JJJ) in which she warns us about the End of the World:

For the third time in as many years, the Freethought Society was barred from putting up their Tree of Knowledge in front of the Historic Chester County Courthouse in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Over the summer, the British Humanist Association released a video that was an Introduction to Humanism featuring several prominent Humanists...

Side effects may include people unfriending you from Facebook for calling them out on their lies:

During the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, the candidate with the most devoted core of supporters was undoubtedly Ron Paul...

Philosopher Daniel Dennett is the author of the excellent book Breaking the Spell and he recently filmed a segment for Chris Johnson's multimedia book about atheists and what gives them joy and meaning in life.

Everyone who sent me an email saying you would buy my book except it's on Kindle and you hate Kindle and [something about DRM] now have an alternative option!

In the video below, Penn Jillette talks about how there's no war on Christmas and asks Christians who believe there is why they would go to such lengths to exclude people from the holiday season:

When it comes to the issue of science, the UK is fortunate in rarely having to mount any kind of serious defense or needing to resort to litigation when combating Creationists. Such people are simply laughed at, as they shuffle off to the fringes of the public sphere. Unfortunately, there is much...

Last month, the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers held a conference called Reason in the Rock and Teresa MacBain was one of the speakers. If you haven't heard her talk about how she went from being a minister to becoming an atheist, it's a wonderful and inspiring story:

Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked by the Templeton Foundation (Wait! Don't leave!) to answer the question, "Does the Universe Have a Purpose?"

There are a lot of ways to show your opposition to campus preachers. You can play BINGO, you can have a same-sex makeout session right in front of them, you can preach about something that's not Christianity right next to them...

You all saw the video where Young Earth Creationist Eric Hovind tries to debate an 11-year-old boy and just embarrasses himself with his faulty logic?

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The Creationist Wars of 2012TM are underway!It was only a couple of days ago that Pat Robertson said on The 700 Club that the Earth wasn't created thousands of years ago:

What's better than pastors asking you to give money to them God?Doing it while rapping.

In 2010, the Chester County Commissioners (in Pennsylvania) passed a resolution allowing them to control what displays are put in front of the Chester County Courthouse. Essentially, they decided the best option was a display featuring Santa, a sleigh with gifts, candy canes, and the like.

While I am utterly un-surprised that Steven Ertelt over at Christian pro-life website LifeNews.com is displeased by the fact that Sandra Fluke is included on a list of nominees for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" contest, I am amused by his attitude and apparent ignorance of why Fluke is an ...

Angus T. Jones, the "half" in "Two and a Half Men," makes well over $300,000 per episode... but he's ready to follow former co-star Charlie Sheen and throw it all away because he's morally opposed to the show's plotlines. Apparently, they go against his Seventh-day Adventist morals.

Michael Savage is a conservative talk show host. Kind of like Rush Limbaugh, but not as popular. He recently heard about how atheists at Dartmouth were going to hold an event where Mother Teresa's legacy was discussed, with a nod to Christopher Hitchens' evisceration of her in his book The Missio...

James Randi, the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation and magician extraordinaire, filmed a segment for Chris Johnson's multimedia book about atheists and what gives them joy and meaning in life.

Peter Boghossian, a philosophy professor at Portland State University, recently invited Michael Shermer to do a A & A session for students. That lecture was recorded and begins at the 4:30 mark in the video below:

If you want to hear a great speaker give an effective speech on a difficult topic, listen to Professor Anthony Pinn talk about racial diversity in our fight against theism from Skepticon 5 (beginning at the 0:40 mark):

Christmas is coming, and FOX News Channel wants you to be afraid.Very afraid.