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Atheist Death Threat Toon Roundup: Featuring South Park and the Omnipotent...

ITEM: Just a few points about the South Park situation, which I can watch here in Pittsburgh so this is local so there (!):1. I kind of wish that Comedy Central would fire the South Park creators...

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PT. 2 Guess what? Guy who drove into Pittsburgh synagogue apparent religious...

(There was a terrible glitch and this story redirects to another story I wrote. So let me try to republish this.) There's a headline in a recent Pharyngula story that asks what's the difference...

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The Pittsburgh Catholic seems to miss all the real juicy stories.

I read the Pittsburgh Catholic only because I need material for this column. I certainly wouldn't read it to get news about the Catholic Church, although if you read this essay about The Propaganda...

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Toon explains why the Pittsburgh Catholic can't write critically about women...

I criticized the Pittsburgh Catholic for not having hardly any stories about the somewhat sexist decision by the Catholic Hierarchy/Patriarchy to not ordain women priests. There's a chance that the...

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Newest Godman and the unofficial possibly unauthorized Godman collection. (No...

Here's the newest Godman. Its called "Slave Trade". Just for the record, there is no indication that the God of the Big Three (Christianity, Islam and Judaism) was against slavery and when the racist...

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Not in the Pgh. Catholic Weekly: church sued over suicide of man sexually...

Well, what's the big news over there at the Pittsburgh Catholic Weekly? Granted, they don't seem to have this magical thing known as "blogging"--the devil's plaything I'm told-- where they could...

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New Atheist Toons From Jesus and Mo.

Actually, since I haven't written a column in more than a year and a half there's about a year's worth of Jesus and Mo cartoons to choose from. They're probably all brilliant...

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Rick Santorum's position on college not rare among fundamentalists.

Must see Young Turks on Rick Santorum's advice not to send your kid to college. Actually, I think he's kind of right but not in the way he thinks. Yes its true that if you...

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Harrisburg Atheism Billboards Are Up: Religious African Americans React

One of my Pittsburgh state reps noticed one of the Harrisburg Atheism billboards that were put on display recently. You can read the full article here. Its meant to challenge "The Year of the...

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Note to smug atheists: Yes we win the debates but we have little real power.

(Commentary with links.)I remember one person at one of the black atheism Facebook groups I belong to, I can't remember if its Black Free Thinkers or the African American Humanism group, asked what...

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Atheism sites I'll be looking at for 2013. (Add suggestions in comments.)

I'm going to resurrect this column -- thus making it a miracle which I can then turn into a money making cult -- by taking a look at what the best atheist bloggers are writing about. There used to be...

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Around the Atheist Internets Jan. 30, 2013

Here are the atheist links that have caught my eye lately.--I was looking at Raina's site (add more content Raina) and I completely missed this: an interview with a guy called Gary C. Booker who...

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Best 5 Atheism Stories of the Week (Ending Aug 31)

1. Blind Faith Leads to...MeaslesThis is what happens when you don't take vaccines. And I'm even willing to think there might be something to an autism is caused by vaccine link. But there's...

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Seven best atheism images of the last week.

These are the best images that came over the Facebook at me this week. The only one where I'm sure of the ownerships is Jesus and Mo, not only the best continuous atheism strip online that I can...

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Yet another thrilling episode of Phil debates a true believer on Facebook.

I can't remember how this ends as to whether I accept the Good Lord -- who is the True One Allah or Mithras(?) -- into my life or whether I turn Stan into a hard hitting, evidence based disciple of...

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I'm hoping this Caltech lecture featuring Sam Harris and Deepak Chopra will...

If I could teleport to Caltech then I would be there. It features four heavyweights not just the two I could mention in the title. Here's the info: Does God have a Future? A Great Debate Filmed by...

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Where Newsmax riddles us a question. My answer: "Never" and "Not that...

Newsmax asks us a question. My answer is twofold. "Never" and "The Christian Heaven wouldn't be that different from Hell." Have you read the Old Testament?Yes, Newsmax is a conservative magazine...

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Jesus and Mo takes on the Catholic Church, which is a very hard target for...

Jesus and Mo takes on the Catholic Church, who we should all be thankful to for telling American women what to do with their bodies. Afterall, they're so qualified. By the way, the whole month's worth...

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Well, its about time: Atheist Barbie

(Openly stolen from Pharyngula)Wow. I would love to have me one of these "Atheist Barbies". I like the "No pants to be ready for surprise orgies.&quot...

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Why Richard Dawkins is a mean ol atheist: Just the headlines involving the...

Why is that Richard Dawkins so snooty? He thinks atheists are smarter than theists because we can notice that certain people, like Popes, clearly aren't infallible. Really. Hey, its a fact. Look it...

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