Category Archives: Stake Fodder

When they start burning people at the stake again I hope to be first.

Tim Minchin – Pope Song (Mirror)

Here are the lyrics, in case you don’t speak Austraaaalian: Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker, Fuck the motherfucker hes a fucking motherfucker. Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the fucking fucker, Fuck the motherfucker hes a total fucking fucker Fuck the … Continue reading

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Intelligent Apologetics?

As a proponent of Reason it is sometimes really frustrating, and thoroughly unenlightening, to watch debates with religious apologists because they continue to trot out the same lame grade school arguments. Every time I watch the Atheist Experience I’m amazed … Continue reading

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Calamity strengthens faith

One of the strangest phenomena of human behavior that I know of is the way in which experiencing a catastrophe causes people to become more superstitious. CNN is currently running an article regarding how the recent earthquake has caused many … Continue reading

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Et tu, NatGeo?

The National Geographic channel is running a show now titled “The Real Jesus” in which they discuss in great detail the cause of death and other aspects of Jesus’s life. All of this discussion proceeds on the assumption that he … Continue reading

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Evidence of speciation

Many creationists like to claim that “we’ve never seen one species come from another species; when a human is born to a chimp I’ll believe evolution,” in what they believe to be a knock-down argument against evolution. Obviously this claim … Continue reading

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Dara O’Briain is…

…not just funny, but spot on. Enjoy!

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Olbermann Misses the Point

The atheist bus campaign got some coverage on cable news tonight but not really in a good way. Here’s the clip from tonight’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy What … Continue reading

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The Label “Atheist”

Throughout this blog I will probably use the term “atheist” quite a lot. This is because everyone knows what it means, generally, and is therefor a useful term for discussion. I have pretty strong objections to it as a label … Continue reading

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Stop using the term “militant atheist”!

I can’t believe how often I see the term “militant atheist” in the press coverage of the New Atheist movement! The generous interpretation of the use of this term is that the author is pointing out that atheists are finding … Continue reading

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Creationist mistake #1A

In addition to the common misstatement that science believes that everything was created from nothing magically I’d have to say the the creationist mistake that bugs me the most is the insistence on the misuse of the term “theory”. While … Continue reading

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