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Articulation, exultation, excoriation, and other opinionated writings of Ask an Atheist cast and crew.

The Last Thing I Will Ever Write About Harold Camping

by Mike Gillis

I really wish I could quit you, Harold Camping. Really. You used to be funny and we’d giggle at your laughable prophecies every week on the show. Now, I just wish that you’d just curl up and die.  I’d have thought that we’d have heard the last of this senile, half-dead zealot when he announced […]

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World Fails to End Again. Also, Bears Shit in the Woods.

by Mike Gillis

Well, I just looked out of the window a moment ago and saw that the universe was still there. Harold Camping, the doddering old batshit Christian broadcaster with a potential AM radio audience of millions has failed for the third time to predict the apocalypse. I’m not really sure what I can write about this […]

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An Atheist Jew Reflects on the Days of Awe

by Becky Friedman

One of the many times I fell in love with Sam revolved around him being head chef for a 22-person seder hosted in my 800 sq ft apartment, attended by 2 Jews, a hindu, a Morman-Pagan intermarried family, some agnostics and buddhists, lapsed Christians, and a whole mess of other folks whose religious predilections are […]

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Compulsory Public Atheism

by Sam Mulvey

This is an open response to an open letter written by Wes.   You can read the full letter here.   Hi, Wes. I think we’ve spoken or at least communicated before. However, you don’t need to establish credentials with us. If you have a disagreement with anyone on the show, you’re encouraged to write […]

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Happy Blasphemy Day!

by Mike Gillis

Well, it’s September 30th again — Blasphemy Day —  and it’s time to renew our dedication to the principles of free speech, even if it offends a few people.  As we’ve said in our discussions of religious privilege, a common tactic that religious folks use to silence dissent is to assert that they’re somehow victims […]

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