We get a lot of comments on our Facebook page from random people, and occasionally we get the odd “hit and run” theist, believer or New Agey type who wants to blow our collective minds with what they think is a debate-ending question. Y’know, the verbal equivalent of Hulk Hogan’s Big Leg Drop. The sort […]

It’s not often that two things I love so much get packaged together in one glorious news story. It’s like someone getting their chocolate in my peanut butter. It’s this case somebody got their whiny self-martyring Christian whackadoo story into my story about comic books. Now, I make no secret of how much I love […]

This past Sunday, I had the chance to explore the experiences of atheists outside the United States.  We heard from David, a professor of American History in Qatar; from Zach, an atheist student who studied abroad in Japan; from Martin in Germany; and from several other Ask an Atheist listeners. One listener’s response to our […]

The Christian Post, the website that whined about atheists who aren’t properly sad about not being Christians is at it again. Again. This time they’re playing that oldest of all games: No True Scotsman. This is one of the most common rationalizations religious folks toss out when one of their flock does something embarrassing or […]

My senior year in high school I managed to finally earn one varsity letter.  I’d worked hard since seventh grade, practicing skills and drills in short bursts and extended 2-hour sessions.  I suffered callouses, strains, muscle aches, and tendonitis.   Our coaches made us drill and repeat till we got it right.  I went to Districts […]