Ask an Atheist with Sam Mulvey

Category Archives: Opinion

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

Satanic Beast-Men, the Grain Cartel and the Historicity of Jesus

by Mike Gillis

Mike here. Now, I’m a big fan of fringe types. Sun Myung Moon, Fred Phelps, Emperor Joshua Norton, the Raelians, David Icke, Alex Jones, cult leaders, conspiracy theorists, moon landing deniers, cryptozoologists, Birthers, Truthers, UFO crazies… you name them, I think they’re hilarious and fascinating. I’m also a bit of a politics geek, so when […]

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Thou Shalt Not Replace Us With Your iPhone

by beth

Have you ever wanted to repent, but you just didn’t have time to make it to church?  Wait for it…wait for it…there’s an app for that. HEY-OHHHHH!  This might be old news on the interwebs freeway, but it’s new to me and its very existence tickles me.  I’m also pretty amused by the response from the higher […]

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Yay For (these) Christians!

by beth

Man, you have no idea how much I love saying that. As an atheist who reads a good amount of godless blogs and heathenish news stories in addition to talking to other atheists about a wide range of topics, I hear a lot of crazy bad stuff about religious people and their actions.  I’m not an anti-theist […]

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Trouble in Tennessee

by beth

Giant wall of text from the Americans United website, 1/13/2011 go! A Tennessee county’s preference for Christianity in its courthouse displays violates the U.S. Constitution, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Americans United, a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group, is challenging the Johnson County Commission’s decision to […]

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