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 […]

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, is a return to the Good Book and its angry desert deity. This passage this week comes from listener Brad from Japan. from the Bible,  Malachi 2:1-3, New International Version:  1 “And now, you priests, this warning […]

NOTE: I (Sam) am republishing this blog post, because we’ve only got three days left to vote, and when last we checked we were in 2nd place and up against stiff competition.  If you can, please help.   I will be linking things in this post as time goes on. First, I want to thank all […]

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 […]

  Before I get on to writing more important things, I thought I would highlight a comment we got on our blog recently.   This is something I do. Right on schedule, and that is to say “four weeks late”, here’s a truther with the usual word salad in the blog.    I’m not going […]

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, is a return to Islam and its weird notion of gratitude. This passage this week comes from Jørgen from Trondheim, Norway. Qur’an Chapter 2, Verse 243, Sahih International Version: Have you (O Muhammad) not considered those who […]

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 […]

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 […]

In this week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy text, is a special one. It even has a soundtrack! Today we revisit Christianity’s weird sexual hang-ups. This passage this week comes from Ezekiel 23:19-20, New International Version: Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled […]

Alright, maybe the cake is a lie. As we’ve previously mentioned on today’s show and on our Facebook page, Ask an Atheist now has a web forum! It’s the place to discuss and debate not only the newest — or oldest episodes — of our radio show, but a place to interact with Ask an […]