Well, it didn’t happen. Again. Harold Camping of Family Radio’s  prediction that Jesus would return today and usher in the End of Days can be tossed on to history’s pile of failed prophecies. There was no major earthquake. No zombies. No locust plague. While I’d like to believe that his cult will be so […]

I normally leave the articles on the blog to other, more qualified folks, but I feel compelled to speak up, briefly, about something I read today. This is from an opinion piece at Chicago Now, which appears to be a part of the Chicago Tribune news contraption: As for me,  all this doomsday stuff about […]

Skeletor! Just kidding, that’s Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church. Though it’s still a bit sketchy – it looks like some of the WBC may be heading up to Seattle this summer to protest the Seattle SlutWalk.

Mike talks about the responsibilities Harold Camping has to his followers, and how he would feel in the same place on this week’s episode of Ask an Atheist.

  Sunday, May 15 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Gillis producer, Ask an Atheist 1019 Pacific Ave #1716, Tacoma WA 90402 (206) 420-0997 mike@askanatheist.tv www.askanatheist.tv www.wecantknow.com   ASK AN ATHEIST HOST: “IF I WERE HAROLD CAMPING…I’D PUT A GUN IN MY MOUTH” TACOMA — While the producers of Tacoma’s “Ask an Atheist” radio show […]

  When non-believers and skeptics point out the harm done by religious dogma, moderates and liberals tend to rebut us with a handful of names. Most often mentioned is Jim Wallis.  Wallis is the founder of a liberal-leaning evangelical Christian group called Sojourners and publishes a magazine of the same name. In fact, he’s the […]

Ask an Atheist takes a bold step into the late 1990s: we now include advertising on our website. However, unlike other websites in this Google-infested day and age, all of our ads are for groups and organizations which support Ask an Atheist! So don’t expect advertising for magnetic golfing bracelets that have been placed in […]

Scientology is like the competitive, angry short guy in a family of six footers. They’ve always got something to prove and they can’t stand to be outdone. In that spirit, it would seem Scientology may be attempting to get into the public school curriculum game – Intelligent Design style! When these kinds of issues pop up, […]

Man, guys…you’ve obviously been Photoshopping ladies out of your publications for far too long. You remember those panels in newspapers where you were supposed to figure out what was different between two pictures?  Well, here you go – the top is a printed version of the picture below, showing key White House players and others […]

As a response to the killing of Osama Bin Laden, a local paper in Newville, PA sought out local SEALs in order to run a piece outlining what life is and was like for those enlisted in that select force. Evidently there is no database available to the press or public to check enlistment of […]