After some long and hard soul-searching, we’ve decided to change the direction of the show. Possibly the weirdest 180-degree-turn in the history of radio, I know, but it is one that is a long time in coming, and long in discussion with the local clergy. Really, given the direction of the militant New Atheism movement, […]

  Once the Republican Party’s figurehead during the Clinton administration, Newt Gingrich has returned from political exile. And like many with a new found sense of presidential ambition, Newt 2.0 is an aggressively and obnoxiously religious man. Pay no attention to the fact that he goes through wives like the Doctor goes through incarnations — […]

Here’s an interview I just read on io9 with Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick, creators of the Venture Brothers: Let’s switch gears entirely for a moment. The internet seems obsessed with the religion of fictional characters like superheroes. What religion are the Venture Brothers? JP: Doc’s an atheist. The boys were probably raised on that “non-practicing-1950s-everyone-in-America-was-that” […]

Beth again.  I knew I said I was going to be updating throughout the day.  But I didn’t.  I will, but right now I’m going to take in some Portland nightlife. The conference was satisfying, PZ’s talk was really affirming to me as an often less-than-velvet-gloved atheist when it comes to science, creationism, and the comparison and […]

Hello! Beth here, and I’m in Oregon this weekend to attend the Northwest Freethought Conference. I’m not what one might call a social butterfly, so while I’m trying to mingle a bit, I’m more focused on a few discussions and the keynote speaker of the evening, P.Z. Myers. I’ll be blogging about the conference throughout […]

Yoga might be spiritually questionable for Christians, but there’s another fitness fad that seems to mesh just fine with biblical teachings – pole dancing! You need a church pamphlet and some physical fitness to get into the class.  Make no mistake – she’s not teaching people how to strip.  She’s showing people how to worship […]

****Update**** Looks like Apple may have taken the app down.  It’s no longer loading.  Once I know for sure, I’ll update again.  Thanks Jason for the heads up! There’s an app for everything these days, a reality that many mac-philes will reference when engaged in the endless battle of Apple vs. PC.  I think it’s […]

As atheists have increasingly become more vocal, I’ve noticed that  the faith-based community at-large has generally had two strains of opposition: Outright hostility, as personified by anti-atheist books by Chris Hedges, Dinesh D’Souza, Christopher Hitchens’ brother and the countless books that sprung up to specifically counter Richard Dawkins’ the God Delusion (the Atheist Delusion and […]

Testing can be difficult no matter how old you are or what you’re testing for.  In my experience, the only thing that prepares me for a test is to study and really work at understanding the material. For the last two years at a public school in Baltimore, they’ve been trying a little something extra […]

Good news, everyone! We’re all going to die! Wait, that isn’t good news. If you’ve been following our Countdown to Backpedaling, you know that we’ve been watching the clock on the latest end of the world prediction. Family Radio, a fundamentalist Christian group based in California, has announced that Jesus will return to Earth — […]