Archive for October, 2006

What’s Wrong with Blasphemy?

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Via One Good Move:
Stewart Lee co-writer of Jerry Springer - The Opera pushes back at all the religious nuts that protested the show and made his life hell. He asks the question, What’s Wrong With Blasphemy?

Part 1 (11 min)
Part 2 (9 min)
Part 3 (10 min)
Part 4 (8 min)

McNally’s Challenge, 10th Anniversary Edition

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

This is a slightly updated version of my original article, McNally’s Challenge, first published in 1996.
This is an experiment for Christians (or believers in general) who are in a crisis of faith. Perhaps you’re hanging around atheist web sites or blogs because you’ve begun to doubt your faith, and are hoping to find something to […]

A Girl and Her Squid

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Matthew Forsythe’s Ojingogo: The charming tale of a girl and her squid.
The less said, the better.

Oh, yeah… nominated for two Eisner Awards.

Deliver Us from Evil

Friday, October 13th, 2006

There have been over 100,000 victims of clergy sexual abuse in the United States alone.
The Catholic church has spend over $1 billion in legal settlements.
Over 3,500 priests have been reported as pedophiles.
But no priest has ever admitted the truth.
Until now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptRHj_quQr8

Official site with high-quality trailer and theater listings.

The Nietzsche Family Circus

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

The Nietzsche Family Circus pairs a randomized Family Circus cartoon with a randomized Friedrich Nietzsche quote. Refresh the page to see a new comic.
A few of my favorites:

NPR : Keeping Religion Out of Public Policy

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

NPR’s Talk of the Nation conducts an excellent 30-minute interview (including call-ins) with Sam Harris on Keeping Religion Out of Public Policy. This is a more in-depth treatment of many of the topics covered in his shorter NPR interview previously mentioned here.