An atheist has won the right to have his baptism removed from Church of England records after claiming he was too young to give his consent to the ceremony. John Hunt was baptized at the age of five months at the parish church of St Jude with St Aidin in Thornton Heath, south London. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Scientist and atheist Richard Dawkins has admitted he does celebrate Christmas - and enjoys singing traditional Christmas carols each festive season.

HYPOCRITE! (Irony for those who might miss it)

*ahem* picked by DoggyLives 11 months ago

Animals possess a sense of morality that allows them to tell the difference between right and wrong, according to a controversial new book. Research suggests that it's not just humans who have a moral compass. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Landover Baptist's Pastor Deacon Fred addresses thousands of hellbound freethinkers in front of Congress at the Godless March on Washington. (To anyone not familiar with it, Landover Baptist Church is a satire church.) picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

A respected archaeologist claims that pilgrims have been starting from the wrong end of Jerusalem and that the locations of two of the holiest sites on the route are 'completely wrong'. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago

"Molotov" By Greydon Square The product of God & Allah is Osama Bin Laden George Bush, Saddam Hussein just bottling problems Stickin' dirty rags in the top and lightin' the bottom Holdin it wit a smile to throw it into the crowd Kaplow, its bigger than George Bush and Osama Or if we ready for a black president named Obama I'm tryin to fight my own indoctrinationThey think they can... read full post picked by RobertS22 3 years ago

So are you Atheist? And Why? picked by niceplime 3 years ago

Richard Dawkins is helping to launch Britain’s first summer retreat for non-believers, where children will have lessons in evolution and sing along to John Lennon’s Imagine.

The five-day camp in Somerset (motto: “It’s beyond belief”) is for children aged eight to 17 and will rival traditional faith-based breaks run by the Scouts and church groups. picked by bingo 5 months ago

Everyone is familiar with glurge, emails of sickly-sweet, supposedly true stories with "uplifting" moral messages. The folks at Straight Dope try their hand at glurge as it would be written by people who don't believe in transcendental lessons. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

Good article from Psychology Today about preachers who become atheists. picked by hypersapien 2 years ago

A soldier claimed Wednesday that his promotion was blocked because he had claimed in a lawsuit that the Army was violating his right to be an atheist. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Atheists aren't that bad. This is NOT an argument for atheism... It's a defense of atheists. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

On Friday nights I had to be in bed by 10 pm. My mother would tuck me in, turn off the light, and close the door. I would lie under the covers until I heard her settled back into the living room. Then I would slide out of bed, tiptoe to the door, and quietly turn the lock. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

It eventually came out in Iraq in 2007, when he was in a firefight. Hall was a gunner on a Humvee, which took several bullets in its protective shield. Afterward, his commander asked whether he believed in God, Hall said. "I said, 'No, but I believe in Plexiglas,' " Hall said. "I've never believed I was going to a happy place. You get one life. When I die, I'm worm food." Upd... read full post picked by DerAlt 2 years ago

If all you could see were her breasts, you would think she were perfectly fine. But that would be like the blind men trying to describe the elephant when each one focuses on a single part. Look at the rest of this patient’s torso, and you start to get a sense of the fuller story. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Atheism is often portrayed in America's very religious culture as a whiny, nitpicky, unpatriotic opponent. Hemant Mehta (friendlyatheist.com) offered that for every $10 bid on himself, he would attend church for one day, and wrote a book about his experience. What he did is quite diplomatic, and brings atheism into the spotlight when other news pundits think atheists should sit down and shut up. picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

A fundamentalist church pastor had sex with two of his teenage daughters to educate them on how to be good wives picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A British stand-up has been accused of spreading ‘racist hate speech’ in California. Pat Condell has faced a barrage of criticism after links to his anti-Muslim monologue on YouTube were circulated to commissioners in the city of Berkeley. picked by sholom22 3 years ago

The controversial bus advertising campaign in the UK takes another interesting turn...


...just not with this driver. picked by Boomshank 10 months ago

This 12-year-old floored me on many levels. Not only did she have a facility with language, there was a sophistication to her thinking I certainly had not anticipated. picked by Doggylives 3 months ago