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Occupy Heaven

Mr. Deity’s captives beloved subjects are unsatisfied for a number of reasons: I examined arguments that hell is God’s favor to those who just don’t want to be with him in my post Hell as the Absence of God (a fictional dialogue between my characters Jaime and Robin). Although I think there are ways to [...]

Theological Syncretism of the Near Future

So children, after he destroyed almost all of humanity with a giant flood, God gave us the rainbow as a symbol that he would never destroy humanity again and that instead things were going to be ‘FAAABUUULOUUUUSS!!!’ Your Thoughts?

Really, Congress? Really?

Saturday Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers asked for a little reality from the conservatives and Congresspeople who are attacking contraception and women’s reproductive rights more broadly: Your Thoughts?

Colbert Takes On His Church’s Demands For Exemptions From Health Care Law

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Colbert’s remark about Bishop Bucks struck me as eerily like a comment on Camels With Hammers from someone named Lyra the week before:

The Vagina Ideologues

It was nice to see Jon Stewart finally have a chance to weigh in on last week’s absurd push from the Catholic Church to win the exemption from the law requiring employers to provide health insurance that covers contraception: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The [...]

Mitt Romney Is No Longer A Mormon.

That’s right. Mitt Romney, America’s most famous representative of the Church of Latter Day Saints no longer belongs to the Mormon faith. His associations with the church were invalidated when a moment ago I took it upon myself to unbaptize him. So, spread the word far and wide, fellow atheists, Mitt Romney is now one [...]

Shit People Say About Shit People Say Videos

Shit You Say?

Marauding Gay Hordes Drag Thousands Of Helpless Citizens From Marriages

Last year President Obama announced his administration would not defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. The consequences were disastrous: WASHINGTON—Reports continue to pour in from around the nation today of helpless Americans being forcibly taken from their marital unions after President Obama dropped the Defense of Marriage Act earlier this week, leaving the [...]

The Mysterious Mysteries of Paranormality

Impressively, all of MisterSharp’s videos are as educational as this one. Your Thoughts?

Shit Nobody Says

As my 24 hour blogathon ends its seventh hour, I give you a funny video circling the intertubes today. More blog posts coming every 45 minutes. Feel free to put your suggestions for topics in the comments or in an e-mail to me. Your Thoughts?

“All American Muslims” Meet All American Islamophobia

The Daily Show had fantastic coverage this week of The Florida Family Association’s opposition to TLC’s show All American Muslim: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

Christian Children: The True Victims of the War on Christmas

This is so well done: War On Christmas PSA Your Thoughts?

Dan Barker Makes Sense of the Gospel Message

I know Dan Barker claims to be only a former Christian minister but he still has a gift for bringing the Gospel message alive in a fresh, new way that makes powerful sense of it. It’s weird it would take an atheist’s description to make me see angles in the story of salvation which I [...]

Charlie Brown Thanksgiving GOP Debate

This slayed me. Tears leaking out of the sides of my eyes funny: Your Thoughts?

South Park Savages Dogmatic Agnostics

Someone finally satirizes the agnostics for once, starting at 0:50 in the first video below and continuing through the others. (My own quibbles with agnostics are spelled out more philosophically and less humorously primarily in the posts 7 Reasons Why I Label Myself An Atheist Rather Than An Agnostic, Beyond Agnosticism: More Details About How [...]

Arabs As “The New Blacks”

Arab comedian Dean Obeidallah: The Watch List Watch it now! Arabs are the New Blacks www.comedycentral.com Comedy Central Funny Videos Funny TV Shows Your Thoughts?

The Greatest Online Video Profile Ever

So much awesome. This guy must be flooded with replies: Your Future Husband from Bradley Jackson on Vimeo. Your Thoughts?

L. Dicaprio

Oscar season has begun: L. DiCaprio (J. Edgar Parody) – watch more funny videos Your Thoughts?

Hurrah For The Justice System

For a slightly more up to date account of the neurobiological bases of antisocial behavior, here is an account that goes brain region by brain region. And for more on the inner-workings of the justice system, Glenn Greenwald’s new book With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and [...]

Jon Stewart Considers “In God We Trust” Debate Just A Waste of Time Distraction. Is It?

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook After watching that clip from The Daily Show, I think I can finally crystalize what I hear from the average secular progressive voting in Congress, writing for The Daily Show, or watching at home when a [...]

Colbert on Whether Being Gay is a Choice

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Burning Bush or Pasta Monster? (A Shocking Exposé)

From, via Reddit and Friendly Atheist. Your Thoughts?

Asperger’s High

On one level this video is very funny but on another, it is terribly sad. I hope it does not offend anyone: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFt2aZvg3qE Your Thoughts?

Scapegoating Through Song, Swedish Style

If you know how to sing in Swedish, sing along, otherwise be sure the subtitles are on (the cc button on the YouTube player): Via Friendly Atheist Your Thoughts?

Scientists Examine Evidence For Scientology

The results are shocking: Your Thoughts?