It seems no debate on human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals is complete without the inevitable snide remark, “If human rights of homosexuals are recognized, rapists, pedophiles and people who sleep with animals will start claiming human rights violations too”. Why do homophobes always feel the need to mention sex with animals when …
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Feb 25 2013
My Time At FreeThought Blogs – October 1st, 2011 To Now #FTBullies
Here’s a tally of some of the things I did over this time: Presented at: The World Skeptics Congress, Berlin MC of the Global Atheist Convention ScienceRewired a few future gigs, such as a talk at UWA later this week on science podcasting. Published: The Scope of Skepticism: Interviews, Essays and Observations from the Token …
Feb 14 2013
Cover Those Stats with a Smudge of Ash [Updated]
The folks over at Non-Prophet Status are indulging in this secular Lent thing, where they all give up something for 40 days because, well, I don’t know why. They’re weird, what can I say? Maybe they think it’ll make them better people to go without something for so long. Oh, except Chris Stedman, who’s just …
Jan 09 2013
Why blame atheists?
Chris Stedman spoke out against marginalizing atheists before the Sinema post, too. He did it for Melissa Harris-Perry’s page at MSNBC a little over a week ago, asking why blame atheists for the Newtown shootings. The interfaith memorial service in Newtown featured expressions from multiple faiths, including remarks from President Obama that reflected only a …
Jan 09 2013
I’ll second that
I’ll agree with Ophelia: good for Stedman in standing up to defy the casual assertion that “atheist” is a dirty word. It’s a good article in general.
Jan 09 2013
Stedman to Sinema
Credit where it’s due: way to go Chris Stedman. He has a post at CNN’s religion blog – CNN! lots of eyeballs! – saying Kyrsten Sinema shouldn’t treat the word “atheist” as a contaminant. Seriously, way to go! Preamble: Synema’s a None, and some have called her a nonbeliever or atheist. But… Sinema doesn’t actually …
Dec 17 2012
My 2012 Reading And Viewing (And Event-Going) In Review
Currently on a break – back on Thursday. Here’s something I blogged before I left. Penn Jillette used to do this all the time when he kept a blog, and I used to find it interesting. I don’t know if you’ll find my reading and viewing (and conference-attending) habits interesting, but I’ve kept a quasi-regular …
Nov 30 2012
Friday Freethought: “A Peril Dared for the Advancement of Truth”
Being one of the dreaded gnu atheists, accomodationists make my teeth itch. Mind you, I believe there’s a place for all kinds of atheism: the soft and fuzzy kind believers can snuggle up to has its uses, just as does the hard and sleek kind that shows no mercy to belief (but don’t mistake that …
Nov 26 2012
Simon Davis takes one for the team
He read Faitheist! And he wrote a review! It seems a very even-handed review, although it does expose some of the biographical details that Stedman trades on to be completely invented. It’s also a review that kills any interest I might have in ever reading the book.
Nov 26 2012
“Faitheist”, the Review
After getting caught up in the discussion around Stedman’s Salon article, Simon Davis reviews the whole book.
