Mar 29 2012
Todd Stiefel takes an unconventional approach to philanthropy. He put up the $50,000 at American Atheists that made our festival possible via his Stiefel Freethought Foundation.That represents 100% of the funding. Last week, we were discussing ways to soften the blow that many Christians feel we are inflicting. We’re not attacking them at all, but it’s …
Mar 28 2012
Can you spot who? Hint: it’s the ‘building’ that looks like Macaulay Culkin. Jason Torpy from MAAF just sent me this. I laughed like a bastard. He said it was in response to the deafening silence coming from the chaplaincy at Fort Bragg. Not a single one at Fort Bragg seems to want to speak …
Mar 27 2012
I fought very hard for this to happen at the festival this weekend. We went back and forth for several months. The ‘pro-starvation’ camp has prevailed. The idea was simple. Our festival is already paid for, via a generous donation from the Stiefel Freethought Foundation (directly deposited into our accounts at American Atheists). So here …
Mar 25 2012
How has the massive atheist festival on a military base not broken through to network television news? The awesome stuff at Reason Rally probably had something to do with it. But that’s over now – so please help us get the word out – now! Finally, MSNBC has some meaningful coverage: After a sometimes painful …
Mar 22 2012
I asked Camp Quest, South Carolina’s (CQSC) Amy Monsky for a schedule of her activities. I’m super impressed. Look at this thing, it represents so much work. Click to embiggen… this is pretty much amazing. So much is going on there! This is in addition to the 400 pounds of corn starch going into making the …
Mar 22 2012
Justice has prevailed with one of the last big-ticket “equal levels of support” to secure. The prestigious Golden Knights are working on a way to do a demonstration jump at our event, just as they had at the Christian event – including at least one atheist. There obviously was a lot of back and forth …
Mar 20 2012
I’m so proud of Fort Bragg’s embrace of the atheist festival. They just posted it prominently on their Facebook page, as promised. Predictably, the trolls are already out. Please, help us. [edit: please note there is a 2nd post that desperately needs some of your help!] Melissa wrote: “I have been praying for this, pray that …
Mar 19 2012
Well yes, yes it is. But we like to have fun here. Rock Beyond Belief radio ad This is our ‘demo tape’ for the atheist festival on Fort Bragg. We’d only do something along these lines for the rock station. NPR just doesn’t seem like a good place for “AIDEN WILL RUIN YOUR FAMILY AND …
Mar 18 2012
After lyrics to Aiden’s song Hysteria were intentionally taken out of context to imply that we were going to burn down churches… well Fort Bragg got a little nervous. But I’m proud of them, they really came through the ‘crisis’ in a big way. We are now specifically guaranteed the right “to be critical of …
Mar 16 2012
I forgot that last time I posted Richard Dawkins photoshopped into the soldier ACU digital camouflage, that some service members were kind of offended. I want to make up for it. I’ll just leave this here. I just hope Richard lets me down gently if he doesn’t like it. Anybody know if “The Redcoats are coming” …
The free festival on Fort Bragg's Main Post Parade Field was a massive success! Expect updates, highlights, and other footage over the next few months.
UPDATE: A second festival is in the works for Camp Pendleton - a large Marine Corps base near San Diego, CA. Summer 2013
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