A Message to Those Praying for Christopher Hitchens On behalf of Christopher Hitchens, who thinks all of this skydaddy talk is ridiculous, thanks to all of you who wrote in to Goldblog to report that they would be praying for him as he undergoes treatment for esophageal cancer (you can hear him talk about his [...]

Gillard won’t play religion card Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she has no intention of pretending to believe in God to attract religiously-inclined voters. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd was a regular at Canberra church services and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is known as a devout Catholic. In contrast, Ms Gillard says that while she [...]

Militant atheist Harry Taylor hit with ASBO for offensive images in John Lennon airport A MILITANT atheist who put grossly offensive religious images in a prayer room at Liverpool’s John Lennon airport was hit with a five-year ASBO. But Harry Taylor, 59, claimed he felt faint and had to be given first aid after he [...]

This is hardly shocking, but it’s still interesting. B.C. cabbie speaks out against his gay-hating preacher dad VANCOUVER — Soft-spoken taxi driver Nate Phelps of Cranbrook, B.C., is coming forward on Easter Sunday to speak out in a televised interview against one of America’s most outspoken anti-gay crusaders — his own father. Phelps, who has [...]

Be sure to visit this guy’s site and tell him what you think of this bullshit.  It’s insulting to see someone misquote Carl Sagan to make it seem like he gave any credence to the idea of intelligent design. No Atheists in Birthing Centers It has often been said that there are no atheists in [...]

Pope blames atheists for global warming The Pope blames atheists for global warming. Pope Benedict is claiming atheists are responsible for the destruction of the environment. The Pope made the claims in a recent speech given at the Vatican. The claim is a puzzling attack on atheism that frankly makes little sense. Excerpt from the [...]

Brad Pitt: ‘I’m probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic’ Brad Pitt was raised as a Southern Baptist, but apparently, his faith didn’t stick. The 45-year-old actor doesn’t believe in God, he told Bild.com. “No, no, no!,” he declared, when asked if he believes in a higher power, or if he was spiritual. “I’m [...]

Will more Americans shun Harry Potter? Daniel Radcliffe is atheist and likes Richard Dawkins It is no secret that people have long protested not only the Harry Potter books but the movies as well. Many of those people who protest do so with their religious conviction in mind. Back in 1999, an Associated Press writer reported that [...]