Why are so many theology schools asking their students to pass out...
Just now I rejected three identical comments to three different blog posts from the same person. The text read as follows: Hello and to all atheists concerned: I am currently pursuing a masters in...
View ArticleThe Atheist Experience written up in Süddeutsche Zeitung
I had an interview a few weeks ago with a reporter from Germany, and it has resulted in a very nice write-up about The Atheist Experience in the The Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest national...
View ArticleWe get video rebuttals! A Christian’s Response To “The Atheist Experience”
So um, yeah… this happened. A viewer was kind (?) enough to email the video to us, and I thought I’d pass it along. The title is “A Christian’s Response To ‘The Atheist Experience’. (Bible Truth And...
View ArticleScientific cluelessness and idle threats
That’s what we are getting with a recent string of emails from a fellow who signs off every message as “Kevin the Creationist.” Apparently Kevin called the show in 2012, and since then he’s...
View ArticleHey all you Godless Perverts!
Moderation is a tricky thing. Yesterday I posted some links on the blog that address issues for black atheists. I got an extremely off-topic comment from “Joachim,” which was held in moderation. [...]...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In an email mood
Most days I just don’t have the patience to address the creationist emails we get. Then again, other days I just can’t resist baiting them, and many facepalms ensue. Round OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEE! Subject:...
View ArticleOpen letter to Corey Keplinger
Corey Keplinger from Schenectady emailed us after we took his call on the show yesterday. I wasn’t rude or offensive. I don’t know why you hung up. To honestly answer Russell’s question… Am I always...
View ArticleVatican: But seriously, atheists still get tortured forever
Hemant Mehta already mentioned this last week, but it bears repeating. We’ve been getting a lot of email asking us if we heard the exciting (?) news that Pope Francis said atheists don’t necessarily go...
View ArticleReading list for atheists
I hear that Matt claimed on the last episode that I had made a blog post with a “top ten” book list for atheists. Actually, I only sent somebody an email with my list, but there was no blog post, so I...
View ArticleWhy don’t I find Kalam Cosmology compelling?
That was the question asked by a caller that took up most of the show discussing Kalam last week. And as anyone who watched the show saw—or more likely already knew—there are 1,001 ways to approach...
View ArticleInviting pedophiles into homes with children, a good idea?
I promised to keep this person anonymous and also asked permission to share this. It’s a good message about common sense, child welfare, and how religion can be used to cloud people’s better judgement:...
View ArticleHow We Can Really Prevent Fetal Pain
The religious conservatives are once again being dishonest in their quest to control others’ reproductive organs in Texas. In the 60s, the religious conservatives argued that the Ten Commandments...
View ArticleGod is Real! -says some guy promoting an ignored book
A few days ago we received an email with a four page Word doc attached. The email addressed us politely and personally, so I thought it wouldn’t be nice to ignore it. Messrs. Dillahunty and Glasser: I...
View ArticleDon’t be a Dick – new from Jezebel!
Over at Jezebel, there’s an article on how to be an atheist without being a dick about it. Ironically, I have yet to read an article or hear a talk about atheists being dicks that didn’t include a few...
View Article“God Is Real” author writes back
Last week I posted a response to an email titled ”God Is Real” by an apologetics book author. Mr. Chacon has written back, and I include my reply below. Hi Samuel, thanks for writing back. A lack of...
View ArticleApologists: only dudes can have good reasons to be an atheist
A few weeks ago, Hemant Mehta hosted a guest post on his blog: “The Atheist Daughter of a Notable Christian Apologist Shares Her Story.” The post was by Rachael Slick, daughter of radio host and CARM...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christianity: It’s Just About Being Nice to People?
Someone wrote to us from a “non-English speaking country,” to say that his friend asked him why he, as an atheist, objects to Christianity—since it’s only teaching people to be good to one another? The...
View ArticleProving light exists to a blind man
Email: How would you respond to a Christian who says “Just like light cannot be proven to a blind man, God must be experienced to believe.”? I feel like I’ve already addressed this question before, at...
View ArticleMail bag odds and ends: Which God don’t you believe in?
This is just a minor email topic that came up, and probably familiar territory to most viewers. Even so, it’s been a while since we posted anything that wasn’t an announcement or an open thread, so...
View ArticleOnline atheist forums
The Atheist Experience gets a lot of email. Way more email than we can possibly respond to. In some cases, one person will write to us many times, seeing us as a sort of atheist pen pal. Although I...
View Article
