Anyone who claims to be psychic isn’t, and although there are some people out there who genuinely believe they have “the gift,” there are many others who know full well they’re lying to people.

As someone who cares about science, and in particular, as someone who cares about facts and getting things right, there are two main facets of “popular knowledge” regarding the theory of evolution that drive me crazy.

The Christmas season is filled with platitudes wishing you good cheer. When shopping this time of year, many people tell me to have a “merry Christmas.” A couple of years ago, I decided that “secular season’s greetings” made for a humorous response to Christians attempting to foist their beliefs upon absolute strangers. At the time…

Morah and I were talking about lolcats the other day, and suddenly this idea popped into my head: Also, while doing some searches for other lolGod stuff, I came across this very funny blog.

Last month, the Spokane Secular Society (formerly the Spokane Atheists) elected me president of the organization. It’s definitely an honor, but the position carries with it a certain number of less-than-desirable duties. For example, I am in charge of determining where and when we meet. To date, we’ve been meeting on Sundays – a sort…

Today was a big day for me with regard to Spokane’s secular organizations. As some of you know, I’m the organizer of the Spokane Atheists Meetup. Today was our second meeting, but we were also invited to attend the Inland Northwest Freethought Society‘s June meeting. Remember Secular Sunday X, where I talked about former Lutheran…

I saw this on Digg today and it made me laugh. Not the kind of laugh that says, “Oh, ha-ha, what a funny embellishment on the truth this is.” No, it was the kind of laugh that says, “Oh, ha-ha, this is what an entire third of the world’s population believes. Holy shit, we’re all…

I just read an article about a Notre Dame professor who determined that the star of Bethlehem mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew may have actually been a supernova. His discovery is the result of research into whether or not the mysterious star actually existed and why it was so bright. As it turns out,…

Every year on December 25th we celebrate Christmas. Well, perhaps you don’t celebrate Christmas, but I do, along with over half of the population of the world. One popular sentiment is that, “Jesus is the reason for the season,” but that’s not exactly true. The Bible doesn’t go into specifics about when Christ was actually…