A couple of weeks ago, the City of Spokane agreed to remove crosses from the patches of its police chaplains as part of an out-of-court settlement in a federal lawsuit filed against it. The lawsuit was filed by Ray Ideus, a Lutheran pastor of 30 years turned atheist. Ideus, a 75 year old senior police…

Mitt Romeny’s nutty pro-Mormon speech pissed a lot of people off (including many Mormons), so in his latest speech, he tried to buy back some faith by lumping all religions together in a war against secularism. His now infamous line, “freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom,” should serve as a call to arms…

How is any of this constitutional? Why do people continue to assume that all U.S. citizens are Christians, or at the very least, are religious? It amazes me that Alcoholics Anonymous is still the de facto choice for court-appointed help, despite its obvious religious agenda, and the fact that studies have proven it to be…

I wanted to write another really great Secular Sunday article, but instead I cleaned my desk (and my life is better for it). Instead, I’ll just post this picture, which should bring a smile to any atheists’ face:

What happened to Mel Gibson? Like Tom Cruise, he used to be pretty cool. I mean, come on, Mad Max? Gallipoli? Lethal Weapon? Braveheart? I liked him as an actor, and when he started directing, I thought he did a reasonably good job. Despite being atheist, I enjoyed the The Passion of the Christ. But…

I laughed out loud when I read this article about French police confiscating holy water from pilgrims at the airport in Lourdes. The Vatican has a new service to shuttle pilgrims from Rome to Lourdes and back. While in Lourdes, the pilgrims collected holy water in little plastic Virgin Mary bottles, which they attempted to…

Sweden tops the list of the 50 least religious countries with up to 85% of the population identifying themselves as atheist, agnostic, or non-believer in God (Sweden’s population is almost 9 million). The United States is number 44 on the list, with a paltry 3-9% atheist, agnostic, or non-believer (our population is almost 300 million).…

I saw this recently and couldn’t resist posting it here.

This popped up on Digg yesterday and I couldn’t pass up sharing it with you. Two Atheists took a trip to the new Creation Museum near Cincinnati, OH. While there, they took plenty of pictures and posted them on Flickr. Seriously, how people can believe this crap is beyond me. I have some comments, but…

Welcome to the very first Secular Sunday. Unlike my Friday Fundays, Secular Sundays will not be written every week; they’ll be written whenever one comes to mind. I’d like to start off this new series by talking about sneezes and other bodily expulsions. What do they have to do with religion? More than you might…