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July 2012

July 20, 2012

Comments Tab is Up (just after the nick of time)

Thanks for your feedback on my draft of the comment policy. I've added it to...

July 18, 2012

All of This (bad behavior) Has Happened Before…

When a Christian church got tagged with atheist-themed graffiti last year, I chipped in for repairs,...

July 17, 2012

Yes, my comments policy is inspired by MegaUpload

Given the influx of new readers and some questions , I'd like to add a...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Responding to the “What are you thinking?” comments

Now that the news has gone up on some of the other atheist blogs, some...

June 11, 2012

“We know where great sex is; we don’t know where great sex isn’t” [Blogathon 3/12]

This post is number three of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

May 2012

May 18, 2012

Remember that chat we had about Nazi analogies?

The post was "It’s hard for me to hear you over the sound of your...

May 09, 2012

Telling Better Deconversion Stories

A while ago, Hemant Mehta of Friendly Atheist had a post contrasting atheist deconversion stories with Christian...

May 01, 2012

Ok, Let’s Put Our Heads Between Our Knees and Take a Few Deep Breaths

Mark's got another post up today, profiling a gay friend he greatly admires, and I've...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

It’s Hard for Me to Hear You Over the Sound of Your Nazi Analogies

The "Let's Talk About How to Have Reasonable Discussions about Religion" post has over a...

April 26, 2012

This Doesn’t Look Like a Victory to Me

Over in Patheos's Catholic channel, Thomas McDonald of God and the Machine has run into...

April 24, 2012

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s an Ethical Vernacular!

The response to Squelchtoad's thought experiment has been delayed until tomorrow (I got a little...

April 22, 2012

A Hell of a Review

I received a review copy of Tripp York's book (The Devil Wears Nada) free of charge, but...

April 08, 2012

Reason Rally/American Atheists Conference [Index Post]

The weekend of March 24th 2012, a disputed number of thousands of people gathered in...

April 07, 2012

Fixing my Fights

The most surreal part of attending the Reason Rally and the American Atheists conference happened...

April 05, 2012

Maundy Thursday Problems Again

As I explained last year, Maundy Thursday is the day I feel least comfortable attending...

April 04, 2012

Sin isn’t Newtonian

(Part two of two on the apologetics offered by missionaries outside the Reason Rally) In...

April 04, 2012

Evangelicals Pitching Skepticism?

(Part one of two on the apologetics offered by missionaries outside the Reason Rally) I...

April 03, 2012

Heaven Can Wait (in your debate arsenal)

Greta Christina and a different Christina at Freethought Blogs both recently came to the conclusion...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

How Much Good Does Atheism Do?

In one of my Reason Rally posts, I talked about why atheists feel such an...

March 27, 2012

Though this be Contempt, Yet there is Method in it

The Reason Rally didn't have a clear 'ask.' We weren't calling on Congress to pass...

March 26, 2012

Daylight Atheism Guestblogging [Index Post]

In May of 2011, I did a stint guestblogging at Daylight Atheism, while Adam Lee...

March 24, 2012

Is There a Good Ideological Echo Chamber?

This is the second part of a discussion about the rhetoric I use on this...

March 21, 2012

Must we fight about fighting?

Today is the LAST day to vote in the About.com Atheism Awards. I’m one of five...

March 19, 2012

Now You See Me. Now I… what?

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I’m one of five...

March 16, 2012

Caution! Philosophy in Progress.

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I’m one of five...

March 06, 2012

Exploring Stephen Law’s Evil God Challenge

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I’m one of five...

March 04, 2012

Prop 8 Play Lets the Lack-of-Facts Shine Through (mostly)

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I’m one of five...

February 2012

February 26, 2012

‘Atheist Lent’ and False Unity

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I'm one of...

February 01, 2012

Radical Skepticism is Delusional

I had a lovely weekend arguing with undergraduates and alumni at my debating group's annual...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Two Debaters Enter, One Epistemology Leaves

After I outlined my best practises for debating religion, Eve Tushnet and The Ubiquitous had...