Thank God for Atheists

Headlines, News, etc.

•   child dies because parents choose prayer over antibiotics

•   not surprised. Mormon bishop (and high school teacher) arrested for having sex with a 17 year old student.

•   Lutheran man shoots, kills late-term abortion doctor

•   Religious people support torture, moreso than nonreligious
•   Average intelligence predicts atheistm rates across 137 countries.

•   The United States s the only UN nation that refused to sign a declaration decriminalizing homosexuality. I blame the religious zealots.
•   Best I can tell, they're fighting over which religion is the most peaceful.

•   This is repugnant racism. Several hundred tombs of Muslim soldiers who fought in WWI were desecrated in Northern France.

•   The atheist sign that O'Reilly whined about was stolen.

•   A win for evolution. Research out of King's college hypothesizes that sperm quality is linked to intelligence.
•   Bill O'Reilly is a whining baby. Moans over an atheist sign on the capitol in Washington.

•   The Mormon church is being investigated for for CA prop 8 contributions.

•   Voted for Obama? If so, no communion for you, says priest.

•   McCain says Iran doesn't share our "Judea-Christian" values. Thanks Captain Obvious. They're Muslim, you stupid sod.

•   U. of California to Christian Applicants: No science credit for that Creation crap they taught you in Christian school

•   To beat extremism we must dissolve religious groups. That's what the UK says, anyway.

•   Smart people are more likely Atheist. It's not elitist. It's evidence, and the conclusion follows logically from the evidence.

•   Thomas Jefferson cut and pasted the bible into his own version. He was a skeptic until the very end. Nice read.
•   if Atheists were like christians. Funny comic.

•   A T-shirt Every atheist should own. :)

•   Scientists say a fossil of a four-legged fish sheds new light on the process of evolution. Of course we already knew this.
•   Pen and Teller on creationism. They're quick to call bullshit.

•   60% of republicans believe the World is only 10,000 years old Thank you Gallup. You show how dumb America is.

•   What? some atheists believe in a higher power? You're doing it wrong.

•   We don't know if Jesus rode the dinosaurs.

•   Extinct Tree From Christ's Time Rises From the Dead. Their headline, not mine. Nevertheless, VERY cool.

•   Homosexuality may persist because the associated genes convey surprising advantages on homosexuals' family members.
•   A new study shows that people with higher intelligence are less likely to believe in God. No shit.

•   Conversations with a modern creationist Not all scientists are rational, apparently.

•   Evolutionary study of E. Coli This is an amazing read.

•   Marine who was handing out "christian coins" was removed from duty.

•   Marines are pushing Christianity over in the middle east. what?
•   A still-uncontacted tribe of indians lives between the borders of Brazil and Peru. Check out the amazing picture.

•   Remember that schoolboy? The one who called $cientology a cult? He's not going to court after all.
•   British lawmakers voted against a bid to ban the creation of animal-human embryos for medical research. Interesting. This opens some new areas of research I'm sure.

•   Kid taken to court for calling Scientology a "Cult". Seriously?

•   Megachurch pastor in Texas caught in sex sting

•   Denmark and Germany are going to ban crosses in schools and in courts! Progressive thinking? No. Common sense.
•   The bible is not a book of science says the pope's astronomer!

•   academic freedom eh? Sounds more like state-sponsored suppression of scientific research.
•   Evolution occurs in the London underground. We win. Again. (we still have the bones to prove it)

•   Anonymous atheist complaint box. Hilarious.
•   Anonymous christian complaint box. Hilarious.

•   Girl Dies After Parents Pray for Healing Instead of Seeking Medical Help

•   Religious churn. Shows which religions people are switching to in America. "Unaffiliated" is growing. Fast.
•   Germany shuts down school after they found out it was run by the church of $cientology.
•   America is losing its religion!

•   Apparently, some people REALLY love Optimus Prime.

•   Offensive light switch. I almost couldn't bring myself to post this.
•   one way ticket to hell.

•   Who shot Osama?

•   Elephants are evolving Males with bigger tusks are being poached leaving more smaller-tusked males to reproduce. Tusks are getting smaller!

•   New findings confirm Darwin's theory. Evolution is deterministic, not random.
•   Christmas or Lord of the rings?
•   Truly funny bumper stickers. Just the top 50

•   Map of religions in the United States

•   Pastor ate children's hearts thinking it would grant him magical powers. What the hell?
•   The Religious views of the origin of the universe

•   Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to be more in line with "God's Standards"
•   Academics at La Sapienza University in Rome are offended by the Pope's document stating that the inquisition of Galileo was "just". Pope then admits Earth is NOT stationary.