Bay of Fundie

It has always struck me as odd that everybody keeps asking kids the same question this time of year: “Do you believe in Santa?” Why? Nobody asks them “Do you believe in Barack Obama?” or “Do you believe in J.K. Rowling?” or “Do you believe in the +8 oxidation state of ruthenium tetroxide?” The fact [...]

Actually, this is almost what it looked like. Yesterday, I mentioned that somebody at work was so fearful of offending any coworkers that she was afraid to put up a few Christmas decorations in her cubicle. That reminded me of the days when I used to be offended by Christmas. I haven’t celebrated Christmas since [...]

We have a relatively new employee at work. Let’s call her KC. She’s probably in her early 50s. She is very obviously Catholic. She doesn’t advertise this. It just comes out in her expressions and anecdotes every so often. This is her first Christmas season with us. A few weeks back, she said to me: [...]

NonStampCollector isn’t quite as good an animator as Pixar, but he makes some good videos. Here’s one that tells us that Hitler was an atheist. You can read the footnotes on the video’s YouTube page.

Thanks to Atheist Oasis, for finding this rather amusing video:

One of my most popular posts of all time was the Intelligent Design Venn Diagram. I didn’t make it. I just reprinted it. Nevertheless, a lot of people complained to me that I “made it wrong” and they were offended by it. This one should be even more offensive. Again, I didn’t make it. I [...]

Brian and Parrotlover recently raised an interesting question that we’ve all probably thought about: What would it take to convince you that God is real? In a comment to the “Asshole Jesus” article, Brian wrote: Believers have the easiest go of it, because all it takes is just one miracle (beyond Mary-shaped piss stains on [...]

Yes. OK, OK! My title is inflammatory, and my answer is overly simplistic. I’ll rephrase it: Q: Are fundies dumber than a fence post? A: Mostly yes. OK, OK! I can hear the objections already, and I’ll concede the point. Let’s try again: Q: Are fundies dumber than a fence post? A: Absolutely yes. A [...]