Dispatches: More War on Christmas IdiocyRegarding Pat Boone …

What fucking universe do these people live in? I’d bet a month’s pay that not once in Pat’s entire life has even a single person ever objected to him saying “Merry Christmas” to them.

Pharyngula: We have a Problem …

The archbishop of Wales thinks one of the greatest problems facing the world is “atheist fundamentalism”….

and we have presidential candidates pretending to talk to god, and getting standing ovations for it…Respectful Insolence: Deirdre Imus gives everyone some stupid for Christmas

I’ve mentioned before that it irritates me that Don Imus is back on the air. It’s not that I give a rodent’s posterior that he made an offensive comment about the Rutgers women’s basketball team that lead to his being fired from his previous gig. It’s actually more because he somehow managed to displace the radio show that I usually listened to on my way to work in the morning

I have great respect for public school teachers. Hey, I married one! Mainly, of course, because I respect her. But they are not all good. Some of them are bad… Continue reading Another Public School Teacher Goes Over the Line →

Comedian Ricky Gervais has engaged in a debate about theology with the Archbishop of Canterbury – confessing at the end that he might have “blown his image” by taking life seriously.

Gervais is more concerned that religious indoctrination is a form of brainwashing, and he has an interesting reason for thinking this. Continue reading WOC Update: Riky Gervais Gets Serious →

The uneasy alliance between Atheists and Wiccans in the War on Christmas paid off this week as a skirmish unfolded in Green Pay, Wisconsin. Continue reading WOC Update: Wiccans Advance in Green Bay →

He’s no Bing Crosby. No, he’s better.

Continue reading Richard Dawkins Debunks “Christmas Delusion” →

He’s no Bing Crosby. No, he’s better. Continue reading Richard Dawkins Debunks”Christmas Delusion” →

THE front-running candidates in the 2008 US presidential election have released Christmas ads to voters, following the lead of one Republican hopeful who copped heavy criticism for his TV spot.Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher and state governor running for the Republican nomination, was the first candidate to release a holiday message to voters in state holding early primaries.His offering drew criticism for having a bookcase in the background that formed a Christian Cross as the camera panned across. Mr Huckabee laughed off the criticism.Now other candidates have followed suit. Republican contender Rudy Giuliani has released an ad that has him joking with Santa, while Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have also produced Christmas-themed ads.[source]

Little battles are forming everywhere on the internet. Some wacko nutbag who just noticed the War on Christmas for the first time gets all spitty and spatty on the blog. This is picked up by our intelligence services and passed on to a ration, thoughtful atheist blogger, who humiliates the self righteous moron. It is a little like the early days of the Evo-Creo debate.Here’s an example. Continue reading WOC Case Study: Enlightened Atheist vs. Wacko Nutbag →

A conservative commentator recently editorialized:

For centuries, atheism has been the rake lurking around the edges of the Christmas party, but now it’s slurping from the punch bowl in the middle of the room.

Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris are selling atheist manifestos by the bin, and teens are soaking up blasphemous bits on Comedy Central and HBO. The movie version of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass is peddling a villainous Catholic Church to kids. And the Christmas concert at public schools has long since morphed into the Winter concert.

In terms of cultural clout, it’s a good time to be an atheist in America.
(source: Humanevents.com, Robert Knight)

Well, clearly the Christian Yahoos are on the run…
Continue reading War on Christmas Update →

Well be praying for you, Roy.

The Rapture Alarm:From The Friendly Atheist