1. Atheist group sues Bush over national prayer day

Comment #260353 by ManOfReason on October 5, 2008 at 11:13 am

i should also add, why don't we just have "National Wish on a Star Day"? Or how about "National Imaginary Friend Day"? Or maybe even "National Hope for the Best Day?

2. Atheist group sues Bush over national prayer day

Comment #260349 by ManOfReason on October 5, 2008 at 11:04 am

A NATIONAL day of PRAYER seems to me a direct affront to the wall that Thomas Jefferson and so many others built between church and state. It is government endorsing religion, thus further interweaving god and country, putting this nation on the fast track to theocracy. This can only propagate the notion that belief in a god, any god, is somehow patriotic. A notion that some constitutional scholars would refer to as "complete bullshit".

If there is a "National Day of Prayer", who will lead this prayer? The president? The pope? Certainly not a cleric of a rabbi! Without saying it, what this equates to is a national day of CHRISTIAN prayer. Quite frankly, I just won't have it in my country. I will write to my state Governor, to my representatives in Congress, and to my friends and urge them to do the same. I encourage all of you in the States to do the same. Even if it does nothing to change the outcome, at least you made your voice heard.

3. Bill Maher's Religulous Opens Today

Comment #260340 by ManOfReason on October 5, 2008 at 10:30 am

I saw it yesterday in an small suburb of Cleveland, Ohio and my little atheist heart was warmed to see a packed theatre on a Saturday afternoon. I found it to be funny, yet even handed. I think that this is a movie that even religious people can see and walk away saying: "You know, he made some very good points." It came across as honest rather than angry and the ultimate message of the movie is the very same message that Professor Dawkins has been spreading for years. That reasonable, rational people need not hide their beliefs but must instead, now more than ever, raise their voices in the face of religious absurdity.
I would highly recommend this movie to everyone here and everyone I know.

4. Bill Maher's Religulous Opens Today

Comment #259402 by ManOfReason on October 3, 2008 at 10:20 am

My wife and I are seeing this tonight. Here's to hoping it does well!

5. Group Asks for Divine Intervention to Ease Oil Prices

Comment #204302 by ManOfReason on July 4, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Hey, and while we're at it let's throw some pennies into a pond! Anyone got an unused birthday wish? Magic lamp, anyone? Maybe if we all wish hard enough! These people will do ANYTHING to lower those gas prices, as long as they don't actually have to do anything. Hey, how about writing a letter to your congress person? "No thanks, I think I'll just wish it to be so." I'm sorry, but this is a new level of idiocy.