Why I care about the word “atheist”

Well, actually, I don’t. But I do.
Yes, it’s going to be one of those posts.
For me, I decided it was important to come right out with it, embrace the fact and say, hey, I’m an atheist. It’s a matter of being true to myself, of trying to make my public face be as true as [...]

Now, ya know, if I was prone to magical thinking

…I’d be mighty freaked out by the fact that this video got posted today:

That silly, silly Edward Current…
Edit: Dammit, Scribefire doesn’t actually embed the frickin’ video for WordPress.com Dammit! Hopefully fixed…

And still more follow up on atheists and death

I’m thinking aloud on this whole issue right now, so I hope you all will bear with me. It’s one of those really simple things that nonetheless seems like it’s actually very important, and while simple, is not noticed by most of us (myself included, most of the time).
We’re all the same in our reactions [...]

He tattooed me with SCIENCE!

Science Tats are cool and sexy. See them at:
The Loom | Discover Magazine

A follow up on atheists and death

When I was watching some other Penn videos last night on Crackle — alternately amused, enlightened and infuriated — I stumbled across two videos explaining his thoughts on agnosticism and atheism. In one of them, he made an odd, but interesting comment — he has a test question for theists that basically hits them [...]

Atheists and Death

First off, go listen to Penn Jillette talking about atheism as solace.
Back? Good.
I have two thoughts about what atheism means for how we deal with death. Well, actually, I probably have more. These are the two I’m interested in right now.
I. What Penn Says
I think I’ve always been bothered by the standard responses that believing [...]