Campus Freethought Alliance

I found a helpful, semiprofessional movie available for free download/distribution/display a few weeks ago called Here Be Dragons. From their web page:

Here Be Dragons is a free 40 minute video introduction to critical thinking. It is suitable for general audiences and is licensed for free distribution and public display.

I was just pointed to an atheist social networking site, Atheist Nexus. You can see my page here.

When I first thought of that word, I thought it could mean only two things:
1. Evangelism with a katana
2. Evangelism when you least expect it

To date, I have seen no examples of the former, but I have seen many examples of the latter. One prime example is Scientology's "free stress test," which uses a process almost like cold reading to make people curious about Scientology. (For a more complete explanation of the stress test and what follows, check out this report by Channel 5 in my home town, Cincinnati.)

My classes have been hitting me hard for the past two months. They still are, but I have a free hour and some news that's dying to get out.

First up is Expelled news: Scientific American's review of Expelled. That page also links to Michael Shermer's review, which is great if you want to know the details of Expelled's deception. If you don't know what Expelled is or why you should despise it, check out ExpelledExposed.com.

1) Pakistan blocks YouTube because it contains offensive content. Danish cartoons - 'nuff said. Read the blogger's story here or the BBC's report here. The latter includes a story about how the block accidentally shut things down for other countries as well.

You can get the full story on the church from Hemant Mehta at FriendlyAtheist.com.

It can't be denied that churches can have great atmosphere, especially for weddings - although I suspect that if you add enough white flowers, one could turn almost any location into a prime spot for getting hitched. Then again, you can't really haul a pipe organ around unless you don't mind the far-less-impressive synthesizer options. (More after the jump.)

I will definitely be post more than weekly - perhaps every other day, much to my own surprise.

I almost feel bad about giving this publicity, but the blog is offline now, so I don't think it matters anyway.

(I'm sorry if this is long. I haven't written anything like it until now, and I think I need to just get it out. You can skip to the end for my current status and blogging preferences.)

I was a depressed Protestant Christian until my 18th birthday, when a search for truth I had begun some months before came to a turning point.

First the news, then a thought experiment.

The Frame Problem has become one of my favorite blogs lately. Today Ron posted a story titled "Over 130,000 Muslims have demanded that Wikipedia take down depictions of Muhammed." I don't think I need to say anything else. (This is a longish post, so read on if you want more.)