Religulous: mean-spirited or a champion of truth?

I just heard Bill Maher interviewed on Fresh Air on NPR today. He, along with director Larry Charles, talked about Religulous, the controversial documentary lampooning religionists and their beliefs. (Check out the trailer here.)
What I want to know is, as a social group trying to be good community members while communicating our message, does this [...]

FW:

The most dreaded two letters for my e-mail inbox are FW. The dreaded letters in the subject line indicate that what follows is most likely a totally lame joke, a prayer/luck chain e-mail, or a bad rumor about a public figure.
The last item in my list is what irritates me the most. I am a [...]

“Born Again” The documentary

This is an inside look at religion and how it divided a family. My family is no where near as intense but those interviews towards the end mirror conversations I have had with my own family. (minus the homosexual rights and big R republican ties).  Prepare yourself for a good story.  (Snagfilms is  a [...]

The Placebo Effect

I’ve just finished listening to Dr. Ben Goldacre’s 2 part series on The Placebo Effect that originally aired on BBC Radio 4. (Part I, Part II) You can subscribe to Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science podcast through iTunes as well.
There are 2 things that I enjoyed about these episodes and it was not that many alternative medicines get their [...]

The score is now… Flying Spaghetti Monster:1 Fred Phelps:0

Central Arkansas Pastafarians confront members of Fred Phelps anti-homosexual church in Little Rock, AR on International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008. Photo credit: Brian Chilson.
Via the Arkansas Times blog we learn that Fred Phelps and his band of homophobic bigots from Westboro Baptist Church were recently driven out of Little Rock by a merry [...]

Why Ranting Matters

I like a good rant occasionally.
I mean, nobody likes a blowhard, but it is possible to engage in a lucid, rational, well-constructed argument that, due to its length or forcefulness, can only be categorized as a rant.  Actually, when the two combine perfectly, a rant can become an absolute masterpiece – a thing of beauty.
In [...]

A Message from the Center For Inquiry

We’ve been getting a lot of traffic these past few days, thanks in large part to hosting the Humanist Symposium and Andy Welfle’s excellent “coming out” post.  For those of you just learning about FreeThought Fort Wayne, this video, produced by Center For Inquiry, explains many of our shared beliefs.  We are affiliated with Center [...]

Bart Ehrman about his book “God’s Problem”

The Problem of Suffering.

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Science and the future of the free World

BBC had an opinion piece regarding the importance of science in politics.

Encounters with a Nutcase

My friend Dave is an outspoken atheist and lived in Indy. He out this hilarious email last night to a bunch of friends, and gave me permission to share it with you:
About 2am last night I heard two guys arguing vehemently outside one of the buildings of my apartment complex.
Obviously I walked outside and became [...]