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Please keep us laughing: An Interview with Keith Lowell Jensen

Many people love Christmas, including atheists and humanists that celebrate it secularly. Some people loathe the seasonand some struggle to manage their depression or other mental illness throughout a time that society is telling them to be merry and cheerful. In the War on Christmas, it has been made clear that ownership of this holiday [Read More...]

Fewer than 10% of Americans are convinced Young Earth creationists, new study shows

Mike edits Jesus & Dawkins, a blog that looks at the intersection of Christianity, science, and atheism. We asked him to highlight the biggest insights from the recent National Study of Religion & Human Origins (NSRHO). The study, funded by The BioLogos Foundation and conducted by Calvin College sociology professor Jonathan P. Hill, has created waves. All citations from the NSRHO report are parenthetical in the text below.

Guest Post: Loving Jesus and accepting evolution is more common than you think

Mike edits Jesus & Dawkins, a blog that looks at the intersection of Christianity, science, and atheism. We asked him to highlight the biggest insights from the recent National Study of Religion & Human Origins (NSRHO). The study, funded by The BioLogos Foundation and conducted by Calvin College sociology professor Jonathan P. Hill, has created waves. All citations from the NSRHO report are parenthetical in the text below.

Ken Ham continues to lie about the Ark Encounters employment discrimination

Ken Ham has issued a video statement tonight on his blog addressing the issues of the Ark Encounter being denied their 18 million dollar tax incentive.

Allowing women access to birth control does not make President Obama an idiot

Before I even address the issue at hand, I want to address the title of this post. Yes, it sounds childish but it is actually used to point out the pure childishness of Rebecca Hamilton's two blog posts, "President Obama is an idiot" and "President Obama is an idiot 2".

The tax incentive is gone but Ken Ham is still discriminating

Okay, we have done a great job, we have ended the $18,000,000 tax incentive the Ark Encounter was previously awarded to build their genocidal themed park.We have celebrated, but there is still work to be done.

The tax incentive is gone but Ken Ham is still breaking the law

Okay, we have done a great job, we have ended the $18,000,000 tax incentive the Ark Encounter was previously awarded to build their genocidal themed park.We have celebrated, but there is still work to be done.

The Duggars helped legalize discrimination against the LGBTQ community

The following is a guest post byThomas Essel Last month Ireportedthat the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas would be voting on whether or not to repeal City Ordinance 119. The ordinance extended the existing anti-discrimination law to include homosexual and transgender people. The vote was today (Dec 9) and theresults are in. By a vote of [Read More...]

The Lexington Herald-Leader Editorial team has a question for Ken Ham

The fine editorial team over at the LexingtonHerald-Leader want to know why God needs so many tax breaks! Why does God need so much taxpayer help? Really, has God been so lame spreading the good news that AIG must “counter the myths floating around about the Bible-upholding Ark Encounter,” on a digital video board in [Read More...]

Ken Ham threatens to defend his right to discriminate in court

Answers in Genesishas released a statement today in reaction to the State of Kentucky rejecting the organizations application for 18 million dollars in tax incentives. Ken Ham said in the statement, “We have been working on this project with Kentucky for more than two years, so this just-received denial announcement is as disappointing as it [Read More...]