The Christian blog Pyromaniacs call the UUA’s Time magazine ad campaign an act of self-parody. I’m pretty critical of these things as they go, but I can’t go that far with this one. (Hat tip to Chamblee54.)

Jonathan Falwell seems to have taken over daddy’s empire. Which means he sends out a weekly email to the flock.

In his most recent email, he talks about the New Atheism. There are a lot of references to atheist books and websites (one and two). I wonder how many of his folks will go out and buy those books now.

The meat of the email is an extended quote from Sam Harris noting a consistent hostility in Christian responses to his work. Harris listens to their quoting chapter and verse and takes that as evidence that the Bible is a book of hatred and intolerance.

Falwell 2.0’s response is seasoned with the usual fundy bitching about America’s supposed hostility to Christianity and the like. But for the most part, he admonishes the flock to quit browbeating atheists.

Here’s an extended quote from Falwell 2.0: Click to continue reading “Falwell 2.0 says quit antagonizing atheists”

You tell the Friendly Atheist…

For everyone I’ve talked to about this. No deep reflections just yet. But I’ll say it did go over very well at a prospective member class this past weekend.

(Hat tip to Yet Another UU for the link.)

(Hat tip to Facilitating Paradox.)

Somehow, some way, I ended up as the #3 result for “ORU scandal” in Google. Which explain why daily site visits have doubled twice (and then some) since Friday. Wow.

Who knew linking to a Tulsa World article could do that? I never thought I’d say this, but thanks ORU!