Jun 28
Yes, you read the title correctly — a group of us atheists decided to do our best to keep our mouths and minds closed and visit the Creationist “Museum” in Santee, California. I have to use quotes around the word “museum” because that would imply that there are some actual artifacts, and there are none …
Jun 13
Today was a slow day at the Ask-an-Atheist booth, but still had some interesting people. A woman walking around wearing giant sandwich board signs proclaiming that UFOs are a sign that all religions are true got very angry when questioned about how that could be possible, since all major religions demand exclusivity. “My beliefs are …
Jun 06
A nice but slower day at the ask-an-atheist booth in Balboa Park. Today I kept track of the people I talked to: * 25 people came to the booth just to give support and/or a “thumbs up” * 2 people came over to yell “Jesus saves”, one was wearing a big sign with that written …
Jun 01
At the ‘Ask an Atheist’ booth I’m often told there is “no harm” in being “casually religious”. I usually just rattle off the top 5 reasons in my head, but I think it’s probably better that I present them with a complete list of the harm caused by being part of a religion. Perhaps you …