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I probably shouldn't put this off anymore, so I'm just going to jump on it and improvise. I'm pretty sure the show is over. It was a ton of fun doing it, but with work and my son and my wife in school I simply don't have time to do it anymore.

Other folks have offered to take over but I don't really feel comfortable with that. Quit while you're ahead, sez I.

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HuffPost - Christian Pastor Calls For Starbucks Boycott Over Gay Marriage Support

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Sentient Biped 34 minutes ago. 11 Replies 1 Like

A Christian pastor is asking customers to boycott Starbucks due to the company's support of a bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state, King 5 News reports. "Christians are upset with…Continue

Tags: Starbucks, gay marriage, Washington

Did Romney convert dead Atheist father-in-law to Mormonism?

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by Steph S. yesterday. 6 Replies 0 Likes

Yes, Romney converted dead Atheist father-in-law to MormonismHasn't he…Continue

Tags: conversion, Atheism, Mormonism, Edward Davies, Mitt Romney

Pastor and Priest Crime News January 2012

Started by Sentient Biped. Last reply by Meddlesome on Thursday. 8 Replies 0 Likes

The endless clergical crime spree continues. Here is news related to ministers, priests, prophets, and the dreaded sex obsessed pastoral "counselors", so far in Jan 2012. Refreshingly, these are not…Continue

Palin weighs in on Prayer Card discontinuation

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by I LYK 2 READ on Thursday. 17 Replies 0 Likes

Palin "I…Continue

Tags: prayer cards, Alaska Airlines, Sarah Palin

Police investigating threats made to atheist teen hero

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by matt warren on Wednesday. 5 Replies 0 Likes

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"Starbucks hates God"

Started by Hugh Kramer on Wednesday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

The Starbucks Coffee Co. is receiving a lot of flack from the Religious Right these days but it has nothing to do with sinfully delicious frappuccinos or iced flavored lattes. No, they're upset…Continue

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The Newest Religion: The Missionary Church of Kopimism

Started by Sentient Biped. Last reply by Hugh Kramer on Wednesday. 6 Replies 0 Likes

npr and other sources. Sweden has certified…Continue

School punishes boy for Gay Opposition

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by Alice Jan 28. 7 Replies 0 Likes

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Tags: legal action, anti-gay, high school, Wisconsin

Oklahoma senate bill to outlaw aborted human fetuses in food

Started by Sentient Biped. Last reply by Phil Jan 28. 25 Replies 0 Likes

nprOklahoma State Senate Bill 1418…Continue

Airline ending prayer cards

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by The Flying Atheist Jan 28. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Alaska Airlines ending 30-year-long prayer card…Continue

Tags: airline meals, Prayer Cards, Alaska Airlines

Rhode Island Florists Refuse to Deliver FFRF's Bouquet to Jessica Ahlquist

Started by sk8eycat. Last reply by matthew greenberg Jan 27. 15 Replies 0 Likes

This is so petty that I can hardly believe it. Is Roger Williams spinning in his grave? (Any seismic disturbances in the area?)News ReleaseFRIENDLY FLORISTS IN CONNECTICUT TO DELIVER FLOWERS…Continue

La, la, la, I can't hear you!

Started by Phil. Last reply by Loren Miller Jan 25. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Don't listen to all that secular noise. And pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.…Continue

Indonesian Atheist arrested

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by Julie Carter Jan 22. 6 Replies 0 Likes

Indonesian man arrested for Atheist Facebook postApparently, America isn't the…Continue

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The Republican Party and God

Started by Phil. Last reply by Phil Jan 19. 8 Replies 0 Likes

The candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are agreed on one point - there's a War on Religion and they are the martyrs.…Continue

Poll: 43% of people think God helps Tebow

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by Greg LeGore Jan 19. 15 Replies 0 Likes

43.3% of people think that God helps Tim…Continue

Tags: Denver Broncos, survey, God, Tim Tebow

Rep: Christians are a "minority" under attack

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by Phil Jan 18. 12 Replies 0 Likes

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Comment by I LYK 2 READ 5 hours ago: Can the US Army embrace atheists?
By Kate Dailey BBC News Magazine
s t o k e d
great exposé

Comment by Joan Denoo 6 hours ago: I found our family, including my atheist grandfather, dead at least 60 years, is now sanctified by the Mormon church. Oh Dear! Granddad would be turning in his grave, if he had a spirit, which he doesn't.

Comment by TNT666 11 hours ago: And here's the vid to the de-baptismal :)

Comment by TNT666 12 hours ago: Oh dear, that atheist father-in-law was baptised into Moronism a full year after his death!!!!!!!!!!! Oh dear me dear me... how can anyone vote Republican I simply do not understand :(

Comment by Joe Tomberlin 12 hours ago: Bill Mahar just de-mormon-baptised Mitt Romney's atheist father-in-law on Real Time. Very funny.

Comment by TNT666 yesterday: Bob Barker's been in the news more than usual lately it seems, between funding Sea Sherpherd Conservation Society's "MV/ Bob Barker" and their new helicopter, and saving elephants from living in Canadian zoos, I'm finding myself liking the old guy more and more... then I saw on his MySpace page that he's long been an agnostic... funny how I'd never noticed him on atheist celeb pages...

Comment by I LYK 2 READ yesterday: http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/stop-creation-science-indi...

Comment by Starscream yesterday: I cant think of a worse bang for your buck than a teaching degree. Average starting salary is probably 50-70% that of other fields with a masters and a salary cap to boot.

My mom is a teacher and after seeing how teachers are treated and paid, i wouldnt consider it. I got a 4 year engineering degree 8 years ago and have already greatly surpassed my moms salary who has maxed out her pay for her district.

Comment by TNT666 yesterday: There is a philosophical point to be made there however. It IS government policy to pay bureaucrats less value than they would COMPARED to similar employment in the private sector in order to ensure that bureaucracy isn't filled by salary chasers. We DO want our government workers, serving the people, to be doing so because that is their passion.

However, teachers are not bureaucrats, and teachers in some areas (but not all) are underpaid. But more important than underpaid... teachers in a great many areas are undervalued... in the esteem sense. Children are often considered "right" and teacher "wrong", which is ridiculous from young children, and from uneducated parents.

There is the additional problem that it is getting harder and harder (money and time) to get a teaching degree and IMHO this is weeding out the wrong teachers. My favourite and most interesting, empowering, inspiring, teachers I've had through my many years of schooling were the ones that are today weeded OUT of the long hard road to becoming a teacher, and the boring, straight laced, uptight people are the ones best equipped to survive the educational training, those least gifted to actually encourage youth to learn. We have reached a sad state in the world of education :(