2010 July | Secular News Daily

Anne Rice announces still ‘committed to Christ’, not a ‘pessimistic atheist’

Posted by Mike Daniels Intolerance + Bigotry Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Anne Rice’s public abandonment of Christianity doesn’t mean that she has decided tales of talking snakes and resurrections are fables instead of fact. It only means she’s abandoned “being a Christian” in the sense of using that word to describe herself.

The Gospel of Greed ~ It’s Not in MY Bible!

Posted by God'sOwnParty Secular Blogs Saturday, July 31st, 2010

My new book is titled, “Palin’s America ~ God, Guns & Greed” and will be in stores no later than April 2011. My publisher is doing what he can to move our release date closer, but that is controlled by the industry (unless my name were Tipper Gore). So today’s newsletter from Pastor Bess is [...]

In Brief: U. of Illinois instructor fired over anti-gay hate speech offered new U of I job

Posted by The Editors In Brief, In the Schools Friday, July 30th, 2010

The University of Illinois on Thursday said it had offered a new job to an instructor the University recently fired over a complaint that he engaged in hate speech in his explanation of Catholic church doctrine on homosexuality.

Baptist Joint Committee announces winners of 2010 Religious Liberty Essay Contest

Posted by Baptist Joint Committee Secular Press Releases Friday, July 30th, 2010

The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty has announced the winners of the 2010 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest. High school juniors and seniors reacted to John F. Kennedy’s landmark 1960 speech about the relationship between his religion and his politics and the separation of church and state.

Top 16 Ways to Get a Woman or Wife, According to the Bible

Posted by blackjeezus Secular Blogs Friday, July 30th, 2010

From Debunking Christianity: 1) Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she’s yours. (Deut. 21:11-13) [About the command that her nails be trimmed, you wouldn’t want her to scratch your eyes out, would you? "When thou goest forth to war against [...]

July 30 Atheist Cartoon: The Other Ground Zero

Posted by Mike Daniels Comics Friday, July 30th, 2010

Courtesy AtheistCartoons.com.

Focus on the Family: More layoffs. But who is this Christian Right organization?

Posted by Mike Daniels Religion & Culture Friday, July 30th, 2010

Focus on the Family has been in decline since 2002. That trend continues this week, as rumors of the impending layoffs of 100 or more workers circulate. But what are they all about, anyway?

Wing Nut Daily Still Thinks Obama Isn’t Legit

Posted by blackjeezus Secular Blogs Friday, July 30th, 2010

And you thought the Birther movement would have disappeared by now… President Obama may not fit the constitutional eligibility requirement that stipulates only “natural born” citizens can serve as U.S. president, conclude the authors of a recently released book. An investigation by the authors found that according to correspondence from the original framers of the [...]