Most atheists daydream about living in a democratic atheistic society. What a joy it would be to not be blessed when we sneeze, or to not be jolted from sleep at 7 AM on Sunday morning by Jehova’s Witnesses! However, if I were attempting to create a city for atheists, I would follow some very …
Monthly Archive: September 2009
Sep 20
Congress Endorses Shouted Accusations, Immediately Descends Into Chaos
In a fateful decision, Congress has decided that it is now formally acceptable to shout, “You lie!”, or any variant thereof, at any time on the Congressional floor. After Representative Joe Wilson was rebuked this week for his outburst during President Obama’s speech, several members of Congress from both parties decided the action taken was …
Sep 19
The Death, and Subsequent Resurrection, of the Atheists
Atheists, like captive pandas, are reknowned for having little interest in breeding. (Also like pandas, atheists are universally rotund and enjoy sitting in one place for sixteen hours eating bamboo shoots.) Now, this is not to say that atheists have no interest in having sex. We are interested in sex in spades, possibly even in …
Sep 18
Atheism in the Workplace
A few weeks ago, one of my coworkers randomly asked me whether I prayed as I passed by her desk. Now, I’m a raging atheist, but I had to consider her feelings in my response. After all, you only ask people to pray if someone is dying or sick. How could I tell her that …
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