Category Archives: Atheosphere

Atheists are Cowards?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by ylooshi

The author(s) of Blazing Cat Fur seems to have his or her panties in a wad over atheists. I realize it’s not hard to imagine that right-wing, conservative, religionist blogger might find himself in that predicament, but in this case … Continue reading →

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Christopher Hitchens is Dead

Posted on December 16, 2011 by ylooshi

1949-2011 Referred to as one of the Four Horsemen of New Atheism, Christopher Hitchens died yesterday at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston of pneumonia, a complication of his esophageal cancer. He was a political pundit, an author, an essayist, and … Continue reading →

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The Atheist Reader’s Choice Awards

Posted on January 13, 2011 by ylooshi

If you don’t know, About.com’s reader’s choice awards are being compiled. Now’s the time to nominate your favorite atheist sites, podcast, books, etc. for 2010. My nominations are: Best Agnostic or Atheist Book of 2010: The New Atheism: Taking a … Continue reading →

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Son of Michael Behe discusses his atheism

Posted on October 7, 2010 by ylooshi

There’s a fascinating discussion going on at Reddit started by the son of creationist-biochemist Michael Behe who is revealing his recent “deconversion” from Catholicism in particular, theism in general. I’ve included a few snippets here, but follow the link above … Continue reading →

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Meet the Guy Living in His Mom’s Basement: Dennis Markuze

Posted on October 3, 2010 by ylooshi

I received another one of his B**b Quake emails yesterday, apparently I’m on the list with a bunch of Harvard atheists that seems to include Steven Pinker. In it, Markuze brags that he met (sort of) PZ Myers in a … Continue reading →

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Lars Vilks Attacked by Followers of Admiral Ackbar?

Posted on May 12, 2010 by ylooshi

The chick in this video wasn’t really yelling “Admiral Ackbar!” Nor was she the Star Wars fan I initially thought. But she was definitely a nut as were the rest of those attacking Lars Vilks over a cartoon. In case … Continue reading →

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Dennis Markuze -a.k.a. Dave Mabus: Internet Troll and Nutcase

Posted on March 14, 2010 by ylooshi

If you’ve ever spent any appreciable time on science blogs and forums, you may have had the occasion to read one of these really strangely worded and formated posts by a character who calls himself Dave Mabus. So what’s he … Continue reading →

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Atheist Culture on Twitter

Posted on September 15, 2009 by ylooshi

Image by topicagnostic via Flickr If you’re an atheist and not on Twitter, where have you been!? The atheosphere is alive and well there, thriving in a see of @Tweets, RTs, and #tags (like #atheist, #atheism) which are handy ways … Continue reading →

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Does Reddit Suppress Atheist Bloggers and News?

Posted on August 26, 2009 by ylooshi

You might have noticed that I don’t have a Reddit link on my blog. I used to. But the plugin I was using didn’t get upgraded or properly installed in the current version of WordPress and I never really figured … Continue reading →

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A Godless Search Engine

Posted on July 13, 2009 by ylooshi

I’ve just added a “Godless Search Engine” to the menu bar at the top of the page. If you click it, you’ll be taken to a page with a single post displaying a search box powered by Google that searches … Continue reading →

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