Author: Adam Lee

Earlier this week, I posted a piece by Sikivu Hutchinson, “The White Stuff“, about the legacy of racism in science and to what extent issues of race affect the atheist movement. Today, I want to write a response to that piece and venture some of my own thoughts on the subject. To begin, I want…

Although I haven’t commented on this previously, I’m sure you’ve heard of the Conservative Bible Project, a brilliant initiative proposed by the savvy folks at Conservapedia. The plan is that they’ll retranslate the Bible to eliminate “liberal bias” in existing verses – but not by going back to the oldest manuscripts or the original languages…

A note from the editor: Hi folks, Before I get to today’s post, a guest essay by Sikivu Hutchinson, I want to preface it with a few remarks. I’ve posted guest essays on Daylight Atheism from a variety of viewpoints, not all of which I personally agree with (as I hope should be obvious). I…

Bright Angel Point, Grand Canyon. Photo credit: Pradeep Satyaprakash.

Since I often write about charitable works done by atheists, I’m happy to be able to report on a new one. Joe Zamecki informs me of a new Austin-based charitable group, Atheists Helping the Homeless. I’ll let Joe explain his group’s purpose and mission: Atheists Helping the Homeless is a new, and still very small…

I have some urgent news to pass along to my readers: If you have any vacation time accrued, you may want to use it before May 2011. Why, you may ask? Well, because the world is ending – again: I learned this important news from a pamphlet that a street preacher was passing out at…

The Newsweek/Washington Post blog On Faith has posted a series of responses from panelists to the American Humanist Association’s new holiday ad campaign (HT: An Apostate’s Chapel). Here’s the question they asked: What do you think of the American Humanist Association’s new “Godless Holiday” campaign? The ads, displayed on transit systems in five major U.S.…

I haven’t had an open thread in a while, and I wanted to post one for this purpose. This is a thread for Daylight Atheism readers’ feedback: on the site and the way I’m managing it. Do you have any complaints or grievances, general or specific, about the way the site is being run? Extravagant…

In the books of the Torah, Yahweh devotes entire chapters to explaining in exacting detail what kind of animal sacrifices he expects from his people. The one common thread, repeatedly emphasized, is that the animals to be slaughtered must be “without blemish”: “And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow…

Snow on the Teton Range, Jackson, Wyoming, September 2006. Photo credit: Jerry Donnelly.