Carnival Of the Godless #39

Update: Jerry Monaco, the original host, got back to me. Apparently he had some internet connection troubles over the weekend. Here's a link to Jerry's original COTG #39. The book recommendations are an excellent idea!

I just returned from being out of town late last night, and discovered this morning that the April 30, 2006 COTG was never posted. I am not sure what happened with the scheduled host, but in any case, here it is; The 39th Carnival Of the Godless.

Eh, better late than never, I suppose. Heh.

More below the flip...

Jack Cluth at The People's Republic of Seabrook presents More unpleasant thoughts on my disgraced Congressman. "If Tom DeLay is a man of God, I'm the Queen of England." Also, So God really DOES vote Republican? "Man, it is NOT easy being a heathen these days, is it?" In addition, Jack unselfishly previews the next bestselling kid's book for little Christians.

Jon Swift tells us about The Secret Cabal That Threatens America. "Hispanics and gay people aren't nearly as scary as a secret cabal in league with Satan. So I think it might be a good idea for the Republicans in Congress to set aside their immigration bills and anti-gay marriage Constitutional Amendments, for the time being at least, and get to work on routing out the menace of Freemasonry before it's too late."

Francois Tremblay at Goosing The Antithesis gives us Pride and Humility Part I. "Christian dogma tells us that we must relish our flaws and weaknesses - our ignorance, our servility, our faith - and we must hate our strengths - our critical faculties, our values and desires, our successes."

Brad Warbiany at The Unrepentant Individual presents Personal Faith. "I wanted to explain a little bit about how I came to be an atheist, and what it would take for me to change that."

Le Centre at Centrerion: Canadian Politics presents Father Richard John Neuhaus or America's Catholic Terrorist Ideologue. "It isn't enough for Father Richard John Neuhaus - whom President Bush amicably calls Father Richard - to tell people they must let the Vatican think for them, while they passively obey. No, this Catholic priest is ripping pages out of al-Qaeda's playbook."

tng of The Neural Gourmet gives us a response to Melinda Barton's recent opinion piece at Raw Story attacking 'secular extremists'. Et tu Brute? tng, by the way, was instrumental in organizing the various responses to Barton's op-ed with this post. Great job!

Andy Clarkson at The Charlotte Capitalist presents "All You Need Is...Justice". "A Charlotte mystic exclaims that we need love. No reverend; We need justice."

Ebonmuse of Daylight Atheism writes Cathedral of Suns: A Humanist Sermon. "Religious proselytizers often accuse atheism of robbing life of the sense of awe and wonder. This is my reply to those claims, in which I argue that atheism produces the greatest sense of cosmic awe, and that the small fantasies of human beings do not come close to doing justice to the universe as it truly is."

Frank Johnson at Frank the Financially Savvy Atheist (The F.S.A.) has an idea for an atheist public service announcement. "Here is an idea for an atheist television advertisement or p.s.a. Very simplistic in nature, but potentially provocative."

NMMNG of No more Mr. Nice Guy! reveals The Gospel According To Scooter. "TUCSON, Ariz, 4/7/2110 (EAP): An early Christian manuscript has been carbon-dated by scientists at the University of Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory. The controversial document is likely to causes upheaval in the accepted story of the Son of Bush."

Alonzo Fyfe of The Atheist Ethicist comments on Melinda Barton's Raw Story op-ed piece, but concentrates on the responses and definitions in the post entitled Cline, Barton, and Atheist Whackjobs.

Richard at Philosophy, et cetera gives us The Fake Humility of the Religious. "Despite the religionist's claim to "trust in God" rather than fallible human reason, their claim rests on their prior (human, fallible) judgment that their religion is true. Worse, in making an absolute commitment to their religion, and believing it infallible, they must hold their prior judgment to itself have been
infallible. Clearly, this is the height of arrogance, not humility."

Jeff G at writes Religious Beliefs in Science and Politics. "In this post I attempt to describe the problems which arise
when religious beliefs enter the sphere of public debate, especially those
of science and politics.

Wenchypoo at Frugal Wisdom from Wenchypoo's Warehouse presents Frugality as Secular Religion? "What frugal living and regular religion have in common."

That's it. The next COTG will be held on May 14, 2006 at Coturnix's Science & Politics. Submissions can be sent to cotg-submission@brentrasmussen.com or via the submission form at Blog Carnival.