I'll Be at the Atheist Film Festival This Weekend

11 September 2013

I believe there are still tickets available for attending this Friday’s director’s party as well (which I will also be attending, among other folk many might like to meet or chat with). All the details here. The festival itself will be all this Saturday....

Thank You for So Many Books

26 August 2013

Some people who like my work occasionally buy things for me from my Amazon wishlist. The package I get often doesn’t say who sent them or how to reach them. So I’d like to extend an open thanks to everyone who has done that over the years. What especially...

Two More New Bloggers

15 August 2013

We have two more new awesome bloggers at Freethought Blogs. Kate Donovan (of the US) joined us in July, and now Alex Gabriel (of the UK) joins us this August. Kate is blogging here at Gruntled & Hinged (“A Blog about Madness and Mental Health by Your...

Nixing Offensive Ads

29 July 2013

How do you stop an offensive or inappropriate ad at Freethought Blogs? Here’s a brief on how. Our ad service at FtB is automated. We don’t actually choose who advertises on our site, and in fact what ads you see will differ from what ads others will see...

CFI and WiS 3

24 July 2013

I haven’t voiced an opinion on the Lindsay apology and subsequent resolution of the insulting behavior from CFI (which came after voices of outrage were finally heard) because I have been waiting to see what panned out, especially if CFI was going to produce a...

My Favorite Scotch

19 July 2013

These three days I’ll be enjoying the FtBCon from my desktop, sipping Scotch or Irish whiskey. A lot. Because I like Scotch. And Irish whiskey. I’m pretty much a Scotch and Irish whiskey man, you see. Beer, dull (even when it doesn’t taste like...

FTBCon Tomorrow!

18 July 2013

The massive, amazing, totally free online conference hosted by Freethought Blogs starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday. We have over 100 speakers and 33 sessions. Many names you’ll recognize and love. Many names you might not know but will be glad to have been...

Combs-Port Interview

11 July 2013

Chris Combs and Daniel Port interviewed me recently on my life and work, as well as my thoughts about cinema as an art medium and on specific films they asked about because they were my recommendations in my video store (like Pulp Fiction, the Cohen Brothers, my taste...

Give Just a Little to the SSA, MAAF and MRFF

19 June 2013

I was just filling out some checks and realized I should mention what I’m doing, because I think a lot of you might want to do the same. Last month I renewed my annual support for the Secular Student Alliance. I’ve long been promoting them, as an...

Indelible Nirmukta

12 June 2013

Two new blogs have launched at FtB over the past few weeks and as usual they are fascinating additions. (FTB’s front page has also been cleaned up a bit–more improvements to come). The Indelible Stamp by Tauriq Moosa [that’s TAR-rik, not tar-REEK]...

Lindsay and WiS: Time to Be Heard at CFI

7 June 2013

The CFI board meets in a week. The Ron Lindsay debacle should not be allowed to fall from the agenda. To make sure they hear all voices, please send your thoughts to board member Tom Flynn [at tflynn@centerforinquiry.net]. I’ve discussed the outrage and...

Two New Awesome Bloggers

9 May 2013

FreethoughtBlogs has added two new fascinating bloggers, both from the UK: Ally Fogg and Yemisi Ilesanmi. These will really get the hackles up of the anti-feminist crowd, since one is a card carrying feminist (And black. And a woman. Chicken littles, begin your...

Help a Library in Pakistan

7 May 2013

This is an opportunity to do something cool. I was contacted recently by a library in a predominately Hindu region of Pakistan, asking if I’d be so kind as to send them some free copies of my books (which they even knew and requested by name). My books. Books...

Zindler-Price Anthology: Contra Ehrman

1 May 2013

Frank Zindler and Bob Price have edited their own anthology of “responses” to Bart Ehrman’s book Did Jesus Exist? For this project Zindler bought the rights from me to include a special summary edition of my blogging on the same subject (see Ehrman...

Status Report

19 March 2013

Two notes today, one to readers of my blog and another to the donors who funded Proving History and On the Historicity of Jesus Christ: (1) Today I shall begin recording in studio for the audiobook edition of Not the Impossible Faith. Two other books have already been...