[Crosspost from here: http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/advice-for-pope-francis-i/].  Visit letreasonreign for more caustic commentary on religion.

In most matters (with one exception I will get to), here’s my advice, one moving picture worth a thousand words:…

Crosspost from here:

Dear Christian,

Well, you've heard it said... and I imagine many of you have said it yourself, exasperated with some atheist complaint about prayer in school or a creche scene in front of a courthouse:  "It's freedom of religion not freedom from religion."

Well, actually it is both; you cannot…

(cross posted from http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2012/12/25/nativity-naivete/#more-549)

Well Saturnalia is over–and I didn’t even get to see Saturn.

So I guess I will have to focus on Christmas instead.

The overwhelming majority of well educated Christians realize that there’s no evidence, not even from the bible, that this day is in any way the birthdate of Jesus.  I’ve heard…

Crossposted from here: http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/you-know-its-the-bible-belt-when/

2 March 2013, added an update between the first two pictures.

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I recently had occasion to be driving on I-40 from Oklahoma City (which, unlike Kansas City, is actually in the state of the same name) west to Amarillo, TX.

I first saw…

[The following is crossposted from here:  http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/open-letter-to-christians-2/]

Dear Christian,

Yes there they go again.  Some…

[Crossposted from here: http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/easter-arithmetic/  Please crosspost any comments you make in the comment section there.]

It’s still Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Easter as I write this, so it’s just under the wire.

Last…

[Cross posted from: http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/deuteronomy/]

Ordinary hydrogen consists of a single proton, which has a positive electrical charge, with a…

Cross post from here:  http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/the-reason-rally/

The Reason Rally was held March 24 on the Washington DC Mall.  There’s little to be…

This is a cross-post from here:  http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/open-letter-to-christians-1/

Dear Christian,

Many of you believe yourself to be moral, upstanding members of your communities.  Many of you are leaders in your communites, or respected businessmen, or perhaps even clergy.

So I'd like to ask you a "what if" question.

Let's say when you get…

I posted the text below on my blog, http://letreasonreign.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/religious-polarization/, and to my surprise it got a like from one person and I am now being followed by another.  (And this is huge for the amount of traffic my blog is getting.)  I follow back to the liker and follower, and they are both Christians!

What gives?  Well I am accusing moderate Christians of not following…

Link to the original blog post (and comments): Let Reason Reign: My Two Cents' Worth On "In God We Trust"

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The claim is often made that “In God We Trust” did not appear on US Currency until 1957. Well, yes and no.  And why is it important?

Currency Technically Means Coins,…