At least according to the Amazing Grace Baptist Church, which declared that New England’s quarterback is destined for eternal damnation for his sinful existence in this life. Via NESN (via the Huddle)

“Tom Brady has an unwed child, but it’s okay because he wins Super Bowls. Tom Brady is teaching us to have sex outside of marriage, to commit fornication, don’t marry and do the right thing, don’t take responsibility for your actions, have a good time no matter who you hurt in this world, go from sex partner to sex partner, and it’s okay because of who I am. How many of you dad’s (sic) cheer on Tom in the Super Bowl while your kids are watching?”

Not to make light of one’s religious beliefs, but this is something you might find written on the walls of an insane asylum … in feces. (And just so we’re clear, nobody thought winning Super Bowls made it okay to have an unwed child; that it was with Bridget Moynahan made it okay.*)

Wouldn’t it be great if Tom Brady had some means to get out of hell? Maybe if there were some way to use his money, perhaps give it to some holy person who could then, for the right price, absolve him of all he’d done so he’d spend eternity in heaven… Too bad, that’d be scandalous!

Remember folks, from your friendly atheist (me, not Hemant): Sex is good. Do it a lot. If you’re an adult and not married, I recommend protected sex 3x/day. Aww heck, make it 4. And if you want to have kids, find a nice responsible partner with no diseases and have unprotected unwedded sex, as long as you’re responsible with the children, you know, like Tom Brady.

I know I usually stay domestic, but this story (thanks Chartman) just makes me want to explode. Let us not forget that barbarianism is thriving overseas, under the cloaks and protections of multiple religions.
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(AP) The nine-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at the wall.

His family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an exorcism. It spilled as he struggled, burning away his face and eyes. The emaciated boy barely had strength left to whisper the name of the church that had denounced him – Mount Zion Lighthouse.

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Last week, the Senate Finance Committee passed an amendment by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) that authorized $50 million dollars for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in the Baucus’ health care reform bill.

The good news is that abstinence-only programs are not funded in any other health care bill in the House and Senate, and President Obama has clearly stated that he does not want these sex education programs to be funded.

The bad news is that the Secular Coalition has learned that many Senators on both sides of the aisle are afraid of opposing these failed sex education programs because they don’t want to offend their religious and socially conservative constituents.

Take Action Now.

The American Academy of Pediatrics states that, “Abstinence-only programs have not demonstrated successful outcomes with regard to delayed initiation of sexual activity or use of safer sex practices… Programs that encourage abstinence as the best option for adolescents, but offer a discussion of HIV prevention and contraception as the best approach for adolescents who are sexually active, have been shown to delay the initiation of sexual activity and increase the proportion of sexually active adolescents who reported using birth control.”

Religious Disaffiliation Study
Harvard University

Participants are needed for an ongoing study on Religion Disaffiliation in American society. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board, and is being conducted by Mazen Elfakhani, Sociology Department at Harvard University, and Alfredo Garcia, Harvard Divinity School.

This study aims to understand religious disaffiliation through in-depth interviews with individuals who identify as having no religious preference, but who were religious at some previous point in their lives, but no longer identify as religious. Participants will be asked to share their social biography and to tell about their personal trajectory vis-a-vis religion. Interviews will be conducted in person or by phone, and will take 30 to 60 minutes.

If you are interested in participating, please e-mail: melfakh@fas.harvard.edu or alfredogarcia@hds.harvard.edu, or call: 989-980-0241 or 954-254-6640.

Posted by Blair Scott

Please note that this is NOT an official endorsement of the study by American Atheists. The organizers of the study asked if we would be willing to let everyone know about the opportunity to participate in the study.

We’ve seen this before in Mt. Soledad and of course the Utah Cross case. Christians want so much to place their symbol on public land without symbols from those pesky other religions that they are willing to call it secular. Yes, a secular cross.

You see, if a cross isn’t religious, it can be placed on roads, in schools, and of course in federal buildings and courtrooms all over the country, all in the name of the dead. It’s not Christian anymore, so there is no religious freedom issue.

I went on Catholic radio a few months back to talk about this, and guess what – all the callers agreed with ME! THEY thought that saying the cross is secular is a lie, and they didn’t want to lie about their symbol!

Of course, if the cross isn’t religious, then it’s not religiously intolerant to pee on it, or stick it in dung! Indeed, since the cross symbolizes death for ALL people (including atheists), then it is BAD! It is something to be defiled! So if people were to make videos defiling the cross, then post it on youtube, and I link to it, well, that’s not intolerant — it’s pro-life!

Do you think that would make a statement?