Patience With God
Schaeffer adopts a feisty tone in this essay about evangelical Christianity and aggressive atheism.
View ArticleReclaiming Gratitude
Enjoy and reclaim our gratitude for what IS. I do believe that when we experience directly, without the intervening ?author,? we can appreciate more. We can look at the amazing night sky and let it...
View ArticleHere and Now
A one-act play inspired by a real event, this dramatic story takes on the hurt and frustration created by deep religious differences in a family. A minister father debates with his grown daughter...
View ArticleFundamental Misconceptions of Science
Like many of you, I left my faith with an abiding mistrust of religion. But since I had been listening for decades to a man talk from behind a pulpit, those teachings made a significant dent in my...
View ArticleMisconception #1: Scientists Have an Atheist Agenda.
People of every stripe tend to generalize about other groups. We all do it, and it?s mostly subconscious. It makes it easier for us to handle the massive amount of information we hear on a daily...
View ArticleNatural Selection
Explains natural selection in simple terms. A must for anyone who is confused by the Theory of Evolution, and wonders why it's taught in classrooms. This video is part of the 'Made Easy' series that...
View ArticleThe Age of our World
Methods of dating easily explained, that clearly prove the age of the Earth and our universe. Part of the "Made Easy" series that explains science in clear and simple terms. A must for people who...
View ArticleThe Story of Earth
Is the Earth really 6,500 years old? And was there a global flood 4,000 years ago? The only way to find out is to look at the clues from the past. This video explains the evidence geologists use that...
View ArticleThe Origin of Life
The video explains current ideas as to how life might have originated on Earth. The idea that inorganic mud can miraculously turn into cells is a claim made in the Bible and the Qu'ran, not science....
View ArticleHistory of the Universe ? Part 2
Part 2 of a brief video history of our universe. Episode 2 of "From Big Bang to Us -- Made Easy" Series.
View ArticleHistory of the Universe - Part 1
A brief video explanation of the origins of our universe. Episode 1 of "From Big Bang to Us -- Made Easy" Series.
View ArticleCreation Science
Creation Science is fairly simple to understand. The conclusion is laid out for you -- just read Genesis -- so there's nothing to investigate. The question is whether this really is science. Even if...
View ArticleThe Scientific Method
This video explains how we acquire this knowledge, and how ideas go from a hunch in a laboratory to accepted theories taught in school. Episode 10 of "From Big Bang to Us -- Made Easy" Series.
View ArticleHuman Ancestry
This video traces our migration out of Africa and explains, through DNA evidence, how humans colonized the world. It is part of the Made Easy series of videos that show the evidence of our origins,...
View ArticleHuman Evolution
The evidence for human evolution. Part of the "Made Easy" series which traces our origins from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. Episode 8 of "From Big Bang to Us -- Made Easy" Series.
View ArticleThe Theory of Evolution
Explains the Theory of Evolution in simple terms. A must for anyone who is confused by what the Theory is, what it means, and why it's taught in classrooms. This video is part of the 'Made Easy'...
View Article"From Big Bang to Us - Made Easy" Series
This web series explains in layman's terms some of what we know about the origins of the the universe, the origins of life, the evolution of life, human ancestry, and more. The series also covers the...
View ArticleMisconception #2: Theories Require ?Faith? to Believe.
I can?t tell you how many times I?ve heard that scientists have just as much faith in their theories as religious people do in their dogma. It frustrates me every time. Anyone who says this is...
View ArticleYou Can't Trust Science
"Science has an agenda! Science is unreliable!" If you've ever heard a religious person say these words, you'll love this video
View ArticleMadagascar: Man against Nature Equals Man against Man
My high school literature teacher said that any plot can be reduced to one of three basic conflicts: Man against nature, man against man, or man against self.
View ArticleMisconception #3: Scientists Disagree on Everything.
This misconception is frequently alluded to in Christian circles in an attempt to discount the findings of the scientific community as merely ?one man's opinion." While there is a constant hum of...
View ArticleThe Simple Truth About the Age of Our Universe
The universe is very very very very very big. Therefore it is very very very very very old. Read about how we know this...
View ArticleIf The Fires Exist - Drew Stedman
"If The Fires Exist" by Recovering Fundamentalists' co-founder Drew Stedman.
View ArticleJust Look Up - Drew Stedman
Recovering Fundamentalists co-founder Drew Stedman's "Just Look Up" music video. "Just Look Up" is included on Drew's upcoming EP "If The Fires Exist".
View ArticleIf The Fires Exist EP - Drew Stedman
Watch music videos for the first two tracks off of Recovering Fundamentalists co-founder Drew Stedman's upcoming EP "If the Fires Exist".
View ArticleMisconception #4: A Scientific World View Leads to a Brutal, Bloody Society
This is a very popular argument these days. Christians proclaim that without God, morality cannot exist, and there would be nothing keeping a person from robbing and killing another person because...
View ArticleMisconception #5: Scientists Are Arrogant; They Can't Know Everything.
Imagine you baked two dozen cookies and your secret ingredient was cashew nut oil. You know you put cashew nut oil into the batter. You bought it, you tasted it, and you poured it in.
View ArticleMisconception #6: Science Takes the Beauty Out of the Universe
When having honest discussions with Christians, I?ve heard many times that they feel the universe is a more beautiful place because God is in it. What we deem as beautiful is often a result of what...
View ArticleOur Place in the Cosmos - Symphony of Science
The themes present in this song are intended to explore our understanding of our origins within the universe, and to challenge the commonplace notion that humans have a superior or privileged...
View ArticleWe Are All Connected - Symphony of Science
This is a tribute to great minds of science, intended to spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through the medium of music.
View ArticleA Glorious Dawn - Symphony of Science
A musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl...
View ArticleSymphony of Science
The Symphony of Science is a music project created by Washington-based electronic musician John Boswell. The project seeks to "spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through musical remixes."...
View ArticleThe Unbroken Thread - Symphony of Science
"The Unbroken Thread" is the fourth video in the Symphony of Science series, and it features David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, and Carl Sagan.
View ArticlePoetry of Reality - Symphony of Science
The Poetry of Reality is the fifth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features 12 scientists and science enthusiasts, including Michael Shermer, Jacob Bronowski, Carl Sagan,...
View ArticleNotW?
Memetics in action. The latest decal to festoon the windows of cars all over the country is the edgy ?NotW? sticker. You may have seen it. It bears the tough-looking lines of any other clothing or car...
View ArticleWile E. Coyote Searches for Meaning
After finally catching Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote searches for new found purpose.
View ArticlePsychology of God: Do Christians Believe God Has Emotions?
Most religions posit the existence not just of a supernatural realm, but of supernatural persons, with loyalties, preferences and other human psychological qualities including emotions.
View ArticleDismantling Fundamentalism Intro
This series will focus on some of the many errors within the Bible in the hope that those who are questioning these beliefs will find the information helpful.
View ArticlePlanned Poverty
In a nation with 3 million hungry children and 2 million prison inmates, the abolishment of Planned Parenthood seems unreasonable. Once again, religion can be found where reason is lost.
View ArticleRecovering Fundamentalists on BBC's Sunday Morning Live
Recovering Fundamentalists Co-Founder Drew Stedman will appear on BBC One's Sunday Morning Live on August 7, 2011 to discuss his personal experiences with exorcisms.
View ArticleKirk Cameron's Bad Science
Watch Kirk's BFF Ray Comfort make an ass of himself by using a banana to prove the existence of a divine creator.
View ArticleReason Rally Highlights
Check out highlights from the Reason Rally on the National Mall.
View ArticleChild Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron
Former child stars speak out against the hate-ridden words of Kirk Cameron.
View ArticleDismantling Fundamentalism: In the Beginning - Part II
Fundamentalists often insist on a required choice between belief in their view of the Bible and an eternity of suffering.
View ArticlePolitics Masquerading as Religion
Here's my (satirical-but-all-too-true?) version of the bishop's anti-Obama "Statement on Religious Liberty".
View ArticleCan You Prove That Hell Isn't Real?
Of all of the negative aspects of religion, I have found none of them to be more profoundly damaging to human dignity and self-respect than the threat of Hell for non-believers.
View ArticlePolitics of Religious Hate
Frank Schaeffer discusses Mitt Romney's punch-the-token-gay fiasco.
View ArticleEqual Love, Equal Rights
LGBT rights was a big reason why I began to question my faith. Tom and Shane were the first to remove the boundaries placed on love by my fundamentalists upbringing. I owe them both a sincere debt of...
View ArticleShane Bitney Crone on WFAA News
Watch Shane Bitney Crone explain why he made the It Could Happen to You video to the WFAA news team.
View ArticleThank You, Mike Huckabee. Newtown Makes Sense Now.
Watch Mike Huckabee contradict the GOP principles of gun control while insulting the decency of society as a whole.
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