Hemant Mehta
@friendlyatheist.com
Jeopardy! champ everywhere but Canada. Writer. YouTuber. Podcaster. [email protected]. (Send me story tips!) http://linktr.ee/HemantMehta
Articles at https://friendlyatheist.com
Articles at https://friendlyatheist.com
"Pro-life" pastors will say anything to defend murder.
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
"Pro-life" pastors will say anything to defend murder.
Christian Nationalist Dale Partridge says his marriage is not "ideal" because his wife isn't white.
(Maybe that's why he runs a sock puppet account in her voice pretending to praise him.)
(Maybe that's why he runs a sock puppet account in her voice pretending to praise him.)
January 11, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Christian Nationalist Dale Partridge says his marriage is not "ideal" because his wife isn't white.
(Maybe that's why he runs a sock puppet account in her voice pretending to praise him.)
(Maybe that's why he runs a sock puppet account in her voice pretending to praise him.)
Christian "prophetess" Kat Kerr says she's been able to control the weather ever since she was a child.
"We learned how to tell the weather it wasn't going to rain... It literally crossed the street and rained there but not on us. So we knew we had authority over the weather."
"We learned how to tell the weather it wasn't going to rain... It literally crossed the street and rained there but not on us. So we knew we had authority over the weather."
January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Christian "prophetess" Kat Kerr says she's been able to control the weather ever since she was a child.
"We learned how to tell the weather it wasn't going to rain... It literally crossed the street and rained there but not on us. So we knew we had authority over the weather."
"We learned how to tell the weather it wasn't going to rain... It literally crossed the street and rained there but not on us. So we knew we had authority over the weather."
Christian Nationalists are rooting for the invasion of Venezuela so that there can be a “revival.”
(80% of the country is Christian.)
(80% of the country is Christian.)
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Christian Nationalists are rooting for the invasion of Venezuela so that there can be a “revival.”
(80% of the country is Christian.)
(80% of the country is Christian.)
Things are going great on the secular right.
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Things are going great on the secular right.
White Christian Nationalists are having a rough one today.
December 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
White Christian Nationalists are having a rough one today.
I'm back in the New York Times with the Friday crossword!
There are 10 debut entries (including a few I've been trying to cram in for a while), with 54-Across being my favorite. See if you can solve it 😃
There are 10 debut entries (including a few I've been trying to cram in for a while), with 54-Across being my favorite. See if you can solve it 😃
December 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I'm back in the New York Times with the Friday crossword!
There are 10 debut entries (including a few I've been trying to cram in for a while), with 54-Across being my favorite. See if you can solve it 😃
There are 10 debut entries (including a few I've been trying to cram in for a while), with 54-Across being my favorite. See if you can solve it 😃
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A South Carolina church appears to be at the center of a massive measles outbreak, according to the state's Department of Public Health.
dph.sc.gov/news/tuesday...
dph.sc.gov/news/tuesday...
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A South Carolina church appears to be at the center of a massive measles outbreak, according to the state's Department of Public Health.
dph.sc.gov/news/tuesday...
dph.sc.gov/news/tuesday...
Sad to hear about the passing of Bob Barnes :(
He founded and organized a really incredible annual event in Ontario, built an excellent team to run it, and kept growing BAHACon at a time when similar events for atheists were going out of existence.
Sending love to his family.
He founded and organized a really incredible annual event in Ontario, built an excellent team to run it, and kept growing BAHACon at a time when similar events for atheists were going out of existence.
Sending love to his family.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sad to hear about the passing of Bob Barnes :(
He founded and organized a really incredible annual event in Ontario, built an excellent team to run it, and kept growing BAHACon at a time when similar events for atheists were going out of existence.
Sending love to his family.
He founded and organized a really incredible annual event in Ontario, built an excellent team to run it, and kept growing BAHACon at a time when similar events for atheists were going out of existence.
Sending love to his family.
According to an email sent to employees, the Trump administration's Department of Labor says it's hosting the "inaugural Secretary’s Prayer Service on Wednesday, December 10th."
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
According to an email sent to employees, the Trump administration's Department of Labor says it's hosting the "inaugural Secretary’s Prayer Service on Wednesday, December 10th."
Truly wild that Darren Bailey thinks the reason people didn't vote for him last time is because of his accent and not because he's a right-wing extremist.
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Truly wild that Darren Bailey thinks the reason people didn't vote for him last time is because of his accent and not because he's a right-wing extremist.
The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
This is big. The Supreme Court has DENIED a case involving Christian prayers over the PA system at high school football games.
I'll have more on this soon...
I'll have more on this soon...
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is big. The Supreme Court has DENIED a case involving Christian prayers over the PA system at high school football games.
I'll have more on this soon...
I'll have more on this soon...
This is the same Krauss who once gave the most tone-deaf endorsement of Epstein ever.
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archive.is/202411211538...
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is the same Krauss who once gave the most tone-deaf endorsement of Epstein ever.
archive.is/202411211538...
archive.is/202411211538...
Nothing to see here.
Just physicist Lawrence Krauss telling Jeffrey Epstein, "Beyond anything else, you are my friend. I hope we can both always remember that, no matter what."
Just physicist Lawrence Krauss telling Jeffrey Epstein, "Beyond anything else, you are my friend. I hope we can both always remember that, no matter what."
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Nothing to see here.
Just physicist Lawrence Krauss telling Jeffrey Epstein, "Beyond anything else, you are my friend. I hope we can both always remember that, no matter what."
Just physicist Lawrence Krauss telling Jeffrey Epstein, "Beyond anything else, you are my friend. I hope we can both always remember that, no matter what."
Non-religious voters in New York City overwhelmingly backed Mamdani over Cuomo, according to NBC News exit polls.
(*High fives all around*)
(*High fives all around*)
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Non-religious voters in New York City overwhelmingly backed Mamdani over Cuomo, according to NBC News exit polls.
(*High fives all around*)
(*High fives all around*)
Congrats to anti-woke activist Peter on achieving his lifelong dream.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Congrats to anti-woke activist Peter on achieving his lifelong dream.
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, an evangelical adviser to Trump, blames blue states for Trump's ICE thugs deporting innocent Hispanic people.
The coward refuses to directly condemn Trump.
religionnews.com/2025/10/17/l...
The coward refuses to directly condemn Trump.
religionnews.com/2025/10/17/l...
October 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, an evangelical adviser to Trump, blames blue states for Trump's ICE thugs deporting innocent Hispanic people.
The coward refuses to directly condemn Trump.
religionnews.com/2025/10/17/l...
The coward refuses to directly condemn Trump.
religionnews.com/2025/10/17/l...
According to Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY), the "No Kings" rallies are being led by "far-left activists" like #ResistTrump and...
American Atheists.
American Atheists.
October 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
According to Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY), the "No Kings" rallies are being led by "far-left activists" like #ResistTrump and...
American Atheists.
American Atheists.
If anyone's in the Orlando area, I'll be giving a free talk this Sunday afternoon for the Central Florida Freethought Community. (Donations are welcome!)
Hope to see you there.
Hope to see you there.
October 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If anyone's in the Orlando area, I'll be giving a free talk this Sunday afternoon for the Central Florida Freethought Community. (Donations are welcome!)
Hope to see you there.
Hope to see you there.
This is a very real, utterly thoughtless comment from a pastor in the wake of a tragedy:
"We are sad that our community is going through this, but it’s a tremendous opportunity for the church to minister to a lot of those people today."
apnews.com/article/tenn...
"We are sad that our community is going through this, but it’s a tremendous opportunity for the church to minister to a lot of those people today."
apnews.com/article/tenn...
October 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This is a very real, utterly thoughtless comment from a pastor in the wake of a tragedy:
"We are sad that our community is going through this, but it’s a tremendous opportunity for the church to minister to a lot of those people today."
apnews.com/article/tenn...
"We are sad that our community is going through this, but it’s a tremendous opportunity for the church to minister to a lot of those people today."
apnews.com/article/tenn...
A useful summary of why Bari Weiss overseeing CBS News is bad news, courtesy of @rusty.todayintabs.com.
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A useful summary of why Bari Weiss overseeing CBS News is bad news, courtesy of @rusty.todayintabs.com.
Imagine being so bad at your job that people across your state have parties after you announce your resignation.
It's the first good thing Ryan Walters has done for teachers in Oklahoma.
It's the first good thing Ryan Walters has done for teachers in Oklahoma.
September 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Imagine being so bad at your job that people across your state have parties after you announce your resignation.
It's the first good thing Ryan Walters has done for teachers in Oklahoma.
It's the first good thing Ryan Walters has done for teachers in Oklahoma.
How it started. How it’s going.
September 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How it started. How it’s going.