“It’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!”

Matthew Ygelsias has a post highlighting one study showing a trend toward more people responding “other” or “none” (not clear what the break down is) when asked about their religious beliefs.

PZ Myers over at pharyngula has posted a summary of common arguments about god and religion.  This list is available in PDF form from the Minnesota Atheists.  It is pretty useful to have all of these common questions summarized in one place.

Pope Criticizes Atheism in Encyclical

Save us all?

Pope Benedict XVI strongly criticized atheism in a major document released Friday, saying it had led to some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” ever known. In his second encyclical, Benedict also critically questioned modern Christianity, saying its focus on individual salvation had ignored Jesus’ message that true Christian hope involves salvation for all.

On the last hour of his Sunday show David Goldstein asked: Do Atheists Need Sunday School? I heard the first hour on pandemic flu, but missed the rest. Did anyone catch this?