Saoka

This is one of those things the Internet was invented for.

Does LSD give you a Michael Jackson nose? Science must have an answer.

No Haddock? Certified diplodocuses! Bashi-bazouks! Whoever made this page must've been acting the goat.

"For plenty of Jews, Judaism is much more of a cultural/ historical/ familial identity than a religious one. In fact, for many Jews, Judaism is entirely a cultural and historical and familial identity, and not a religious one at all. The phrase "atheist Jew" has a non-absurd, readily- comprehensible meaning... in a way that "atheist Baptist" doesn't. Many Jews cherrypick the Jewish rituals and stories that they like, and reject the ones they don't -- not as a slippery way of trying to shoehorn an obsolete and untenable faith into a modern worldview, but entirely openly and without shame or pretense, in an "I don't think God gives a damn about this, I don't even think God exists, this is all just mangled history at best and totally made-up at worst, so I have no qualms about picking the parts I like and ditching the rest" approach. Questioning the tenets and texts of Judaism is part of the rabbinical tradition, and many secular Jews view their selective observance, not as a rejection of the Jewish tradition, but as part of it. They treat sacred Jewish texts the way we all treat philosophers and political writers who aren't purportedly passing on the divine word of God: they read them critically, they embrace the ideas that make sense, they actively oppose the ideas that are barbaric, they ignore the ideas that seem silly."
People look at me funny when I tell them I'm a 4th-generation secular Jew. I might have to print out this paragraph and carry copies around with me.

There is pie in the snow. Why is there pie in the snow?

Some of the language of this makes me cringe, but overall, it's nice to finally see an article--in the mainstream news, yet!--that shows the diversity of atheists and pays attention to those of us who are okay with tolerant religion.

I am so easily amused.

The only billboard they really need is A Citizen's Guide to Apostrophes.