Ed Brayton, known to many of you as the Dispatches from the Culture Wars blogger, as well as co-founder of Michigan Citizens for Science and The Panda's Thumb, will be on Atheist Talk Radio this coming Sunday. Mike Haubrich, Ed and I will chat about the very current, often disturbing, and occasionally entertaining subject of Crazy Preachers. Like Harold Camping for example. We may also touch on other currently in the news individuals who don't happen to be preachers. Perhaps we'll ring some bells and warn some Brits!
Details are here. I hope you can join us.
Here's Ed on Rachel Maddow, just for fun:
OK, sorry. That was scary.
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