SpongeGod Squarepants?

Let me start with the following disclaimer: This is NOT an attack on the small yellow sponge "who lives in a pineapple under the sea!".  I have some issues with him but I'll save that for another day. So I'm one of the lucky ones that gets a decent amount of time to spend with my kids while basically holding a full time job. SpongeBob is fairly funny despite the ambiguity about his age, the fact that he lives alone, and that he also has a full time job. Today my daughter and I were watching an episode on Nickelodeon(also known as Nick) and during a commercial break I was quite disturbed to see an ad for the Prayer Cross, an allegedly crystal laced, sterling silver cross that contains the Lord's Prayer, which becomes visible when held up to the light.

There isn't a logical reason that comes to mind when trying to figure out why a company would attempt to market its religious message to children. Especially when they are watching a show that raises as many questions as SpongeBob does. And the damage is twofold; they have children in the commercial wearing the item as well as a shot that shows an adult sized pendant with a child sized pendant. A sad day indeed for children's programming. I have contacted both Nick(called after hours) and IdeaVillage and am eagerly awaiting both responses.

A Mighty Fine Day to Return...

Allow me to start off by saying I'm not superstitious or anything that could fit into that category, but I have an affinity for things that seem to link up in one way or another. My very first post here was on September 11th of 2008 but I haven't really done anything here since then. I've been working on myself, and fighting an internal battle that will come to light when the time is right. With today being a very important day, and the day of my first post also being signifigant, I thought what better way to really get a fresh start than to coincide with the day the America made change. For a dollar. (I say, I say, thassa joke son!)

Speaking of change, I saw something this morning that reminded me that even though we are on the dawn of a new day, there are things that still need to be addressed. Watch the video below.

The Beginning of Atheism for Beginners

Although this is the inaugural set of thoughts for what I consider to be a blog about Atheism, I believe it will inevitably lead down many paths which may or may not be related to Atheism. Hopefully they will be interesting enough to capture an audience.  I am quite new at this and have never had any interest in blogging before. I guess this is the part where I give you the backstory. Here goes...

I've never been a "believer". I mean, I've done the church thing and the praying thing (mostly in bad times) but outside of that I never gave it a moment of my time. Something just seemed inherently wrong about the way religion worked. It felt like the ultimate bribe/threat. So my life was what it was. Ignoring God till I needed "him" (him being some form of comfort), then discarding "him" as quickly as I had taken "him". That all ended a few months ago during one of my youtube sessions when I found  a video of a brilliant gentleman by the name of Richard Dawkins talking about evolution. Clip after clip, more information was being given to me that made all the things I've always thought deep down make more sense than ever before! Rational thinking in the face and against the grain of popular thought? Unapologetic use of logic? This man was an obvious rogue, not afraid to proclaim as proudly as any theist his stance on the matter. So what did I do? I took notes. 

This being an introduction to me, I'll allow this page to be just that. In parting, I would like theists as well as atheists to know that all opinions will be heard so long as they are brought to the table with a purpose. If you believe something someone says or does makes them a coward, you have the right to say so. Personal attacks for the sake of stoking the flames will not be tolerated. The Invisible Pink Unicorn has spoken.