No Easter Google Doodle? A tongue in cheek atheist’s take on some complaints from Christians that Easter wasn’t celebrated by Google in their daily Google doodle while other religious festivals are. What do you reckon? Worthy of our ire?

10 Tips for Atheists this Easter: a response to John Dickson
You might’ve caught John Dickson’s 10 tips for atheists, published on The Drum. Well, here’s a critical response from atheist blog Skepticink, responding to the tips and adding two more.

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Answering Bob Carr: Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Nathan Campbell of Creek Road Presbyterian asks: “Did anyone catch Bob Carr’s challenge at the end of Q&A on Monday night? He said:
‘No preacher has ever explained to me why the death of Jesus had to happen, why it was mandated, why any message from God to man had to happen by that route… What about a different way of communicating that message?’ I had a crack.” Here’s his attempt to answer Mr Carr.

The Man Behind the Mountain

In the Colorado desert stands Salvation Mountain, a man-made mountain painted with Biblical messages including the words ‘God is Love’. The colourful, intriguing art installation was created over three decades, piece by piece by the elusive Leonard Knight, who lived in the back of his truck at the site in the desert, spending his days adding to his creation. This is a moving portrait of the man who died earlier this year.