This Sunday is Easter and as promised on Christmyass Day, we are back with another installment of our public service announcement series of (un)holydays.

Join us in the stickam room from 3pm est-8pm est for another public service reminder from the RRS that the god of the bible doesn't exist.  Christians are welcome to show up and submit scientific proof that we are wrong.   Rook will be on hand to explain why the stories in the bible about Jesus are false, and the writings of the bible couldn't have been divinely inspired by a perfect being.Here is how you get to the webcam room:

http://www.rationalresponders.com/rational_response_squad_live_chats
http://www.stickam.com/profile/sapient

Greydon Square releases a new song for his upcoming album:
http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/13109

It's finally here!

The new Rational Response Squad site is up and running and it's about 400% faster than it was the last time we sent out a newsletter. We still have tons of enhancements to make, so look forward to even more growth to our site. Currently www.RationalResponders.com is ranked by Alexa.com as the most popular atheist website in the world, and the far and away most popular atheist site in the United States... thanks so much to all of you for your continued support!

The forums have been upgraded heavily. Check out the spell checker on the forums now before you post! It's the little checkmark with an on "ABC" on the button.

To celebrate the new site we are in the giving spirit and are offering you a choice of some free options on the website. Visit this thread if you'd like to be known as a fan of RRS or you are a scientist mind posting on the RRS: http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/12797

We are now in the Stickam chat room much more often, come say hi some time or simply hang out: http://www.rationalresponders.com/rational_response_squad_live_chats

WWW.FREETHINKINGTEENS.COM was the first site that we upgraded after we were done upgrading RRS. We've brought it under the RRS roof, and it's now a subdomain of RRS (all old links still work). Their site is just as advanced as the RRS site! Adults keep out!

Kelly's recent blog may be the most destructive blow dealt to Christians so far in her series, blogging for her book.

Check it out here:

http://www.rationalresponders.com/damn_right_i_m_angry_part_one

http://www.rationalresponders.com/damn_right_im_angry_part_two

As usual you are encouraged to repost and link to her material.

http://www.rationalresponders.com/blog/kellym78

Join Jake Friday night for a live broadcast in stickam!

http://www.rationalresponders.com/im_taking_over_the_rrs

Kelly's recent blog may be the most destructive blow dealt to Christians so far in her series, blogging for her book.

Check it out here:

http://www.rationalresponders.com/damn_right_i_m_angry_part_one

http://www.rationalresponders.com/damn_right_im_angry_part_two

As usual you are encouraged to repost and link to her material.

http://www.rationalresponders.com/blog/kellym78

Join Jake Friday night for a live broadcast in stickam!

http://www.rationalresponders.com/im_taking_over_the_rrs

As you may know a few weeks back we started having some server problems.  We've solved the server problems but at what will be a big expense.  We were too big for our server especially with the affiliate sites we host.  So I sold 1% of the portion of my home I own (the one I owned 40% on with the anonymous investor who owns 60%) to Lori (K9sbyte - Rooks now live in girlfriend) to help cover the fees, and we bought a brand new server.   I have $18,000 less in savings this year, and $42,000 less if you include the two years before it.  (I had a large savings account before I started RRS)

We could really use your help covering the costs of this server, my savings account wont last much longer (thanks Lori for the cushion): http://www.rationalresponders.com/Help_Pay_RRS_network_server_fees

You can donate any amount from $3-$3,000.  Over the next two years we estimate about $12,000 to run our network which includes free hosting to quite a few worthy groups and people.  If you would like to make a donation of over $1,000 we can arrange for you to pay directly to a non-profit organization (tax deductible) who will use the money to pay their portion of the server fees.  Contact me to make such an arrangement.  

Here are some recent hot topics on both Digg and Stumbleupon:

Happy New Year from the RRS to all of you.

Big changes are currently underway at RationalResponders.com and the entire network of sites that we help maintain and service. RRS will be investing in high end expensive hardware to help run the incredibly fast growing group of sites we maintain. More details are coming soon.

You should see enhanced performace on the www.RationalResponders.com website as of right now. We hope to be around 2-4 seconds a page load by Feb 5th.

Welcome to the biggest year for RRS, so far.

IF YOUR EMAIL DOESN'T SUPPORT HTML, THIS IS AVAILABLE TO READ ON THE HOMEPAGE OF RATIONALRESPONDERS.COM RIGHT NOW!

Hey folks,

I need some help finding articles to respond to for my massive blogathon (future book and movie), so if anybody sees anything that you think I should respond to, please submit it in this thread.

Types of stories I need:

• Major print media (hopefully with an online link as well)
• Author of article should be a well known theist, or at the minimum a frequent theist writer, preferably leaders of orgs, thinktanks, or pundits.
• Most preferable articles are op-eds posted in papers that are likely to reprint my rebuttal. (the less conservative the publication, the better)

Have you heard about Kelly's new blog? Please get behind this project for the year... much more on the way...

Todays victim: Michael Brendan Dougherty

http://www.rationalresponders.com/secular_fundamentalists_there_is_no_such_thing_and_the_aai_conference_doesn_t_make_atheism_a_movement_either

DETAILS: http://www.margaretdowney.com/great_american_godout_in_nyc

THIS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15th NYC AREA ATHEISTS... PARTY!

The location for the party is 307 E. 53rd Street in New York City at METRO 53. Limited number of tickets available! Act now!

Doors open at 7 pm, speakers at 8 pm.

Guests include (still more celebs confirming!): The Rational Response Squad, Margaret Downey, Michael Shermer, Greydon Square, Ellen Johnson, Lori Lipman Brown, Richard Millner, Kanipchen Fit, and comedian Joe Dixon.

Reception, book signing, cd signing, party, open bar, tapas and entertainment all night long!

NYC Area atheists: RRS, Greydon Square, Margaret Downey and more will be at a party waiting for you in NYC: http://www.margaretdowney.com/great_american_godout_in_nyc

PLEASE JOIN US ON DIGG.COM AND DIGG THE STORIES WE DIGG: http://www.digg.com/invitefrom/RRSwebsite
Already a member? Start Digging us now: http://digg.com/users/RRSwebsite/history/diggs
Prefer RSS? Here is our Digg feed: http://digg.com/users/RRSwebsite/history/diggs.rss

Two weeks ago http://www.rationalresponders.com was ranked on Alexa as the 240,000th (3 month average) most popular website in the world. Today Alexa lists our 3 month average as: 200,168! Forgetting about numbers holding us down in our 3 month average...