Today's Piltdown Man Award goes to NPR

A Bitter Rift Divides Atheists reports Barbara Bradley Hagerty of NPR, and after sketching out a conflict over Blasphemy Day strategies, opines:

Some call it a schism.

Evolution Blog reminded us that atheists, who do appear to have a gift for disagreeing, cannot "schism:"

There is really nothing like that among atheists. For one thing, there is no central atheist authority from which to split. For another, the dispute, such as it is, really is not all that acrimonious. For a third, atheists are only united by the belief that there is no God. Why should we expect general agreement on questions of political tactics?

The irony of that characterization might have been delicious, had it been discernible.

Perhaps it was buried.