Congratulations... you have indeed found it! The esteemed HCoHGT web site... a plethora of information on the philosophy of and organization dedicated to atheism, secularism, and Goodtimes. Here you will be able to read about the secular Goodtimist approach to living, as well as the most important ingredient in living a fulfilling life of Goodtimes... humor! So sit back, put on some suntan lotion (no less than SPF 15 of course), bask in the warm glow of the computer monitor, and surf on...

It's the 4th Anniversary of 9/11, so I felt that these war protest pictures from the events that many church members attended were appropriate. The Church does not support any political party... but neither does it support imperialism, senseless violence, or religious crusades. There are too many hippies, socialists, and progressive intellectualists in The Church to forego such event coverage.

Newer Photos:

Photos from the Cindy Sheehan protest camps.


A call for peace.


The Iraq Veterans Against the War section of one of the camps.


The huge tent that comprised Camp Casey 2


The soldier memorial at Camp Casey 2


Casey Sheehan memorial at CC2.


I hung out with protest singer Joan Baez. She was a nice lady. Fuzzy picture, unfortunately.


Cindy Sheehan and I, after I had been working outside for about 10 hours that day.
Definitely worth it.

New Photos:

New photos from a recent protest The Church attended near Crawford Ranch... Bush's home.




A good question for one who espouses such a strong belief in an alleged pacifist Jew.


A picture of me and the torture victim when I had short hair... memories...


Too elegant and simple a photo for me to pass up on the opportunity.



While The Church is officially nonpartisan, it also stands for the defense of reason and secularism, which our current president so ardently opposes, through both words and actions.... and thus, he will not be spared from acerbic humor, nor cheap partisan shots. Don't like it? Start your own church then.

Click here to see a few photos from The Church's July 4th trip to D.C.!


Well it's been a long time coming, but here are a few new updates for those interested:

Thanks to the folks at TalkOrigins, The Church now has two new pages. The first page covers the transitional fossils that our scientists have unearthed in their explorations... a very useful page indeed, especially once one is faced with constant false barrages against the Theory of Evolution concerning the "lack" of these transitional fossils.

The second new page concerns the actual probability of life beginning from nonliving chemecials, and explores the fallacies of the claims made by creationists that evolution is "so improbable."




Q: What kind of "church" is this?
A: Even though this IS The Holy Church of Happy Goodtimes, we are not a centralized "church".We are a semi-democratically functioning organization of nontheists with a sense of humor and a desire to see some social changes. The title of "church" is simply used by us for a.) irreverence, and b.) parody. Plus, there are PLENTY of atheist/agnostic groups out there with names along the lines of "Secular Society", or "Freethinkers of _____ville". The Holy Church of Happy Goodtimes is just catchier. That, and it seems to endlessly annoy those religious folk with no sense of humor, which is reason enough in itself.

Q: What kind of rules does your "church" have?
A: I've seen what has happened to Atheist groups that try to centralize, and have strict rules which intend to govern it's member's actions or thoughts... and they basically become a religion, which is what they are trying to stand against in the first place. There is no point in trying to govern the minds and intents of people as individualistic as atheists and agnostics. It's like trying to herd cats. The only "rule" in the HCoHGT is that nothing is sacred. Any topic is free to be brought up for discussion by anybody. Personal titles/ranks are meaningless. Intelligence is recommended. A sense of humor is required.

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Major Site Updates

Here you will find a listing of any and all updates and such::


9/11/05   A memorial update. More protest pictures added.
7/14/05   Updated the Church membership page. We are nearing 100 official members.
6/23/05   Added two pages to the site concerning evolution. Updated the stale Humor page with some new laughs. Random updates likely to continue. Been distracted by school/work/etc.
2/20/05    New "Ask Reverend Justin" section added, and will be fleshed out shortly. Minor site upkeep.
1/19/05   Small update to Membership and Clergy
12/16/04   Updated humor section for December
11/14/04   Not major, but a small change to the "Clergy" page.
11/07/04   Added some more content to the Humor section.
10/22/04   Updated the humor section for this month.
9/12/04   Added a link for online membership application in the "Members and Clergy" page.
8/30/04   Updated the Humor section (finally), and edited some text.
7/12/04   Put up a few pictures from the Church's trip to the July 4th Parade in D.C.
6/15/04    The Book has been published, and is ready for you all to buy at the Online Store(webmasters note: The book has been removed from the store so that further editing and creative design processes may be utilized).
6/03/04    No site fixes, but I am working on a physical book copy of the Complete Works of the HCoHGT.
4/29/04   Updated the humor section, and did a general error check.
2/12/04   Added the Proverbs of the HCoHGT to the Philosophy section.
2/11/04   Inverted the order of Major Updates listed, for your convenience and mine.
2/10/04   Added link to the new store. Did an assload of work for the last few nights thinking up product designs.
1/28/04   Fixed some unnoticed typos. Not much major work left is foreseen.
11/11/03   Not much has needed to be updated in a while. I added a floating Stewie on the Guestbook... some humor updates. Yup.
10/05/03   Updated Humor section... tweaked with some junk... fixed a bug or two... discovered more...
9/25/03   Added an intro page, and adversely killed the original Home page... working on fixing that now, lol...
9/20/03   Fixed all of the broken links on the Cool Links page. I didn't even realize they were broken, lol...
9/14/03    Added Art section! The journey to fill it begins...
8/23/03    Added a small explanation of the naming and organization (or lack therof) of this organization.
8/21/03   Humor and Clergy Sections are added and expanded. Fixed some typos that I was bugged about by my annoying Clergy.
8/13/03   The site is created, and a few bits of content are modified.