January 2011
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Those With No Religion Fastest Growing Tradition
A major new survey of religion in America reports three huge trends: that “nones”—people claiming no religion—constitute the only “religious” tradition that’s growing in all 50 states, that nearly 40 percent of mainline Protestants now also identify themselves as evangelical or born again, and that the nation’s massive Roman Catholic population has shifted from...
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Take the Pledge Today! →
If you are British you should be aware of the upcoming 2011 census. Please follow the link and take the pledge, tick “no religion”
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“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by...”
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The Pope's unholy alliance with the dictator →
Alexander Lukashenko is still president of Belarus thanks to a rigged election and it seems that he has found an ally in the Vatican.
Robert Mugabe, Alexander Lukashenko and Hugo Chavez seem to be the best of pals.
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Your rights as an atheist
You have the right to say no to mythology and religion, and to realize they are one and the same.
You have the right to all the information you need to make an informed decision about mythology.
You have the right to raise your child as an Atheist, free of shame, fear, or embarrassment
You have the right to send your children to public schools knowing they will not be taught mythology as truth...
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What is Atheism?
Atheism is the lack of belief in a deity, which implies that nothing exists but natural phenomena (matter), that thought is a property or function of matter, and that death irreversibly and totally terminates individual organic units. This definition means that there are no forces, phenomena, or entities which exist outside of or apart from physical nature, or which transcend nature, or are...
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Biblically inspired gay conversion ‘therapy’ is...
Reports of a Christian registered psychotherapist using ‘Sexual Orientation Change Efforts’ have been met with alarm. Mrs Lesley Pilkington faces a disciplinary hearing by the British Association of Psychology and Counselling this week after being reported for trying to ‘convert’ a gay man to being heterosexual.
Mrs Pilkington is reported as saying she uses a biblical framework in an attempt to...
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“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason”.
Benjamin Franklin...”
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The 25 Most Influential Living Atheists →
Go back a few hundred years, and atheism was very much a minority position. Those who were atheists would have been ostracized by society and possibly even killed (as in burned at the stake, depending on how far back you go). Fast forward to the present, and atheism is far less objectionable, and in some circles even the dominant view.
Many of the scholars listed here have given new life to...
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“We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in....”
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Majority of people in Britain now say they are...
2010 was a year in which the new government heavily emphasised its pro-Christian credentials. As the new year begins, the British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the findings of latest British Social Attitudes survey showing that, for the first time, the majority of people in Britain now say they are non-religious, and expressed hopes that the results will cause government to take a fairer...
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Skeptical Activism: Fight Fraud & Pseudoscience! →
There are as many ways to “be a skeptic” as there are individual skeptics. For some, the value of the community of skeptics is community itself; for others, it is the opportunity for reflection and self-improvement, while for others, it is an area of purely academic interest.
And then, there are skeptics who see themselves as part of a movement. For those people, skepticism is a mission: an...
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Darwin Day petition →
I don’t suppose any of my followers are or know anyone from the Wirral, England? If so please follow the link and sign my petition between 15/01/11 - 15/08/11. I have petitioned the Wirral council to name or rename a street, square or building in honour of Charles Darwin. Please do so as it would be f’n awesome.
P.S Also you should petition your local council to do the same.
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“A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy,...”
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A Tribute to Carl Sagan: Our Place in the Universe
Carl Sagan was a scholar and a visionary. He changed the world. I’ve come to realize what made him the best science communicator of his day. He loved discovery, he encouraged exploration, and he celebrated science. He imbued in us students a reverence for science. He wanted everyone to feel as he did that the process of science was what let humans make great discoveries, and that those...
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Pope says God Behind the Big Bang
The Big Bang was an act of God, with divine will bringing the universe into being, Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of Catholics at the Vatican. “The universe is not the result of chance, as some would want to make us believe,” Benedict said Thursday.
“Contemplating it [the universe], we are invited to read something profound into it: the wisdom of the creator, the...
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“People ask me what I think about that woman priest thing. What, a woman priest?...”
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Bill is a personal hero of mine. A truth teller through and through. If you have never watched his stand up please do. I promise you won’t regret it.
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“If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save...”
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