Getting accurate surveys about atheists and even just the numbers of atheists is difficult given how much animus there is towards atheists and atheism. What information we do have, however, suggests that the numbers of atheists in America are indeed growing, even as distrust and hatred of atheists also grows. But is there any way to get better and more accurate information about how many atheists there are in America?

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It wouldn't be the internet anymore if we didn't have blogs, would it? There are a lot of great atheist and agnostic blogs out there exploring all facets of religion, belief, and living without gods. Which blogs do you read the most and recommend the most? Nominate your favorite atheist blog or blogs for the 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards!

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According to Manal Abul Hassan, a female leader in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), it is an "affront" to women's "dignity" when women march in defense of their own rights. Since Egyptian women wouldn't voluntarily do that to themselves, then the marches done by women must have been funded and instigated from abroad. It all makes so much sense, right? Read More...

The Book of Joshua depicts a genocidal campaign against the people of Canaan. These Canaanites never attacked any Israelites, never enslaved any Israelites, and aren't shown ever doing anything to justify their mistreatment. The only "crime" they committed was living in the wrong place at the wrong time. They occupied land promised to the Israelites by God at a time when God decided to finally make good on that promise.

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