God Ordered Woman to Sacrifice Children - What's Not to Believe?
Sunday December 31, 2006
LaShuan Harris is accused of having thrown her three children off a bridge and into San Francisco Bay. Harris claims that she was sending her children directly to heaven because ... Read More
California Supreme Court May Review Boy Scouts' Religious Status
Saturday December 30, 2006
The Boy Scouts of America have a problem: they want (and won) the right to impose religious tests on membership because they are a private organization, but now they don't ... Read More
Salt Lake City Leads Nation in Google Searches for Hot Sex
Friday December 29, 2006
Freud theorized that repression in one area of the human psyche would lead to those feelings be expressed somewhere else and in some manner, even if masked. Much of what ... Read More
Should People Have to Defend Not Taking an Oath to God?
Thursday December 28, 2006
In Frederick County, Maryland, new county commissioner Kai Hagen refused to swear an oath declaring belief in the existence of God. This has ruffled some feathers and there are people ... Read More
Atheists as an Outcast Minority
Wednesday December 27, 2006
Every society has had minorities, but not every minority is treated as an "outcast" — a scapegoat for much of what society despises. Such outcasts are laden with the sins, ... Read More
Roy Moore: Atheists are Not Fit for Public Office
Tuesday December 26, 2006
The flap over Keith Ellison not wanting to be sworn in (in an entirely ceremonial, non-official event) as a U.S. Representative while using the Bible is really exciting the Christian ... Read More
War on Christmas as a Fundraising Effort
Monday December 25, 2006
The so-called "war on Christmas" which Christian Nationalists keep promoting may not be good for society or even good for American Christianity, but it's sounds like it's good for the ... Read More
Christianity's Bleak Alternative: Promoting Bigotry Towards Atheists
Sunday December 24, 2006
Many religious believers imagine that their belief system has an advantage over atheism because they offer hope, meaning, and morality. People who think this, however, either don't understand or don't ... Read More
Are Hypocrites Hijacking Winter Holidays?
Saturday December 23, 2006
Conflicts over the permissible boundaries of both public celebrations and personal meanings behind Christmas are becoming as intractable in Great Britain as they are in America. In both cases, the ... Read More
It's "Politically Correct" (Thus Wrong) to Expect Equality in America
Friday December 22, 2006
Did you read about the problem with Christmas trees in the Seattle airport? It was a pretty simple story: a rabbi asked to have a couple of Hannukah menorahs put ... Read More
Atheism Online Back: Atheism Online 2.0 Launched
Friday December 22, 2006
"Atheism Online is back! We would like to keep this site as it has been: a portal for atheists looking for general information, blogs, newsfeeds, forums and connection to the ... Read More
Dying to Live & Living to Die in Iraq
Thursday December 21, 2006
Iraq today is a hotbed of violence and strife — much of it religious, either directly or indirectly. It's impossible to either describe the problems or to think about solutions ... Read More
Being Irreligious: Shortsighted & Risky, Like Committing Crimes
Wednesday December 20, 2006
It's common knowledge that women tend to be more religious than men and this is something which sociologists and other researchers have puzzled over for quite some time. Why are ... Read More
Michael Newdow Corrects WND Misstatements
Tuesday December 19, 2006
World Net Daily consistently puts a radical spin on the news which is almost directly the opposite of reality. This is especially true when it comes to church/state separation cases. ... Read More
Why Atheism Is More Popular: Materialism, Hedonism, Nihilism, Cynicism
Monday December 18, 2006
Some religious theists, and Christians in particular, seem to be wondering why atheism is in the news more recently. They think that atheism is becoming more popular, but there are ... Read More
Supreme Court Takes Case About Faith-Based Initiatives
Saturday December 16, 2006
Many people object to President Bush's faith-based programs, but challenging them has been difficult. The problem is that these programs are funded not by acts of Congress, but simply by ... Read More
Freedom From Religion Sign Continues to Attract Hostility
Friday December 15, 2006
Every year for the past 11 years, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has put up a "Winter Solstice" sign in the rotunda of the Wisconsin Capitol. The state government opened ... Read More
Are Religion & Theism Healthy for Society? Research Says No...
Thursday December 14, 2006
Religious theists will commonly insist that religion generally, and their religion in particular, are necessary for a healthy and happy society. Some will even go so far as to claim ... Read More
Should Atheism Be Protected from Religious Discrimination?
Wednesday December 13, 2006
Atheism is not a religion, philosophy, ideology, world view, or anything like that. At the same time, however, atheism is still generally protected under the law as a "religious philosophy." ... Read More
Florida Town Installs Ten Commandments Monument
Monday December 11, 2006
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In Dixie, Florida, a local resident has erected a six-ton granite monument to the Ten Commandments at the top of the courthouse steps. Some people imagine that because ... Read More
Humanists Launch Legal Campaign Against Church Polling Sites
Sunday December 10, 2006
I've written a couple of times about the problem with putting polling places in churches. Research has provided strong evidence demonstrating that if people have to go to a church ... Read More
National Guard Officer Resigns Commission Over Anti-Atheist Bigotry
Saturday December 9, 2006
In August I wrote about Lt. General H. Steven Blum who lumped atheists and agnostics in with bigots when claiming that there are no atheists in foxholes. He thus managed ... Read More
Freethought Poster: Beauty Doesn't Need a Miracle
Friday December 8, 2006
Poster Design by Xiangtao
Used with permission
It's common for religious theists to claim that the beauty around us is evidence of the existence of their god. Some may even go so ... Read More
Penn Jillette: There Is No God
Thursday December 7, 2006
Sometimes, people who don't believe in god are told that they must not really believe in anything. I've even had that happen recently on comments here with the blunt statement: ... Read More
Christians Threaten Atheist Mommy Online
Wednesday December 6, 2006
If Christians love Jesus, and if Jesus is the "Prince of Peace," then Christians should be a pretty peaceful lot, right? Apparently that's not the case — if you ask ... Read More
Turkish Creationists: Darwin & Atheism Responsible for Terrorism
Tuesday December 5, 2006
In Turkey schools that can't afford to spend time teaching the science of evolution are getting expensive books that promote creationism. No one knows who is funding the publication and ... Read More
John F. Kippley: Atheism a Cause of Murder, Mayhem
Monday December 4, 2006
A number of religious theists like to blame atheism for all the ills in the world. They like it so much, in fact, that even when there is no genuine ... Read More
Is There a Growing Atheist Backlash Against Christians?
Sunday December 3, 2006
Atheistic critiques of religion and religious belief are nothing new. Atheists have been raising objections to religion and pointing out problems in religion for centuries. It isn't even new that ... Read More
Atheists Slightly Less Hated than Muslims?
Saturday December 2, 2006
One curious aspect of Americans' prejudice against and distrust of atheists is that it is even higher than Americans' prejudice against Muslims. I'm not trying to say that Americans should ... Read More
Atheist Expelled, May Be Readmitted After Psychiatric Evaluation
Friday December 1, 2006
Although atheism is only the disbelief in gods, it's common for atheists in the West to apply their skepticism about gods to supernatural and paranormal claims generally. Whether the subject ... Read More