June 11, 2024

FFRF calls out Texas school district for bible distribution Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling out Victoria Independent School District after bibles were distributed at the end of a local high school’s graduation practice. A concerned employee informed … More » from FFRF calls out Texas school district for bible distribution The post FFRF calls out Texas […]

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A Meditation on African-American Humanism: Through the Lens of a Black Disabled Feminist Skeptic from Gen-Z The Humanist TheHumanist.com

The African American Humanism course I took this spring at Pitzer College confirmed that people like me do exist even though we’re not supposed to. As taught by Sikivu Hutchinson, this course unlocked access to an entire network—a world of other Black people who see the universe beyond God. We traced back African American Humanism’s

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Atheists for Liberty Announcement: Cherry Teresa to Join as New Vice President Atheists for Liberty Atheists for Liberty

Read More Atheists for Liberty Atheists for Liberty is proud to announce that Cherry Teresa will be serving as the organization’s new Vice President. Cherry has long been a powerful advocate for the secular values of the atheist community. Her voice will be a valuable asset in helping Atheists for Liberty accomplish our goals of

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FFRF frees Tenn. schoolkids from coercive religious handouts Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully persuaded Tennessee’s Sweetwater school district to restrict access to one church group from distributing religious materials. A concerned parent informed FFRF that four … More » from FFRF frees Tenn. schoolkids from coercive religious handouts The post FFRF frees Tenn. schoolkids from

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FFRF continues to take strong stand on Alito and Thomas Rowan Hahn Freedom From Religion Foundation

Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation, along with other prominent groups, has taken a firm stance against the recent unethical behavior of Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. FFRF has joined … More » from FFRF continues to take strong stand on Alito and Thomas The post FFRF continues to

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From the archives: A dowsing-dedicated day in the country Denys Parsons The Skeptic

This article originally appeared in The Skeptic, Volume 2, Issue 5, from 1988. Mike Hutchinson alerted me to the intention of BBC Oxford to do a feature on dowsing on the afternoon of 14 July 1988. According to the Radio Times, listeners were “to take part in some rather unusual field experiments this week using

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Neil Van Leeuwen — Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity Skeptic Skeptic

Read More Skeptic Shermer and Van Leeuwen discuss: his own personal religious journey (or lack thereof) • “believe,” “make-believe,” and “pretend play” • “taking God seriously” • 4 Principles of Factual Belief • Tanya Luhrmann’s How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others • willing suspension of disbelief • group identity • sacred

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