Rose Schwartz at The Jewmanist has been making some sweet-looking posters of notable quotations along with their atheist authors. A few examples are below: Faith is the surrender of the mind; it’s the surrender of reason, it’s the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It’s our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that… Read more
Only a few months after announcing the creation of the Secular Coalition for Arizona, the Secular Coalition for America is announcing its next state chapter: “The Secular Coalition for Alabama is needed now to increase the visibility of secular people, promote fact-based education to prepare our children for a complex world, protect the civil rights of all Alabamians and maintain the separation of church and state,” said Charles Miller, an IT services management executive in Huntsville is the founding president… Read more
A few atheists are trying to get a group started at California State University, Fresno. There used to be one there, but it died out when the leaders at the time got busy with other work: Mark Boyd, president of the [Central Valley Alliance of Atheists and Skeptics], says that it is difficult to keep these campus organizations going because they lack continuity. … The religious groups on campus have churches,” Boyd said. “A church can drop down a thousand… Read more
I’ll be in Indiana this Sunday, speaking to the Purdue Non-Theists! Where:: Lilly Hall Of Life Sciences Room G126, 915 W. State St., West Lafayette, IN When:: The talk begins at 5:00p. It’ll focus on how the Religious Right went after me, how I responded, and what anyone else can do in a similar situation. Hope you can make it 🙂 In addition to the talk, I’ll tell you all about how amazing my Speech Team kids are, heading into… Read more
It’s not quite auto-tune, but it’s a list of what non-theists believe, told from the mouths (sort of) of prominent atheist writers and YouTubers. The song is “Future” by Colony 5: We want to love we want to breathe we want to be Rebuild the world with the knowledge we retrieve We want to feel we want to live we want to see seek the wisdom from the future and believe There are so many wonderful things atheists do believe… Read more
