Earlier this year, I posted about Asif Mohiuddin, a 29-year-old Bangladeshi man who was attacked for blogging about his atheism. Of course, this being Bangladesh, Asif was sent to prison… for “hurting religious beliefs.” (That’s not a typo. It really makes no sense.) He may be leaving jail soon, but the International Humanist and Ethical Union point out that he’s far from being truly free: [Click headline for more…] Read more
Today marked the big unveiling of a public monument to atheism (a nonument?) in front of the Bradford County Courthouse in northern Florida. And it came with a big twist. [Click headline for more…] Read more
Which one of these devout believers below do you suppose is demanding the death of a blasphemous artist? They both are. [Click headline for more…] Read more
Under ObamaCare, churches are already off the hook for covering things like contraception for their employees. They don’t have to do it. But what about companies like Hobby Lobby, that are owned by religious people? What about religious universities like Wheaton College? Do they have to cover birth control for their faculty members? Yesterday, the Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced the final version of a compromise between non-profit religious groups and the government: [Click headline for more…] Read more
The video below, part of The Atheist Voice series, answers the question: Is TIME magazine anti-atheist? If you’re unfamiliar with the story, the video explains everything! But you can also read the whole saga. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the project — more videos will be posted soon — and we’d also appreciate your suggestions as to which questions we ought to tackle next! Read more
Palm Kids, a company dedicated to making educational toys for children, is getting ready to sell an evolution kit that includes some pretty sweet things: [Click headline for more…] Read more
A few decades ago, there were very few resources for atheists who wanted either confirmation of their own beliefs or reasons to oppose the belief in God. When Herb Silverman was a teenager in the late 1950s, there was just a single book in his library: Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian. When I was a teenager in the late 1990s, I didn’t even consider getting books from the library that my parents could find, but I could go online and search for websites that might confirm what I was thinking. But the sites I found were few in number and rarely very inviting. In an article for the Washington Post On Faith website, Silverman talks about how resources for atheists are now plentiful, not to mention non-religious national/local organizations and support groups, and we should be grateful for that: [Click headline for more…] Read more
I’ve written a lot of posts about Jerry DeWitt because he’s such a compelling guy: An ex-Pentecostal preacher who is now a graduate of the clergy project, Jerry has become a voice for atheism as well as a strong supporter of non-religious communities (similar to the ones seen in the religious world). His newly-released book Hope after Faith: An Ex-Pastor’s Journey from Belief to Atheism, written with Ethan Brown, documents his journey from hard-core Christian to preaching atheist: The following is an exclusive excerpt from the book (reprinted with permission of Da Capo Press): [Click headline for more…] Read more
Earlier today, Jerry DeWitt appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to talk about his new book Hope after Faith: An Ex-Pastor’s Journey from Belief to Atheism: [Click headline for more…] Read more
Is punctuation important? For the First Christian Church in Gulfport, Mississippi, it’s a question mark. (Photo by Courtney Kirkham) Read more
