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Can an atheist win an election in Tennessee?
It's an interesting question, and we'll know the answer soon: Gayle Jordan, a Democrat running...
September 2015
September 12, 2015
Poll: More atheists, agnostics entering Harvard than Christians
A remarkable turn for a school named for a minister, via The Washington Post: ...
September 12, 2015
Poll: More atheists, agnostics entering Harvard than Christians
A remarkable turn for a school named for a minister, via The Washington Post: ...
December 2014
December 08, 2014
Believe it or not: in seven states, you must believe in God to hold public office
Who knew? From The New York Times: A bookkeeper named Roy Torcaso, who happened to...
December 03, 2014
Atheist billboard stirs controversy; Catholic diocese hopes it can spark discussion
Details: The American Atheists organization posted billboards in Memphis, Nashville, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Arkansas...
November 2014
November 07, 2014
Denied job, “humanist chaplain” sues Navy for discrimination
From RNS: The Oxford-educated man who unsuccessfully sought to be the Navy’s first humanist chaplain...
September 2014
September 29, 2014
Atheist offers “invocation” at town council meeting in Alabama
Details: Here's what happens when an atheist offered Alabama's first non-theist invocation to open a...
August 2014
August 01, 2014
Atheist TV debuts
From The New York Times: Atheists are angry, and watch out, because now they have...
July 2014
July 16, 2014
So what does an atheist “invocation” sound like?
It happened last night in Greece, NY. You can check it out in the video...
July 15, 2014
Atheist will open New York town meeting with a non-prayer
From AP: An atheist is set to deliver the invocation at a town board meeting...
May 2014
May 27, 2014
Christianity resurgent?
One atheist professor's interesting take: The world could see a resurgence of Christianity driven by...
May 21, 2014
More Americans say they’d be willing to vote for an atheist as president
Details: Atheists are still the most mistrusted group in the U.S., and a godless politician...
May 13, 2014
Report: Military association plans to ask for atheist chaplains
Details: In what some might see as an oxymoron, an advocacy group apparently is preparing...
May 08, 2014
Atheists planning TV channel
From Religion News Service: Speaking at a gathering of local atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other...
April 2014
April 08, 2014
Catholic schools in U.S. actively recruiting Chinese students
The New York Times has an interesting piece this week about efforts by Catholic schools...
January 2014
January 29, 2014
Atheists mock “Hail Mary” in Super Bowl billboard
There they go again. From The Christian Post: American Atheists is putting up a new...
January 14, 2014
“My wife and I are atheists but our daughter wants to be baptized Catholic…”
With a H/T to Fr. Duffy, here's a remarkable testimony, in London's The Guardian: Our...
January 13, 2014
Prague spring: Catholic churches sprout up in Europe’s “most atheist country”
Some promising news from the land of my forebears: the Czech Republic, e once described...
January 06, 2014
Atheist “church” reports split
Seems the world's hottest atheist "church" is now in schism. Details: The Sunday Assembly was...
December 2013
December 25, 2013
“The people who challenged my atheism most were drug addicts and prostitutes…”
A man who made a nice living on Wall Street, and prided himself on his...
December 21, 2013
Coexist: Nativity scene and atheist sign share space in public park
From the Arlington Heights Daily Herald in Illinois: A year after controversy in Arlington Heights...
November 2013
November 30, 2013
“Atheist church” attracting followers—and detractors
From Religion News Service: Perhaps the Elephant & Castle pub here was a fitting locale...
October 2013
October 08, 2013
The Christmas billboard war begins early
It looks like everybody is getting a jump on the season this year. From the...
September 2013
September 24, 2013
Benedict writes to atheist, says he never tried to hide abuse cases
From CNS: In a letter to an atheist Italian mathematician, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended...
September 11, 2013
Pope Francis writes personal letter to atheist
From John Allen at NCR: Although the big Vatican story in the English-speaking media today is...
July 2013
July 08, 2013
Esquire magazine: “Pope Francis is Kind of Awesome”
The author, an atheist, is discovering what many of us already know: There is serious...
June 2013
June 29, 2013
Behold, America’s First Monument to Atheism
From TIME magazine: Following a lawsuit and more than a year of controversy, at noon on...
May 2013
May 21, 2013
“Post-Catholic” Ireland Sees Rise in Non-Religious Funerals
Details: Patricia Wojnar left a 32-year career in interior design to pursue a degree that...
April 2013
April 26, 2013
Praying “under the covers” in an atheist country
What's it like to live and pray in an officially atheist state? CNS has a...
February 2013
February 06, 2013
What’s it like going to an atheist church?
The BBC went so we don't have to. Details: An "atheist church" in North London...
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