Monthly Archives: January 2009

Barack Obama Should Not Become Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Traditionally, the Boy Scouts of America ask the President of the United States to accept a role as the Honorary President of the organization. Every president since William Taft has accepted this title. The presidents have accepted this role despite … Continue reading →

Posted in FFRF, General, Secular Coalition for America | 42 Comments

Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart Bashes Atheism

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a Congressperson from Florida, saw the “Divine Performing Arts” show the other night and couldn’t stop raving about it. “I was very moved by the song that talked about the damage that atheism has caused and is causing. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 23 Comments

Fight Back Against the Use of God in the Inauguration

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Guest Contributor

A couple weeks ago, Barack Obama picked Rick Warren to deliver his Inauguration’s invocation prayer. The gay community was (rightfully) mad. At the same time, Obama announced that Rev. Joseph Lowery would give the benediction prayer. Lowery is a little … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Secular Coalition for America | 22 Comments

The Instruction Manual for Life

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Guest Contributor

A testament to taking a different approach. Beautiful. (Thanks to Richard for the link!)

Posted in General | 22 Comments

Atheist Fundamentalists and Extremists

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Guest Contributor

There’s an interesting discussion going on in the Forums. We know Christian fundamentalists believe in the literal truth of the Bible — the world was created in six days, God created an actual Adam and Eve, Hell exists as written … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t Atheists Protest?

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Here’s a question that came up over the weekend: Why don’t atheists ever protest? Or boycott? Or demonstrate? — on behalf of atheism, that is. Surely, there are issues we all get worked up about. Still, when foxhole atheists get … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 34 Comments

The Atheist Scarf

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Guest Contributor

Executive Director of Camp Quest, Amanda Metskas, created this lovely looking scarf: Don’t *you* wish you had knitting skills now? I wonder what special powers an atheist scarf would have…

Posted in General | 12 Comments

Richard Dawkins’ New Book…

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Guest Contributor

… will be called The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. The tentative release date will be September 10th, 2009. He said as much in an interview over the weekend. It’s available for pre-order on Amazon UK (not … Continue reading →

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Meeting of Atheist Groups Leaders (Recap)

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Guest Contributor

I’ll go more in depth later about the atheist gathering over the weekend. (As I write this, it’s late and I’m going to bed soon.) But a few things I picked up: Now that atheist ads are on buses worldwide, … Continue reading →

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Helping Christians Accept Evolution

Posted on January 11, 2009 by cat

Mike Clawson here again… I must have evolution on the brain or something lately. Anyway, I know that many of you here come from conservative Christian backgrounds, and even if you consider yourself an atheist now, you still have Christian … Continue reading →

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