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Book Giveaway: 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Hemant Mehta

A few years ago, Guy P. Harrison wrote a book called 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God — it was an excellent primer for new atheists trying to figure out how to respond to popular Christian arguments. … Continue reading →

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Is It Really Possible To Have ‘Biblical Morality’?

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

David G. McAfee has written a revised version of his book Disproving Christianity and Other Secular Writings and it’s perfect for anyone who has studied the Bible and loves to see its inconsistencies pointed out. One of the chapters, Morality … Continue reading →

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Your Chance to Win Plane Tickets to the Reason Rally and Dinner with Richard Dawkins

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

All you have to do to win is promote Sean Faircloth‘s Ten Point Vision of a Secular America: Make a video, create a graphic image, write a song, or try something else! The deadline for submissions to this contest is … Continue reading →

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The Reason Project’s 2012 Video Contest

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Sam Harris‘ Project Reason just announced its annual video contest — first prize gets $10,000. You can’t submit videos until June 1st of next year, but if you have any ideas, feel free to leave them in the comments. Maybe … Continue reading →

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What Would Happen if a Mormon Woman Fell for an Atheist Philosopher…?

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

This is the first line of a description for the book A Lost Argument: A Latter-Day Novel (Strange Violin Editions): The summer after her freshman year at all-Mormon Brigham Young University, Marguerite Farnsworth falls in love with philosophy by way … Continue reading →

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Filipino Freethinkers Win Social Media Award

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

A couple weeks ago, Richard Wade posted a link for readers to go vote for the Filipino Freethinkers in the Globe Tatt Awards. One of the categories they were nominated for was called “The One” which goes to… …the most … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t We See God?

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Well… because god doesn’t exist. I know. But Christians give a whole host of reasons for why we can’t see him. One Furious Llama rattles off a list: It’s a test, or, your time on earth is a test or … Continue reading →

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Win a Copy of Penn Jillette’s New Book!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Today is the release date for Penn Jillette‘s new book God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales I have a copy to give away to one lucky reader, but first, an excerpt from the … Continue reading →

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Help a Dynamic Freethinkers Group Win an Award

Posted on August 12, 2011 by richard wade

Richard Wade here. My friends at Filipino Freethinkers have been nominated at the Global Tatt Awards in two categories: The first category is called “The Advocate.” Since they first formed in early 2009, they have fought tirelessly both in public … Continue reading →

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Win a Copy of The Christian Delusion by John W. Loftus

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

John W. Loftus recently edited a book called The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails (Prometheus Books, 2011). It includes a number of essays, written by scholars, all debunking Christianity as we know it. Loftus has offered to give away a … Continue reading →

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