Category Archives: Trina Hoaks

Trina Hoaks

Calling All Atheist Writers

Hello, everyone, Trina here. As many of you know by now, I am the National Atheism Examiner (columnist) for Examiner.com. I want to share with you briefly how it is that I ended up with that gig before I get … Continue reading

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Erasing ‘Blue Laws’ to Help Economy

Hello everyone. Trina here. I just ran across an article that I wanted to share with you. It grabbed my attention because it is about “Blue Laws.” I can remember when I first moved to Texas several years ago (I don’t … Continue reading

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Comfort Wants to Debate Dawkins

Hi, all… it’s me, Trina. So, as I am sure many of you have heard, Ray Comfort has joned the Examiner as the “Creationism Examiner.” Of course, I haven’t seen much along the lines of creationism in his articles so far, but … Continue reading

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There was a knock on my door…

At 9:55 this morning there was a knock on my door. I was kind of surprised because people don’t generally just drop by my house. I went to answer the door, accompanied, of course, by the curious resident pit bull … Continue reading

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Top 10 Instances of Christian Bashing

Did you know that there exists an organization called Christian Anti-Defamation Commission? Well, it’s true. They have some gems on their site including Seven Reasons Barack Obama is not a Christian. My immediate thought on this title was, “do they … Continue reading

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Indianapolis Newspaper Rids Itself of Prayer

The Bible Belt Blogger, Frank Lockwood, reported that the Indianapolis Star has decided to stop running its daily Christian prayer, a piece that has been included in the paper every day since 1963. The prayer held a prominent front page … Continue reading

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Common causes of atheism: Is there a cure?

*cue sarcasm* I had a great deal of fun on conservapedia.com today. And, I learned a lot! I discovered that what I have, this “atheism,” actually has several causes. To my dismay, though, there doesn’t seem to be a cure. … Continue reading

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Introducing Trina Hoaks

We now have a female voice on this site to add to our list of contributors! Please welcome Trina Hoaks! Trina is the author of the book 1 Atheist 1 Voice, a collection of her articles about atheism. She is … Continue reading

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Should Government Fund Science?

***Comments are now allowed on this post*** … (This is a guest post by Trina Hoaks. Trina is the Atheist Examiner at Examiner.com.) … For some time I was convinced that it was important for our government to support the … Continue reading

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Is Charles Darwin the “Poster Boy” for the New Atheists?

(This is a guest post by Trina Hoaks. Trina is the Atheist Examiner at Examiner.com.) … In her article, Darwin shouldn’t be hijacked by New Atheists — he is an ethical inspiration, Madeleine Bunting accuses atheists of using Darwin as … Continue reading

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