I’ve been around atheist Twitter long enough to watch countless people go from angry, confrontational self-described victims of Christian persecution, to atheists in a matter of months. I’ve seen many people turn, leave their faith behind and experience the exhilaration of being free of dogma and cognitive dissonance. Most outspoken atheists have seen this so many times that they recognize the pattern now. We can, for the most part, pretty safely predict which of the angry religious tweeters will be… Read more
May 14, 2019
What Would You Do After 12 Years Of Solitary Confinement? #Innocents
May 14, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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On the night of August 18th, 1992, a grandmother, her daughter and her four grandchildren were shot, stabbed and bludgeoned to death in their home in Somerville, Texas. The 6 bodies were discovered when firefighters responded to a house fire. The killer had set the home ablaze. The aftermath of this crime will serve as the first in an ongoing series telling the stories of wrongful convictions in North America. If you have a story of someone wrongfully convicted, or you were yourself… Read more
May 9, 2019
What’s The Difference Between A Secular Society And an Atheist Society?
May 9, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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Satisfying my addiction to Reddit, I was perusing the Debate An Atheist subreddit when I found a question I had never seen or been asked before. This is not a common occurrence amidst the chorus of “What if you’re wrong?”s and “Why do you hate God?”s. Usually, I log in to Reddit, pop on over to DAA and within moments my eyes are rolling while I grumble, angrily, don’t they have anything new to ask? So, you can understand why I… Read more
May 7, 2019
How To Find Your Soulmate #AtheistLifeHacks
May 7, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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It was the balmy summer of 1987. Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet was still being overplayed on the radio stations, everyone had seen Pretty in Pink at least forty times, and I needed a new bike. The one I had, I got when I was seven and, embarrassingly, had Strawberry Shortcake emblazoned across its bright pink body. I wanted to trade in my old, little kid model, for a black mountain bike. I’d also take a skateboard if anyone was… Read more
May 1, 2019
Ask Mommy: Should I Move My Kids To Another Country?
May 1, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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I got a really interesting question this morning in my email, and it immediately made the cogs in my mind start spinning. I had so much to say in response, so I thought I’d just jump right on it first thing and answer it in a post. The question I got was from Amanda and she asked, GM, I know you moved from Canada to Australia when you were young, so I thought I would ask your advice. My husband… Read more
April 30, 2019
Your Stories of Atheism: In The Wake Of Abuse, Recurring Nightmares, And Violent Crime, Freethought Prevails
April 30, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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Your Stories of Atheism are heartbreaking, triumphant, angering and inspiring. They are written by you, for you in this ongoing series about how you came to identify as an atheist. If you want to send me your story, you can email me here. Please note that by doing so, you give me permission to publish it here as part of the series. If you wish to remain anonymous, please say so in your email otherwise, I will use just your first… Read more
April 26, 2019
Godless Mom Married In A Church?
April 26, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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I’m not married. Most of you know that already. My “husband” and I have been living in common law sin for over a decade now. Marriage has never been a big deal to us. Though we do intend on tying the knot at some point just to make sure all our legal ducks are in a row, for now, we’re just godless fornicators raising lovely bastards. Though neither of us sees much sense in overspending for one night of catered… Read more
April 25, 2019
How Jeffree Star’s Blood Sugar Led Me To Jehovah
April 25, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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Believe it or not, I never used to wear makeup. It wasn’t until I discovered YouTube makeup gurus that I ever even really attempted to wear it. That puts me somewhere in my thirties when I first tried, sloppily, to apply makeup properly without someone doing it for me. But once I did, I was hooked like your gran is to bingo. It’s not that I felt I looked better or that it boosted my self-image because I care about… Read more
April 24, 2019
Death Penalty Conclusion: Capital Punishment Is Irrational
April 24, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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In this series debunking the reasons to support the death penalty, we’ve looked at: Part 1: Redemption Part 2: Deterrence Part 3: Cost Part 4: Humane killing? Part 5: Closure We know that the death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent. We know that capital punishment costs significantly more than life in prison, drawing funds from law enforcement and victims services. We know that there is no way to humanely kill a person who does not want to die. We… Read more
April 18, 2019
Virtue Signalling And Why It’s Okay To Care About The Things You Do
April 18, 2019 By Courtney Heard
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So, here’s a meme: It was the first thing I saw when I logged onto Facebook this morning. This photo, it’s worth noting, was taken by a man who won the Pulitzer prize for it but who later committed suicide. The child, whose name was Nyong, is now dead. This horrific picture is expressing similar ideas to what many people have been sharing in the wake of the fire at Notre Dame. Said people are taking the time to show… Read more
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