http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/atheist/ en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:49:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412697/posts Here is video of Laura Ingraham questioning Annie Laurie Gaylor the Co-President of the "Freedom From Religion Foundation" about their anti-God ad campaign...(Video)Some of the signs the foundation put up include billboards saying "Heathens greetings" and "Yes, Virginia...there is no God." Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412697/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409739/posts With a mere investment of $780,000 Soros and his allies were able to suborn free elections in the states of Montana, West Virginia, Missouri, Oregon, in 2008, and in Minnesota, Ohio, New Mexico, Nevada and Iowa, in 2006. How did he achieve so much with so little? He founded a 527 group which funded candidates in one kind of race in which the victor has the most influence over election integrity, and in which there is so little political competition: the Secretaries of State. In each State the SoS job is entrusted with overseeing the protection of free and fair... post and email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409739/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:14:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408535/posts ATHEIST author Philip Pullman yesterday spoke of his “disgust” at the triumphalism of America’s religious right following its successful campaign to sideline attempts to dramatise the last two books in the writer’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Actor Sam Elliott, who starred in the film version of the first novel The Golden Compass, that grossed £230m, says a campaign by conservative Catholics has halted plans to complete the trilogy. WALES ON LINE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408535/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:14:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405379/posts Politics, religion, and atheism in North Carolina are coming to a head. Cecil Bothwell, atheist, is soon to be seated as a City Council member in North Carolina. However, there is a problem: Under North Carolina's constitution politicians who deny the existence of God are barred from holding office. Opponents of Cecil Bothwell are using that law to argue.... Federal courts have ruled religious tests for public office are unlawful under the U.S. Constitution. While Article 6, section 8 of the North Carolina state constitution says: "The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405379/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:53:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405322/posts A strange story surrounding a North Carolina city council election has suddenly become national news. Cecil Bothwell won his election fairly, a fact no one disputes. However, the former head of the Asheville NAACP has attempted to block Bothwell’s seating by pointing out an obscure clause in North Carolina’s state constitution that bars atheists from holding public office. The dispute will likely have to be settled in federal court: Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405322/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:33:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399571/posts I said to him: The Church doesn't accept darwinistic evolution Here's how he replied: "In July 2004, the International Theological Commission published a statement titled "Communion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God" on creation, evolution, and God's providence. The president of the commission was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then head of doctrine in the Catholic Church, who the following year became Pope Benedict XVI." "The statement made explicit the Church's support of the findings of modern science and biological evolution, calling universal common descent "virtually certain," and that "even the outcome of a truly contingent natural process... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399571/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:53:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2398701/posts The American Humanist Association is expanding its “Godless Holiday” advertising campaign to five major American cities this Christmas -- taking its message of a holiday season without religion nationwide for the first time. The ads read: “No God -- no problem! Be good for goodness’ sake. Humanism is the idea that you can be good without a belief in God” and feature several people in red and white Santa hats. The new ads come on the heels of an AHA campaign last year which asked “Why believe in a God?” and featured ads on public transit in Washington, D.C. Previously,... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2398701/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:37:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2392744/posts Thanksgiving is coming! For most people, despite what the media try to tell us, the day is just that – a day to give thanks to God for all of the blessings we have enjoyed over the past year. Every year Thanksgiving is tough on some people who are facing tough times and this year that may be especially true with many Americans separated by war, some who grieve for the loss of loved ones because of that war, others without jobs and always for those who are alone. Most of us will at least offer a prayer for our... Tractorthoughts.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2392744/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392002/posts Two smiling child models featured on an atheist billboard are actually Evangelical Christians, it has been claimed. The boy and girl can currently be seen next to the slogan "Don't Label Me" on adverts funded by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and endorsed by Prof Richard Dawkins, the scientist and prominent atheist. The posters form part of a campaign urging parents not to define their children by their own faith, which some secularists claim amounts to an abuse of their human rights. But the campaign appears to have backfired after a Christian community leader said that the models pictured in... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392002/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:01:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390468/posts A poster from the atheist billboard campaign. Photograph: Public Domain This week, the final phase of the atheist bus campaign will appear in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast – not on buses, but on billboards. Due to the amazing sums donated to the campaign fund by many Cif readers at the end of last year, we raised enough for a second wave of adverts – and the above posters will launch today. When, in this Cif piece back in October 2008, we asked how the extra funds should be spent, one of the issues which came up repeatedly in the... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390468/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:44:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386398/posts Way, way back in Econ 101 you might remember hearing about a guy named Adam Smith. He described what nowadays would be called an "emergent event of a complex system" that he named "the invisible hand of the free market." Simply put, it means that the economic market is too complex for conscious control, but is self-correcting (the invisible hand) if everyone pursues their own interests on a level playing field (equal rules). After Smith, some historical stuff happened for awhile, and then a writer appeared named Ayn Rand. People read her books, and immediately started arguing whether she is... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386398/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:55:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376207/posts Whenever Ayn Rand met someone new—an acolyte who’d traveled cross-country to study at her feet, an editor hoping to publish her next novel—she would open the conversation with a line that seems destined to go down as one of history’s all-time classic icebreakers: “Tell me your premises.” Once you’d managed to mumble something halfhearted about loving your family, say, or the Golden Rule, Rand would set about systematically exposing all of your logical contradictions, then steer you toward her own inviolable set of premises: that man is a heroic being, achievement is the aim of life, existence exists, A is... NYTMag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376207/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:12:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2366970/posts Coalition of Reason An advertisement that promotes atheism will run in a dozen subway stations in Manhattan for a month starting next Monday. Atheism is coming to the subway — or at least subway ads promoting it are. Starting next Monday, a coalition of local groups will run a monthlong advertising campaign in a dozen Manhattan subway stations with the slogan “A Million New Yorkers Are Good Without God. Are You?” The posters also advertise the Web site BigAppleCoR.org, which provides a listing of local groups affiliated with the Coalition of Reason, the umbrella organization that coordinated the campaign. NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2366970/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:41:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2357441/posts Atheists recruited to be part of a lawsuit that is trying to rid government ceremonies such as the inauguration of a president of any invocation or other prayer have claimed they are made physically ill by prayer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAITH UNDER FIRE Atheists say prayer makes them physically sick 'My stomach did a somersault with disgust' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 07, 2009 10:30 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily Michael Newdow Atheists recruited to be part of a lawsuit that is trying to rid government ceremonies such as the inauguration of a president of any invocation or other prayer... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2357441/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:47:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356639/posts Dr. John P. Jackson / The Shroud of Turin Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct 6, 2009 / 09:27 pm (CNA).- An Italian scientist is claiming to have re-created the burial cloth believed to have covered the crucified body of Jesus, called the Shroud of Turin.  However, CNA spoke with experts who maintain that there are till several major differences between the new shroud and the ancient one.According to Reuters, Luigi Garlaschelli, an organic chemistry professor at the University of Pavia announced that he and his team “have shown it is possible to reproduce something which has the same characteristics as... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356639/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:49:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2353727/posts SNIPPET - Quote: Ex-Muslim receives death threats after publishing article critical of Islam -- in Tulsa He criticized all religious belief in his essay. But he's not in fear for his life from an angry mob down the road at Oral Roberts University. "Former Muslim receiving death threats," by Bill Sherman for Tulsa World, October 1 (thanks to Basil): Sabri Husibi, a former Muslim who is now an atheist, says he has been ostracized and threatened with death since publication of a Tulsa World article Saturday in which he was critical of Islam and all other religions. That article can... JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2353727/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:58:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2351274/posts "Pastor's question to blasphemous artist: The date of Blasphemy Day was specifically chosen to commemorate a Danish newspaper’s publication in 2005 of cartoons that were unfavorable toward Islam and Muhammad. Muslims around the world rioted. Yet I notice that you, like virtually all atheist artists I have encountered, express your disdain for religion only by blaspheming Jesus. I’ve looked at all your paintings, but nothing in your work is aimed at Islam. Why do you and so many of your anti-religion colleagues give Islam a “free pass" but roast Christ mercilessly? You’re afraid of Muslim reprisals, and that’s just good... Daily Review Atlas - Monmouth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2351274/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:11:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350876/posts The most popular dinosaur is probably Tyrannosaurus rex, a Latin term that loosely translates as “king lizard.” Based on evolutionary assumptions, scientists have long held that these dinosaurs lived for “only” 3 million years, approximately 68 to 65 million years ago. A fossil looking remarkably like a small version of T. rex, however, has been located in a much lower rock layer.[1] Using the evolutionary dates assigned to the relevant strata, this adds 60 million years to the T. rex timeline. If the evolutionary interpretation was this wrong about one creature, can it be trusted on the rest of the... ICR News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350876/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:10:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2344486/posts Atheist and religious skeptic student groups are on the rise across the country's high school and college campuses. The Secular Student Alliance added its 160th affiliate campus group last week and reports that demand for their group starting packets are high. "It’s been a challenge to keep up with the demand for services, especially group-starting packets and follow-up," said Lyz Liddell, senior campus organizer, in a statement earlier this month. "That’s a nice problem to have." The number of SSA campus affiliate groups has increased from 100 in 2008 to 160 this year. In 2007, the alliance counted only 80.... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2344486/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:14:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334129/posts Did Penn & Teller Set a World Record for Most Falsehoods in One Show? Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, has said, "Penn & Teller's Nazi-like assault on Catholicism that took place on August 27 will go down in history as one of the most vile, obscene programs ever aired in any nation." However, will the show also go down in history for airing the most number of lies, falsehoods, and misleading statements in a single half-hour show? Not counting credits, the guilty episode runs less than 26 minutes. Here's a lie-by-lie list of the falsehoods that Penn Jillette... newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334129/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:14:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2303913/posts Large portions of evilbible.com have been considered, dissected and declared fallacious on very many levels. Two examples of this fact are as follows: Whilst besmirching the Bible for allegedly commanding rape evilbible.com, for some odd reason, neglects to mention the most relevant biblical text related to the biblical view of and law about rape. Why this omission? Who knows, but it would certainly have gotten in the way of a good session of emotive expression of prejudice—it would have discredited evilbible.com to reference this most important text. Indeed, those annoying little facts have an annoying way of getting in the... Atheism is Dead (blog) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2303913/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:46:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302823/posts Camp Quest UK, which is being held near Bath, offers 24 places. Its website claims the camp is for the children of 'atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers and all those who embrace a naturalistic rather than supernatural world view.' There are currently six branches of Camp Quest operating in North America. Organisers said the purpose of the camp was to encourage critical thinking and provide children with a summer camp "free of religious dogma". The camp, supported by scientist Richard Dawkins, plans to expand after receiving hundreds of inquiries. The event has been set up by Samantha Stein, a postgraduate psychology... Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302823/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:55:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2299125/posts EXCERPT [...] BILD: How would you rate your film if you were a critic? Brad Pitt: “Lots of fun! I’m happy with it, because all the actors are great. Each one is a mini star!” BILD: What does your wife Angelina Jolie think? Brad Pitt: “She really likes it. She laughed a lot.” BILD: You play an American soldier who scalps Nazi’s in a hit team and finally kills Hitler. Brad Pitt: “Yes there’s a lot going on in the movie, we had lots of fun. You have some great actors in Germany.” BILD: Who is the real Brad Pitt?... BILD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2299125/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297604/posts In Crespo v. Crespo, the New Jersey Appellate Division overturned the June 18, 2008 ruling of Francis Schultz, who vacated the final restraining order (FRO) entered against defendant Anibal Crespo. Judge Schultz vacated the FRO entered pursuant to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act because the standard of proof provided by the Act, the preponderance of evidence standard as opposed to the clear-and-convincing standard, violated the defendant’s right to due process. (He also noted that the Act’s “practice and procedure” components violate the separation of powers doctrine, but this finding had no affect on his decision to vacate the FRO... fathersandfamilies.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297604/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:47:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285211/posts What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers. The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists. ...secular Turkey are not amused by the twist on the popular reality... Reuters.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285211/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:38:48 GMT