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Gingrich predicts secular atheist country dominated by radical Islamists

Newt Gingrich said he’s worried the United States could be “a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists,” in the foreseeable future. I don’t think he understands what it means to be an atheist… and this guy wants to be President. Anything to scare the bejeebus out of those righty Christians and get them to vote GOP. OhContinue readingGingrich predicts secular atheist country dominated by radical Islamists

Don’t Ask Me to Pray for your Dog – Answered Prayer is an Illusion

I feel a rant coming on. In fact, it’s been brewing up inside since this morning when an old high school friend I connected with on Facebook asked everyone to pray for his sick dog. Really. I have news for people like this. Your dog is going to die. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not from this boutContinue readingDon’t Ask Me to Pray for your Dog – Answered Prayer is an Illusion

Is Atheist Money Too Controversial for the American Cancer Society?

Is Atheist Money Too Controversial for the American Cancer Society? From the page: Here’s the deal. A few months ago, Todd Stiefel — philanthropist and founder of the Stiefel Freethought Foundation, which provides financial support to atheist and other nonprofit and charitable organizations — approached the American Cancer Society with an offer. He wanted local atheist groups around the worldContinue readingIs Atheist Money Too Controversial for the American Cancer Society?

Why do Americans still dislike atheists?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-americans-still-dislike-atheists/2011/02/18/AFqgnwGF_story.html From the page: On basic questions of morality and human decency – issues such as governmental use of torture, the death penalty, punitive hitting of children, racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, environmental degradation or human rights – the irreligious tend to be more ethical than their religious peers, particularly compared with those who describe themselves as very religious.

“In Good We Trust,” Says New Humanist Billboard

http://americanhumanist.org/news/details/2010-04-in-good-we-trust-says-new-humanist-billboard From the page: “This billboard nicely sums up two of the main messages of the American Humanist Association,” said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the AHA. “First, that you don’t have to believe in God to be good–in fact, humanists and other nontheists see being good as one of the most important of responsibilities in our one and onlyContinue reading“In Good We Trust,” Says New Humanist Billboard

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