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A commentary on American government, society and more by a Secular Humanist.

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• Atheist Soldier Fights Back

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 17:30 in 100th post, american atheists, Army, atheism, christianity, christians, civil rights, foxhole atheists, freedom from religion, iraq, jeremy hall, military

  "I see a name and rank and United States flag on their shoulder. That's what I believe everyone else should see." - Specialist Jeremy HallArmy Specialist Jeremy Hall has recently become the poster bo...

• Rep. Monique Davis: A Shameless Bigot

  Posted on Friday April 11th, 2008 at 09:02 in atheism, atheist revolution, bigotry, council for secular humanism, dawn sherman, Ignorance, Illinois, monique davis, rob sherman, secular humanism, the friendly atheist

  Today my aim is to focus additional attention on a developing story that began to be reported on more than a week ago. On Wednesday, April 2, Illinois State Representative Monique Davis went on a sham...

• Atheist Miracle Toast

  Posted on Thursday April 3rd, 2008 at 20:30 in atheism, big bang, miracles, satire

  Note the distinct image of the Big Bang An unbelievable and inspiring story was grossly under-reported by the world media almost two months ago, so I will give it some well-deserved attention here. At...

• My Story of Non-Conversion

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 09:25 in atheism, Catholicism, christianity, non-conversion, rationalism, religious indoctrination, secular humanism, Secularism

  At this point in my life I can confidently call myself an atheist, a rationalist and a Secular Humanist, but this did not come easily or happen over night. The personal belief system I hold is the re...

• How I Ruined a Christian's Lent

  Posted on Saturday February 16th, 2008 at 14:05 in atheism, atheists, christianity, christians, freedom from religion, Lent

  As you may or may not know, the Christian observance of Lent is well under way. For my part, I officially discovered this when I was out with two of my friends for dinner last night. On the front of ...

• American Atheists' President Should Resign

  Posted on Thursday February 14th, 2008 at 12:56 in american atheists, atheism, atheists, election 2008, extremists

  "We have the votes to be courted, but we're ignored. So we should flex our 11% muscle and stay home during the general election in November." - Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists American ...

• Slogan Wars Trivialize Issues

  Posted on Saturday February 9th, 2008 at 18:15 in atheism, atheists, christians, Evolution, intelligent design, secular humanism, Secularism, slogans, theists

  In Chambersburg, PA atheists and theists (see: Christians) are fighting each other over faith and religion in (or rather on) an arena of complete absurdity - billboards (source). In doing so, they wil...

• Message to Muslims

  Posted on Sunday December 2nd, 2007 at 11:45 in allah, atheism, christians, Islam, muslims

  Today I announce that I owe you an apology of sorts, my Muslim friends. Atheists almost always give more direct attention to Christianity - and for good reason - when we hold your religious beliefs to...

• On Ethics & Morality

  Posted on Monday November 19th, 2007 at 20:40 in atheism, atheists, ethics, humanism, Islam, judaism, morality, secular humanism

  Ethics & Morality: conformity to ideals of right human conduct, and subsequent rejection of ideals of wrong human conduct, which are ultimately determined by man.The first question atheists have t...