Atheism News
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This past Easter millions of people around the world paid homage to the life of Jesus as told in the four Gospels of the New Testament. Yet, through the use of current technology scholars have been able to discern that the life of Jesus is a myth.
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Chapel Hill -
Police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina say an ongoing parking dispute may have led a committed atheist to shoot dead three Muslim students on Tuesday.
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San Francisco -
When will humanity acknowledge the inherent dangers of Abrahamic religion —Judaism, Christianity and Islam — and stop being apologists for belief systems which kill, oppress and repress countless millions of people in nearly every society on earth?
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I recently met a woman, let's call her Emily. Emily is a brilliant, vibrant, fascinating, compassionate and progressive young woman who, despite her forward-thinking ways, surprised me by revealing herself as a religion apologist.
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Chico -
For some time now, atheists in Chico, California have been wanting to do an invocation at City Hall, ever since the Supreme Court recently sanctioned prayers before meetings of the town board in Greece, New York.
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London -
Britain's Conservative-led government has banned the teaching of creationism as a valid scientific theory in free schools and academies, the equivalent of public schools in the United States.
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Flowood -
A Mississippi public school district openly defied a federal court order by forcing public school students attending a non-mandatory assembly to participate in a Christian prayer.
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Parkersburg -
Officials at a West Virginia high school have painted over a Bible verse on a gym wall after a national atheist group informed them such endorsements of religion violated the Constitution.
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In a report published March 13th, Pew Global found the majority of those polled throughout the world believe you must believe in God to be moral. It is a belief that is severely asinine.
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2013 was a very good year for books and though narrowing them down to five is no easy task, it seemed only right to provide some must read material to start your new year off right.
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Spartanburg -
The Spartanburg Soup Kitchen in Upstate South Carolina has a clear message for atheists: 'we don't want help from the devil, and that means you.'
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Washington -
Nonreligious Americans have started a political action committee (PAC) with the goal of electing like-minded, free-thinking candidates.
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United States Marine Corps training material designed to prevent troops from killing themselves teaches that atheism is a potential suicide risk.
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In a new study, Irish author and biopsychologist Nigel Barber is claiming atheism will replace religion by the year 2041.
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(UPDATED VERSION with interview from Recovering from Religion's Executive Director)
An atheist group has announced plans for a hotline targeting people who are struggling with the desire to leave their religions.
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Muldrow -
An Oklahoma teen and his sister are facing harassment after he contacted the nation's leading atheist group in a bid to have the biblical Ten Commandments removed from every classroom of his public high school.
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A feature-length film from Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss asks which is more important - to explain science or to destroy religion.
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London -
Two British comedians have started a "church" for atheists in the UK. Some say it is the start of an atheist religion, others just think it is a "congregation of unreligious people."
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Sydney -
The “atheism industry” was already getting on my nerves. Most of these people I already suspected of being bandwagon-jumpers. Now, they’re becoming alternative moralists.
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The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a new analysis that says that the number of the 113th US Congress not identifying with a specific religions faith is larger than compared to the previous US Congresses.
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Whenever Fox News blowhards like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity or other reactionary hotheads spout off about the so-called "War on Christmas" being mercilessly waged by the ne'er-do-well forces of secularism, or worse, atheism, I always have to laugh.
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Atheism, the position of not believing in a God or the acknowledgment that in fact there never was God? Either way the topic is creating a back lash of controversy among religious leaders and followers alike.
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If one was to describe today’s Iran as being schizophrenic, they might be onto something. On one hand, huge billboards and murals proudly proclaim its status as an Islamic Republic.
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London -
Professor Ted Cantle, an expert on community cohesion, argues that state funding of multiculturalism is turning Britain into a divided society.
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Religion is in decline, according to a global survey. The study found only 59 percent of the world's population self identify as religious. The study found 13 percent identified as atheist, with a further 23 percent as "not religious".
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Beckenham -
'The Freethinker' styles itself 'the voice of atheism since 1881', but there is a lot more to this monthly journal than denying the existence of God.
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Charlotte -
An atheist group is targeting the US presidential candidates' faiths in billboards rented in Charlotte, North Carolina ahead of next month's Democratic National Convention.
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On Wednesday, 4 July 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland, scientists working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced that they have found the elusive Higgs boson particles, sometimes referred to as the God particle.
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Atlanta -
Secular organizations tend to not be able to attract and retain female members, but a new group formed in Atlanta, GA is specifically geared toward the advancement of women with non-religious views.
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Starke -
The civil rights and First Amendment defenders officially filed a lawsuit against Bradford County, FL for their erection of a Ten Commandments monument in front of their courthouse.
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Writer and blogger, Greta Christina.
Author and gender equality advocate Taslima Nasrin.
Teen atheist Jessica Ahlquist giving her speech at the Reason Rally.
Crowds forming at the Reason Rally.
Atheists from Tallahassee joined in on the protest.
Christians gathered in prayer circles, singing hymns.
This bus ad was rejected because it is "too controversial". Amercan Atheists - NEPA Freethought Society
Protest of Ten Commandments monument in Starke, Florida.
Protest of Ten Commandments monument in Starke, Florida.
Protest of Ten Commandments monument in Starke, Florida.
Protest of Ten Commandments monument in Starke, Florida.
Evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins before his speech at the Reason Rally.
Some of the Reason Rally VIP's, including Youtuber AronRa, in the back wearing the black hat.
Crowd at the Reason Rally.
Protest of Ten Commandments monument in Starke, Florida.
Tim Minchin playing his piano at the Reason Rally.
The Friendly Atheist, Hement Mehta, speaking at the Reason Rally.
Students made up a large portion of the Reason Rally crowd.
Starke resident Daniel Cooney and his two sons defended the separation of church and state by showing up to protest the monument.
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