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Op-Ed: Jesus as deity is demystified as Technology helps scholars study Special By Jonathan Farrell 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.

Why did Craig Stephen Hicks murder three Muslim students? By Brett Wilkins 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.

Op-Ed: It's the religion, stupid By Brett Wilkins 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?

Op-Ed: The curious case of 'Emily', a progressive religion apologist By Brett Wilkins 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.

CA mayor snubs atheists, blocks invocation, free speech Special By Megan Hamilton 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.

Creationism banned from UK schools By Brett Wilkins 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.

Defying court, Mississippi public school forces Christian prayer By Brett Wilkins 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.

Atheists force W. Virginia school to cover gym wall Bible verse By Brett Wilkins 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.

Op-Ed: Idiotic Pew Global poll suggests atheists are immoral By Ben Morris 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.

Op-Ed: Top 5 Atheist Books of 2013 By Dan Arel 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.

Op-Ed: South Carolina soup kitchen turns away atheist volunteers By Brett Wilkins 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.'

US atheists start PAC to elect nonreligious candidates By Brett Wilkins Washington - Nonreligious Americans have started a political action committee (PAC) with the goal of electing like-minded, free-thinking candidates.

Atheism a 'suicide risk,' US Marine Corps warns By Brett Wilkins United States Marine Corps training material designed to prevent troops from killing themselves teaches that atheism is a potential suicide risk.

Author claims atheism will replace religion by 2041 By Layne Weiss In a new study, Irish author and biopsychologist Nigel Barber is claiming atheism will replace religion by the year 2041.

Atheist group seeks $30,000 for hotline for those leaving faith Special By Jessica Geyer (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.

Oklahoma student fighting to remove Ten Commandments from school By Brett Wilkins 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.

New feature-length movie promotes science and advances atheism By Michael Krebs A feature-length film from Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss asks which is more important - to explain science or to destroy religion.

Op-Ed: Atheist 'church' does not make atheism religious By Sean Fraser 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."

Op-Ed: 10 Commandments of Atheism — Here comes the gravy train By Paul Wallis 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.

Religious composition of the US House & Senate revealed By Can Tran 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.

Op-Ed: Atheists banned from holding public office in 7 states By Brett Wilkins 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.

Op-Ed: Godless America By Christopher Wager 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.

Op-Ed: Iranian Infidels — An Iranian Atheist speaks Special By Joseph Power 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.

Multiculturalism should be abandoned, says expert By Steve Hayes London - Professor Ted Cantle, an expert on community cohesion, argues that state funding of multiculturalism is turning Britain into a divided society.

Op-Ed: Study - Religion in global decline By Steve Hayes 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".

Op-Ed: 'The Freethinker' — The nasty face of atheism By Alexander Baron 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.

Atheists target presidential candidates' faith with billboards By Brett Wilkins 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.

Op-Ed: The God particle has finally been discovered By Eliot Elwar 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.

Non-religious women join forces in new organization By Sean Fraser 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.

American Atheists files suit in Bradford Co. monument case By Sean Fraser 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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