Day: March 15, 2022

February Beyond Belief Network Roundup! Eric Zaklukiewicz Foundation Beyond Belief

Humanist

Read More Foundation Beyond Belief Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) held 40 events in February, serving 12,366 individual beneficiaries! Additional teams in the Beyond Belief Network (BBN) held 11 more service events. Recognitions Photo of the Month goes to Austin Atheists Helping the Homeless for the above shot from their pre-packing event for …

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FFRF calls for boycott of Idaho potatoes if abortion ban adopted czimmerman@ffrf.org (Casandra Zimmerman) News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

Atheists

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is warning Idaho’s governor that it will call for a boycott of Idaho potatoes if a six-week-ban-and-bounty law is signed there. Yesterday, Idaho became the first state to adopt a copycat measure that echoes the infamous Texas …

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FFRF celebrates the release of Saudi activist Raif Badawi czimmerman@ffrf.org (Casandra Zimmerman) News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

Atheists

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is cheering the release of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose 10-year sentence and barbaric 2015 whipping for “insulting Islam online” caused global outrage. Badawi, now 38, was originally sentenced to 600 lashes and seven years in …

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Powerful New Video and Op-Ed from Mikey Weinstein: “Does Half of the Human Race Lack Empathy in its DNA?” MRFF Admin Military Religious Freedom Foundation

Secular

Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation “Like most of you, I sit back in gobsmacked amazement at the dangerous, perilous, and deep divides I am seeing around the world and especially here in America. People whom I thought would never EVER harbor hate, prejudice, and bigotry towards their fellow world citizens and fellow Americans blast it out as …

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At UN, Humanists highlight role of critical thinking in combating harmful superstitious attitudes towards persons with albinism Elizabeth O’Casey Humanists International

International

Read More Humanists International In a meeting on the human rights of persons with albinism at the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council today, Humanists International has made a statement highlighting the role of superstitious attitudes and beliefs in causing and maintaining discrimination and persecution against people with albinism. The post At UN, …

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The mosaic of memory: how we constantly rewrite our memories of our past,Chris French,The Skeptic

Journals and Magazines

This article originally appeared in The Skeptic, Volume 17, Issue 1, from 2004. On Saturday, 25 January 2003, a play was presented at the Gulbenkian Studio theatre in Newcastle. The play, written by Josephine Fagan and entitled Paper, Scissors, Stone, explored the relationship between events and memories, interpretation and belief, true and false realities. The …

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eSkeptic for March 15, 2022 Skeptic Skeptic

Skeptic

Read More Skeptic Whatever happened to reasoned discussion and respectable disagreement? Michael Shermer speaks with Ravi Gupta, the Founder and CEO of Lost Debate, a new non-profit media company that launched in October 2021 to fight polarization and misinformation online.

Atheist Republic News Summary: Secular Activist Raif Badawi Freed from S… P-admin Atheist Republic

Atheists

Read More Atheist Republic Secular Activist Raif Badawi Freed from Saudi Prison After 10 Years! https://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/secular-activist-raif-badawi-freed-saudi-prison Location: Saudi Arabia After ten long years, Raif Badawi, a prominent human rights advocate and founder of Saudi Free Liberals Forum is finally free after being arrested in 2012. In 2008, Badawi started the Saudi Free Liberals Forum, an …

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Seth Andrews “I Sold My Soul on Twitter” Patti Butcheck The Freethought Society

Secular

Read More The Freethought Society On Saturday, April 30, 2022, the Freethought Society is pleased to host Seth Andrews at 11:45 AM PDT/2:45 PM EDT. Andrews is a former evangelical and Christian broadcaster who now hosts The Thinking Atheist…one of the most popular online atheist communities in the world. The Thinking Atheist is not a person. It is an icon encouraging all to reject …

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