February 2023

Disband religion-pandering committee, FFRF urges Okla. education superintendent gfletcher@ffrf.org (Gregory Fletcher) News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is strenuously objecting to the Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction’s recent political prostration before religious ministers. Superintendent Ryan Walters received a letter from several Oklahoma Christian leaders instructing him to use the Department of Education […]

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Our rights do not come from ‘God,’ Gov. DeSantis gfletcher@ffrf.org (Gregory Fletcher) News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation One of the favorite claims of Christian nationalists is the bogus assertion, most recently repeated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, that “our rights come from God, not government.” DeSantis pointed out correctly that “the Founders rejected the divine right of

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Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow Writes to USMMA Deriding MRFF’s Giant Jesus Painting Victory in Letter Full of Fake History MRFF Admin Military Religious Freedom Foundation

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Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation Another voice from the Christian nationalist peanut gallery is protesting MRFF’s victory in getting the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) to move its giant Jesus painting from the Elliot M. See conference room to the Academy’s chapel. Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow’s American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has sent a 12-page letter

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The Pursuit of Equity Vs. the Pursuit of Happiness Kristine Harley Atheists for Liberty

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Read More Atheists for Liberty Fundamentalism can be defined as nostalgia for a world that never existed. What then is this belief in a future utopia in which “equity” is promised, especially since it will likewise remain elusive? It is difficult to pin down who coined this phrase, but here is an example of equity

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FFRF demands Pa. school district end partnership with local church gfletcher@ffrf.org (Gregory Fletcher) News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the Canton Area School District immediately end its partnership with a local church. FFRF received a complaint from a concerned member of the school district who reported that assemblies at Canton High

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Flat Earthers Around the Globe: Review of Off the Edge by Kelly Weill Terence Hines Skeptic

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Read More Skeptic In this review of investigative journalist Kelly Weill’s important book on the flat Earth movement, the people involved, and their psychology, readers will discover that the flat Earth movement contains a great diversity of beliefs. As an example, an obvious question is why don’t we find an edge? Well, some say, there

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The Simpson’s prophecies: no, the long-running cartoon can’t predict the future Mike Hall The Skeptic

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The longest running scripted prime-time series in the US is The Simpsons, the animated sitcom which started its regular run in December 1989. Barring a writer’s strike here or a cast walkout there, The Simpsons has been in regular production since – and with the same principal cast (though as a feat it is arguably beaten

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Job’s QALY problem: Is the life of an existing child worth more than two future children? Gabriel Andrade The Skeptic

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Religion is often criticised for being exploitative. Priests teach you to bow your head and accept the gods’ superiority, and in so doing, they soften you so as to obey the tyrant’s commands. But here and there, religions do challenge the gods. The Book of Job is one such case. It tells the story of

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