Read More Society for Humanistic Judaism This is a guest post by Ziyi Guan who has chosen to adopt Judaism. Ziyi is a 20-year-old college student living in South Carolina, and studying Biology. She is of Chinese heritage and speaks the Chinese language. She also feels
Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation This year’s Easter parade has kicked off with an Air Force commander attempting to “persuade” his subordinates to attend his supposedly “non-mandatory” Easter egg hunt — complete with readings from the Bible so that everyone attending would understand “the true nature of what Easter stands for which is the resurrection
Read More Skeptic The panel which claimed “pulsed microwave radiation” likely zapped U.S. diplomats botched their investigation. The findings of a newly declassified study that concluded ‘Havana Syndrome’ was likely caused by “pulsed electromagnetic energy” and that a foreign adversary was likely to blame — botched their investigation. Mark Zaid, the man fighting for compensation
Read More American Atheists Phoenix, AZ—On Easter weekend, April 6–9, hundreds of atheists will gather in Phoenix for the 2023 American Atheists National Convention. The event will focus on supporting atheist activism, serving local communities, and fighting back against the rising threat of Christian nationalism, especially in states like Arizona. American Atheists is pleased to
Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is running a full-page ad in the Austin American-Statesman this Sunday with this headline: “Yes, Governor Abbott — You’re Right. Our schools are for education, not indoctrination.” There the agreement ends. It is Abbott, FFRF
Read More Humanists International At the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists International has condemned the prevalence of religious- and ethno-nationalism being used to deny the rights of minorities. The post At UN, Humanists International condemns use of religious nationalism to deny minority rights appeared first on Humanists International.
Read More Humanists International Humanists International, the Finnish Humanist Association and the Union of Freethinkers of Finland have jointly called on Finland to revoke its law on “public blasphemy.” The post At UN, humanists urge Finland to decriminalize “blasphemy” appeared first on Humanists International.
Read More Skeptic In the early modern period, just before the rise of the modern nation-state, there were hundreds of political units in Europe. Now there are comparatively few. Some observers project that at some point in the future there will be just a handful of empires running the world, but others think the opposite
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Read More Atheist Republic An annual report from the international Jewish NGO Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reveals that incidents of antisemitism in the United States rose to 36% in 2022. Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. rose 36% in 2022, an annual audit by the Anti-Defamation League shows.https://t.co/KB7NwvlgI5 — NPR (@NPR) March 24, 2023 This audit comes
Read More Atheist Republic A parent in Utah challenged the Bible under a state law that bans “pornographic or indecent” material in schools, which had been used to remove books written by black and LGBTQIA+ authors from shelves. Bible ban? School district reviews religious text at parent’s request https://t.co/pI3hjAMid1 — NewsNation (@NewsNation) March 24, 2023
