April 2024

Ron Lindsay on Wokeism as a Religion Peter Clarke Atheists for Liberty

Read More Atheists for Liberty I recently interviewed philosopher Ron Lindsay about his new book, Against the New Politics of Identity. During the interview, I asked Ron about the claim that the new leftist idiology, or wokeism, is a religion. His response, lightly edited for clarity, is below: Ron Lindsay: I’m a little reluctant to […]

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Stop your prayers, FFRF admonishes N.C. school board Rowan Hahn Freedom From Religion Foundation

Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation A North Carolina school board must immediately halt its practice of starting its meetings with board member-led prayer, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting. A concerned Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools … More » from Stop your prayers, FFRF admonishes N.C. school board The post Stop your prayers, FFRF admonishes

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Bruce Hood — The Science of Happiness: 7 Lessons for Living Well Skeptic Skeptic

Read More Skeptic Shermer and Hood discuss: psychedelic drugs • defining the “good life” or “happiness” • measuring emotions • happiness as social contagion • eudaimonia (the pursuit of meaning) versus hedonism (the pursuit of pleasure) • genetics and heritability • cultural components • WEIRD people • The Big Five (OCEAN) • marriage and health

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FFRF condemns new Georgia private school voucher scheme Rowan Hahn Freedom From Religion Foundation

Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is disappointed that Georgia lawmakers have passed a new scheme to divert funds from public schools to unregulated private, mostly religious schools. Gov. Brian Kemp … More » from FFRF condemns new Georgia private school voucher scheme The post FFRF condemns new Georgia private

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MRFF Demand Quickly Ends Use of Christian Nationalist Imagery at Ft. Riley & Ft. Huachuca MRFF Admin Military Religious Freedom Foundation

Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation April 26, 2024 MRFF President/Founder Mikey Weinstein and MRFF have a long history of responding to the blatantly unconstitutional activities surrounding the naked hijacking of the public National Day of Prayer (NDP) by the private NDP Task Force.  While the NDP is ostensibly a national ‘call-to-prayer’ and publicly ‘sold’

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Representation Matters: State Representative Elinor Levin The Humanist TheHumanist.com

This is part of The Humanist’s monthly series highlighting openly nonreligious elected officials across the nation. Because of the work of the Center for Freethought Equality, the political and advocacy arm of the American Humanist Association, there are over 120 elected officials at the local, state, and federal level who identify with the atheist and

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“Good on you all @ the MRFF!” – U.S. Army Officer to MRFF for Removal of Christian Crusader Imagery at National Day of Prayer Event – “Thank you to the MRFF from FORT RILEY, Kansas” MRFF Admin Military Religious Freedom Foundation

Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation From: (Active Duty U.S. Army Officer’e E-mail Address Withheld)Subject: Thank you to the MRFF from FORT RILEY, KansasDate: April 29, 2024 at 8:26:25 AM MDTTo: Mikey Weinstein mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.orgTo Mr. Weinstein and to the MRFF fighters:My wife and I just wanted to very much thank all of you for getting

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Heretic on the Hill: Tell Speaker Johnson You Oppose His Anti-Establishment Clause Bill SCA Admin Secular Coalition for America

Read More Secular Coalition for America First a few positive words about House Speaker Mike Johnson: After months of delaying and considering every other alternative, he took the only remaining option on defense funding for Ukraine, which was to do the right thing. He let the House vote on it. This despite threats from anti-Ukraine, pro-Russia

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Atheist Republic News Summary: Iran's Brutal "War on Women:" The New Cam… P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic Iran’s Brutal “War on Women:” The New Campaign to Violently Enforce Hijab https://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/irans-brutal-war-women-new-campaign-violently-enforce-hijab Location: Iran In Iran, amidst escalating regional tensions and ongoing internal protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022, authorities have launched an aggressive new campaign to enforce the mandatory hijab law, dubbed the

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Iranian Rapper Sentenced to Death for "Waging War Against God" P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic A dissident rapper and one of the icons of Iran’s 2022 protests against the Islamic Republic, which began after the death of Mahsa Amini under morality police custody after her arrest for “improper hijab,” has been sentenced to death for “waging war against God.” #BREAKING A revolutionary court in Iran has

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