Evolution is the foundation for modern science. Bill Nye in this video explains that creationism, or the ironically evolved term, intelligent design, needlessly complicates things. He is exactly right, of course. Creationists state that life is so complex that it needs a...
Washington, DC - Calling the health-related retirement of Pope Benedict XVI "a tragic opportunity," congressional leaders have declared that America will field a candidate in the upcoming election for the next...
Alto Pass, Illinois is a rather small little village towards the southern tip of that state. A few hundred people. But at it is the center of controversy, because it is one more example of the government actively promoting religon, specifically Christianity. A 111 foot cross...
The Family Research Council, a strongly anti-gay group, states: " Anti-miscegenation statutes (interracial marriage bans) were intended to keep persons of different races separate. Marriage statutes, on the other hand, are intended to bring persons of the opposite sex...
President Obama just attended the National Prayer Breakfast. It is a breakfast, with prayer, attended by members of Congress and the president, since the 1950s. I was thinking how awesome it would be for President Obama to attend a convention of the American Humanist...
Piers Morgan, the host of a nightly talk show host on the cable channel CNN, believes we should edit the bible. I agree with him, we should. Or, at least ignore it. He said the bible and the U.S. Constitution are "inherently flawed." Well, the Constitution is a lot less...
Issues in the news. The question of homosexuality in the Boy Scouts is news, with the Boy Scouts maybe changing their policy on banning gays in the Boy Scouts. Well, Jennifer Tyrrell is a lesbian and proud parent of a Tiger Scout ( a younger group of Boy Scouts) member. She...
The NRA has opposed background checks on all gun purchases, do you know who agrees with them? Terrorists, in particular Al Qaeda terrorists. Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn stated: "America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. You can go down to a gun show at...
Did you see the new Scientology commerical during the Super Bowl? It was very well made. It urged "seekers of knowledge" to find out about the church. Well, this church is a scam, even for a religion. Check out the South Park episode on the church, to find out more how silly...
The Boy Scouts are allowing local Boy Scout councils to decide if they want to keep bans on gay scouts and scoutmasters. Of course, they continue to ban atheists like me in their ranks, as is their right. The Girl Scouts on the other hand don't discriminate based on sexual...
Piers Morgan, the host of a nightly talk show host on the cable channel CNN, believes we should edit the bible. I agree with him, we should. Or, at least ignore it. He said the bible and the U.S. Constitution are "inherently flawed." Well, the Constitution is a lot less...
As an atheist I am well aware that people often detest it when I speak, no matter how moderately, about my beliefs when it comes to religion. These are also the exact same people who get enranged when the government isn't actively promoting their own personal religious...
I called in to a national radio talk show. The host is a Jewish conservative but a supporter of the government promoting religion (or at least theism) by keeping the mentioning of a god in the Pledge of Allegiance, on our currency, among other things. I stated, as I have...
In the film "White Oleander," a girl who has been exposed to Christian preachings asks a boy who is into science, "Does knowing things tell you what is right and wrong?" As a matter of fact, knowing things does a lot to help know what is right and what is wrong.Knowing the...