Atheists attacked and large public support for Christianity

As an atheist, I never realized that I was a threat to take down the remains of the World Trade Center. That I was trying to "finish the job" that Muslim terrorists committed on 9/11/01. I must be, because some guy named Shawn Akers (who I haven't even heard of until 5...

Gangnam for human rights

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...

Todd Akin of "legitimate rape" fame, on evolution

Todd Akin, the Missouri Congressman who wants to be the next U.S. Senator from that state and who believes that women who are "legitimately raped" don't get pregnant, has a few thoughts on evolution. Well, very few because it is obvious he has never really thought about it...

Apple computers apple icon banned in Russia because of religion?

Apple Computers is one of the most famous corporations in the world. Unfortunately they have had employed contractors who make their products, who employ sweatshop conditions. Such as in China. Well in Russia the Russian Orthodox Church, which has become a de facto arm of the...

Public school football coach abuses his authority to win converts

If you have students in the local public school, do you want him or her taken to a local mosque to listen to the Quran by the government? I am guessing probably not. You would probably be mad if some coach, because of his/her Islmaic religious beliefs, thought it was O.K. to...

About that imaginary war on Christmas

This is a funny and amusing column by Rob Boston of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. It highlights the fact that the supposed war on Christmas by secularists/humanists such as myself, is in their imagination. ""To be more accurate, I should point out...

How is a statue of Jesus in a park, free of religion? It's not!

There is a statue of Jesus in a national park in Montana. Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg denied there was any religious aspect to the statue at all. At all. In fact, he said there wasn't even a hint of a religious aspect to a statue of Jesus. He said it was a war...

Christian right-wingers trying to impose religion on your kids

There are a few different versions of the 10 Commandments, but there is one that most Americans, be they Christians or not, are familiar. It is the one that tells listeners to have no other gods, honor the sabbath, not use that god's name in vain, or make graven images. While...

Christian right-wingers trying to impose religion on your kids

There are a few different versions of the 10 Commandments, but there is one that most Americans, be they Christians or not, are familiar. It is the one that tells listeners to have no other gods, honor the sabbath, not use that god's name in vain, or make graven images. While...

Why does the Christian rightwing need government endorsement?

William Murray is the son of Madalyn Murray O'Hair. The woman who supposedly forced religion out of public schools. Maybe the most hated person by the Christian right-wing, even two decades after her death. Actually, like most things, it was not quite that simple.Her lawsuit...

Today is either National Day of Reason or National Day of Prayer

Today is the National Day of Prayer, it is also the National Day of Reason. Only one of these concepts is our nation founded upon, and no, it's not the former. Our nation is a product of the Enlightenment. Men such as Thomas Paine, James Madison, Ben Franklin and Thomas...

Why tradition is a bad argument for anything/ and illegal prayers

We are a nation founded upon change. Upon a break from tradition. Tradition is what allowed kings to rule with absolute control over their people, often with a cleric in the background, justifying it as the will of a god. Tradition is what later denied the right and ability...

A county politican threatened with murder for not having prayer?

I was reading about a case out in Craven County, North Carolina. See, the Board of Commissioners out there reguarly opens its meetings with sectarian prayer. Frankly, I don't think any prayer should open a governmental meeting, but at least the courts have ruled against...

There is a religious rightwing in England like we have have in US

The USA is the most religious Western nation on earth. By far. It's not even close, though we are becoming more secular and less religious over time. Well, the United Kingdom, is less religious than us in the U.S., but it is still more religious than most Western nations. In...