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Bullying, lies, and discrimination aren't "religious liberty"

Sean Faircloth - RichardDawkins.net - 15 May 2012 11 Comments

The book "Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All & What We Can Do About It" is available in audiobook, ebook & hardcopy Learn about a Ten Point Vision of a...

TAGGED: SEAN FAIRCLOTH

Conversion on Mount Improbable: How Evolution Challenges Christian Dogma

Mike Aus - RichardDawkins.net - 06 May 2012 77 Comments

Watch the video "Richard Dawkins and Mike Aus discuss The Clergy Project" at the American Atheists National Convention on March 25, 2012 here During most of my years as a liberal Protestant...

TAGGED: ATHEISM, RELIGION

Do Atheists Understand and Appreciate Black Bodies?

Anthony B. Pinn - RichardDawkins.net - 04 May 2012 76 Comments

Trayvon Martin, 17, is dead. The bullet from the gun held by George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, is the direct cause of this senseless death. But, the environment in...

TAGGED: ATHEISM

Locked Out: How the Church Responded to their Pastor’s Coming Out

Teresa MacBain - RichardDawkins.net - 10 April 2012 106 Comments

Teresa MacBain recently came out as an atheist ex-pastor as the American Atheist conference see the article and video previously posted here . I have served in church ministry as a pastor...

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The Lord’s Army Comes to America’s Public Schools

Katherine Stewart - RichardDawkins.net - 14 March 2012 30 Comments

“Now that you know the truth , who will you share this with?” asked Ian’s fourth-grade teacher. The setting was a March 2012 meeting of the Good News Club in a Pasadena, California public...

TAGGED: ABUSE, BOOKS, CHILDREN, EDUCATION, RELIGION

No blood on the carpet. How disappointing. [Also in Polish]

Richard Dawkins - RichardDawkins.net - 26 February 2012 173 Comments

After a week in which the hype about my aggressive militancy has reached new heights, my encounter with the Archbishop of Canterbury has obviously disappointed journalists eager to see blood on the...

TAGGED: ATHEISM, MEDIA, RICHARD DAWKINS

Santorum, Satan and the Fate of the Freeworld

R. Elisabeth Cornwell - RichardDawkins.net - 23 February 2012 58 Comments

The issue of ‘faith’ is coming up even more than usual these past few weeks as the Republican primaries heat up and the remaining candidates are vying for the privilege of being the ‘most...

TAGGED: POLITICS, RELIGION

The Sins of the Fathers [Also in Polish]

Richard Dawkins - RichardDawkins.net - 18 February 2012 341 Comments

See bottom for the Polish translation Yesterday evening I was telephoned by a reporter who announced himself as Adam Lusher from the Sunday Telegraph. At the end of a week of successfully rattling...

TAGGED: COMMENTARY, MEDIA, RICHARD DAWKINS

Faircloth discusses his new book "Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All & What We Can Do About It."

Sean Faircloth - Pitchstone Publishing - 10 February 2012 43 Comments

Faircloth's book describes many unjust religiously biased laws harming people, sometimes children. He exposes Members of Congress who support theocratic ideas, then offers a Ten Point Vision of a...

TAGGED: BOOKS, REVIEWS

Q&A, Sean Faircloth on Secular Strategy, Romney & the Religious Right

Sean Faircloth - RichardDawkins.net - 02 February 2012 14 Comments

This is the Q&A for Faircloth's speech "Why Romney's Religion Matters" http://youtu.be/mEyc2Qw83aE The book "Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All and What We Can...

TAGGED: POLITICS, RELIGION

“It’s Part of their Culture” - Reading Nick Cohen in the light of the Jaipur affair [Also in Polish]

Richard Dawkins - RD.net - 02 February 2012 91 Comments

“It’s Part of their Culture” Reading Nick Cohen in the light of the Jaipur affair By Richard Dawkins I have just returned from the Jaipur Literary Festival, infamous for the recent...

TAGGED: BOOKS, REVIEWS, RICHARD DAWKINS

Why Romney's Religion Matters

Sean Faircloth - RichardDawkins.net - 01 February 2012 75 Comments

The book "Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All and What We Can Do About It" is available February 2012. Sean Faircloth served ten years in elected office before lobbying...

TAGGED: POLITICS, RELIGION

Searching under the lamp-post

Richard Dawkins - RichardDawkins.net - 26 December 2011 89 Comments

See below for Polish translation The joke is familiar. Man searches diligently under lamp-post at night. Explains to passer-by that he has lost his keys. “Did you lose them under the...

TAGGED: COMMENTARY, GENETICS, RICHARD DAWKINS, SCIENCE, SPACE

Remembering Christopher Hitchens

Lawrence Krauss - RichardDawkins.net - 23 December 2011 47 Comments

Also take a look at Lawrence's interview on CNN - Friend of Hitchens remembers his life The world, which Christopher Hitchens would have happily admitted was already pretty dark, just got a...

TAGGED: CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS

Turin Shroud resurrected

Richard Dawkins - RichardDawkins.net - 21 December 2011 371 Comments

The Daily Telegraph (Dec 20th) has an article by the Reverend Peter Mullen spurred by alleged recent evidence from Italy that the Turin shroud cannot be a fake. The new 'evidence' amounts to yet...

TAGGED: COMMENTARY, RELIGION, RICHARD DAWKINS

The Hunting of the Higgs: what is it and why does it matter?

Lawrence Krauss - RichardDawkins.net - 13 December 2011 45 Comments

On the eve of the rumoured announcement from Geneva, we are proud to have commissioned this special article explaining why it is potentially so important, from Lawrence Krauss. There has been...

TAGGED: LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

Rick Perry, our Radiant Pope, & Faircloth's Law of Political Conversion

Sean Faircloth - RDFRS - 09 December 2011 27 Comments

Author of Attack of the Theocrats, Sean Faircloth discusses instances in which CNN has referred to Rick Perry's "faith journey" and the New York Times referred to Barack Obama's trip from...

TAGGED: POLITICS

RDFRS: Innovating for a Secular World. Help us make this the Season for Reason and a Secular New Year.

J. Anderson Thomson - RDFRS - 07 December 2011 39 Comments

As a Trustee and the Treasurer of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, U.S. branch, I write to you about the best team for an important job and how you can help. Innovating for...

TAGGED: ANNOUNCEMENTS, CAMPAIGNS

Sean Faircloth Discusses Children Harmed by "Faith-healing" with Liz Heywood

Sean Faircloth - RDFRS - 06 December 2011 12 Comments

This video contains graphic descriptions of physical harm. Over 35 states have laws which give some greater leeway to "faith-healing" parents to engage in medical neglect of their...

TAGGED: CHILDREN, HARM, INTERVIEWS, MEDICINE, RELIGION

Gingrich envy, and Theocracy-palooza

Sean Faircloth - RDFRS - 23 November 2011 31 Comments

Here is the video that Sean refers to above [update 2:15pm GMT-7 - a different video reference below] Advance copies at the RDFRS store and Amazon Kindle or ...

TAGGED: POLITICS, RELIGION