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Richard Dawkins is coming to Raleigh, North Carolina on the evening of April 11, 2014, for one night only to have dinner with a small group of very special supporters.     Here is your chance to be one of the few.   Join Richard at one of  Raleigh’s great  restaurants for an intimate dinner …

National headlines were made this week when a snake-handling Pentecostal pastor, Jamie Coots, died of a rattlesnake bite after being bitten in a church service. Coots was a pastor at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus' Name in Middlesboro, Kentucky, and was a star of the reality show "Snake Salvation," which aired on National Geographic. …

What scientific advancement are you hoping to see happen in 2014? Deadline for the contest is March 4, 2014 Winners receive a copy of An Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins. Written By: RDFRScontinue to source article at

Issue 2 of Skeptic Al Written By: Jose Giles and Jacob Fortincontinue to source article at

Ever since I deconverted from conservative Evangelical Christianity I have been reflexively resistant to theological liberalism's penchant for clinging to the Christian tradition (or religious traditions in general) as specially valuable or true. Upon abandoning my belief in the true, literal authority of the Bible, I immediately came to see it as not only false …

Written By: Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay The dust has settled from the much-hyped February 4th debate about creationism and evolution between Bill Nye, “the Science Guy,” and Creation Museum CEO Ken Ham. In our opinion, Ken Ham made the most telling statement of the night.   We do not mean, of course, that Ken …

Are you passionate about separation of church and state?  Are you a skeptic who believes that critical thinking and evidence should guide our understanding of the world instead of blind faith? Are you a diehard fan of Richard Dawkins? Look no further. The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and the Secular Coalition for …

What historical or scientific finding do you believe is most significant in disproving the historical accuracy of the Bible?   Deadline for the contest is February 25, 2014 Winners receive a copy of An Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins. Written By: RDFRScontinue to source article at

My previous article on animal ethics elicited quite a debate on this site and its social media sister-pages. With that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to look at one of the more interesting arguments against explicitly promoting animal ethics. Hasn’t rationalism got enough to do without having to champion the cause of animals? There are many different …

We are living in two Americas at once. One is progressive where politicians and states move towards equality, same-sex marriage is becoming legal one state at a time, abortion rights move in favor of a woman’s choice, and marijuana is becoming legal making this victimless “crime” a crime no longer.   This is the America …

Our new executive director has seen the effects of religious violence first hand in Africa. Robyn Blumner tells us how she came to science and reason and her thoughts on our movement in this interview with Johnny Monsarrat.   RDF: Have you always been an atheist?   Robyn Blumner: I was born into the Jewish …

What religion did you practice before you became an atheist? What is your deconversion story? Shre in the comments and our favorite story will win!   Deadline for the contest is February 18, 2014 Winners receive a copy of An Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins. We recently asked this question on Twitter and below …