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We asked you for heartwarming atheist Christmas stories, and you responded! This one is by Christine Robinson.  Photo: Weano Gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara Desert, Western Australia. Credit: Christine Robinson, 2005.   You've probably seen a dragonfly, but have you seen a flying dragon? I've seen both in one far off place. Being Scottish, my idea of …

We asked you for heartwarming atheist Christmas stories, and you responded! This one is by Qu Quine. This year the winter solstice came on a Saturday, at 9:11 am, here in California. I felt a physical link to my ancestors going back into deep time as Spaceship Earth circled around to more sunshine for the northern …

We asked you for heartwarming atheist Christmas stories, and you responded! This one is by Dan Arel. Christmas can be a confusing time for new atheists, and by new atheists I do not mean the label applied to those of us who are considered "militant" or outspoken, but I mean actual new, coming out of the …

We asked you for heartwarming atheist Christmas stories, and you responded! This one is by Joy Reece. I used to not celebrate Christmas at all – as someone who doesn't believe in the religious story behind it, I didn't see the point.  My parents were Evangelical Christians who didn't tell us about Santa Claus because they …

We asked you for heartwarming atheist Christmas stories, and you responded! This one is by William M. London. Cici: Mommy, what's Christmas?   Mom: It's a holiday that used to be popular, but only a few people still celebrate it. Why do you ask, Cici?   Cici: A boy in my class really likes me and …

In last week's newsletter, we asked you to write us about what you're doing during the Global Everything Lockdown known as Christmas. Below are the best of your responses, including a few from those of you who were drunk. How are you spending the holidays? Add your comments below. My Christmas will be very sad …

We are thrilled to have Jeff Johnson join the Richard Dawkins content team. He's an actual cartoonist from "The Simpsons", the longest running primetime cartoon TV show. He agreed to be interviewed and is our Secular VIP of the Week.   RDF: Were you always an atheist? How did you come to that? Jeff Johnson: …

The Richard Dawkins Foundation now has three cartoonists! Here's the first, and you can look forward to more every week.   Jeff Johnson is an atheist and cartoonist for TV's The Simpsons. See his one-a-day cartoon project on Tumblr and Twitter. Jeff is also this week's "Secular VIP of the Week" in the newsletter. Written By: RDFRScontinue to source …

We're giving away the first chapter of An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist as a thank you to fans. (Sorry, not "followers"!) To get the chapter: 1. Encourage a friend to visit our website. 2. Your friend signs up to the newsletter using the form on the top right. 3. Your friend gets the book …

Need a smile on Christmas? Remember atheist speaker Christopher Hitchens. Let's start a new tradition: honoring Christopher Hitchens during Christmas week, the time of the year when atheists feel the most embattled and the most need a hero.   His precise use of language steamrolled his opponents, not through oratory, but by being so clearly …

This week we are joined by Michael Shermer, the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society. He a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the The Skeptics Society’s Distinguished Science Lecture Series, author of several books, including; The Believing Brain, The Mind of the Market, and Why Darwin Matters: Evolution and the Case Against …

Got a heartwarming secular holiday story? Tell us just a paragraph and we'll contact the best authors to write their story in full and be featured in next week's newsletter.   Submit your short paragraphs in the comments below!   Contest ends December 24th.   The winners will also get copies of Richard Dawkins' An …