Atheism

By Todd Stiefel Many groups are victims of prejudice in America. Women earn less for the same job as their male counterparts, African Americans still face disgusting hostility, and gay people are denied the right to marry those they love. Yet, a different group consistently scores worse than all others in polls gauging discrimination: the nonreligious. …

By Kimberly Winston A new coalition of atheists, humanists and other nonreligious groups is taking a page from the gay rights movement and encouraging people to admit they are “openly secular.” The coalition — unprecedented in its scope — is broadening a trend of reaching out to religious people and religious groups by making the …

Image credit: YouTube By Lindsay Toler Ballwin officials voted Monday to reject a plan to to put up an “In God We Trust” sign on city property.  The Holy Infant Knights of Columbus had pledged $750 to putting the motto on a sign in this St. Louis suburb. All the plan needed was the approval of the …

By Herb Silverman Some people avoid labels, but not me. I’m a Jew, a humanist, a secular humanist, an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, a freethinker, a rationalist, an infidel, and much more. Which label(s) I lead with depends on the context and with whom I’m communicating, but they all help define me in some …

By Dan Arel The Richard Dawkins Foundation posted an email from their inbox today on Facebook. The email read: I have a 1 1/2 year old little girl, and me and my wife are atheists. But the local school is amazing yet a church school and requires us to attend church to get our daughter in …

By British Humanist Association   Humanists have spoken out against blasphemy or offence laws at a meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. These laws, typically used to protect religious sensitivities, but consistently denounced as inconsistent with international human rights law, are increasingly being used to silence debate and to curtail the activities of …

By Stephen Losey An atheist airman who must take a reenlistment oath concluding “so help me God” or end his Air Force career would have better luck enlisting in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps, which allow soldiers, sailors and Marines to omit the phrase. Air Force officials have said “so help me God” is …

The Florida Humanist Association is putting on another state conference in Orlando next month. Last year’s event was attended by more than 300. This year is shaping up to be even better with a lineup of movement leaders, authors, and personalities. Dr. Lawrence Krauss will offer the Keynote Speech and the film “The Unbelievers” [Official …

By Clint Davis The Internet has long been a safe place for religious devotees to discuss the doubts that sometimes accompany their faith. Now, hundreds of pastors, ministers and church leaders have found one website to be a sanctuary when doubt turns into disbelief. Since 2011, ClergyProject.org has offered a “safe haven” for active and former religious …

By Dave Niose   Are you a bad American if you refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance? Are you a bad parent if you encourage your child to opt out of the Pledge in school? Not at all. In fact, sitting out the Pledge of Allegiance, and encouraging your children to do so as well, can …

By Kimberly Winston   The atheist community is mourning the death of Victor Stenger, a prominent physicist who championed rooting out religion from the public sphere and was best known for quipping: “Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.” Stenger, who also graced a short list of authors who hit The New …

By American Humanist Association   On Monday, the American Humanist Association launched a national campaign to encourage people to sit out the Pledge of Allegiance until the phrase “under God” is removed from it. The campaign includes YouTube video ads, as well as bus stop advertisements placed in New York City and Washington, D.C. Ads will …