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AFTAH’s anti-gay “Truth Academy” – the “spies” report

Posted by Mike Daniels Intolerance + Bigotry Saturday, August 14th, 2010

We were denied approval to attend Peter LaBarbera’s closed-door, anti-gay “Truth Academy” as press. Four bloggers found their own ways in.

Fargo, ND Freethought Convention Sept. 18

Posted by Brian Magee Religion & Culture Saturday, August 14th, 2010

The Red River Freethinkers group is bringing the first ever major freethought convention to the Fargo-Moorhead area. “Project 42: 2010 Valley Freethought Convention” will be held on Sept. 18, 2010 at the Fargo Civic Center from 8:00am to 6:00pm. The event will include five world-class speakers.

Americans United, Allies Commend House Resolution On Texas School Board’s Biased Social Studies Standards

Posted by Americans United In the Schools, Secular Press Releases Friday, August 13th, 2010

Public school curriculum standards should never be politicized, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and allied organizations said today.

Praying for Abstinence

Posted by Creative Commons Science about Belief Friday, August 13th, 2010

Religious people are less likely to drink heavily. However, there’s a chicken-and-egg problem here. Is it that turning to god help people stay off the demon drink, or is it that hard-core party animals are less likely to be religious?

Post-USSR Russian Orthodox revival leads to discrimination, bigotry

Posted by Mike Daniels Featured Block, Intolerance + Bigotry Friday, August 13th, 2010

In the 1990s, following the collapse of the USSR, official state-enforced religious suppression in Russia came to an end. The revival of the Russian Orthodox Church is bringing with it a new fanaticism and theocratic assertions of religious belief over those of other — or no — faith.

In Brief: Billy Graham bashes atheists

Posted by Mike Daniels Intolerance + Bigotry, TheocRats Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

A woman writes Billy Graham to comment on her kind and loving atheist friend. Graham responds by bashing atheists.

Nonbelievers lead “largest philanthropic work ever”

Posted by Mike Daniels Featured Block, Religion & Culture Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

It’s often and widely reported that Christians give more to charity than nonbelievers. Secular groups are turning the tide, including the agnostic-led “The Giving Pledge” project.

Freethought “Billboard Blitz” in Tampa

Posted by Freedom From Religion Foundation Religion & Culture, Secular Press Releases Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

The Freedom From Religion Foundation brings twenty freethough billboards to Tampa, Florida!

FFRF vouches publicly for reason in New Jersey

Posted by Freedom From Religion Foundation Featured Block, Religion & Culture, Secular Press Releases Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s first freethought billboard — “God and Government: A Dangerous Mix” — is now up in the Garden State of New Jersey.

Why psychotic patients with religious delusions are harder to cure.

Posted by Creative Commons Religion & Science Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

In popular imagination, at least, psychotic delusions often have a religious component. In reality, many psychotic delusions are not religious. However, many delusions involve hallucinations or mind control by unseen agents, and so it’s not too surprising that those who experience them fold them into their religious background. The religious beliefs don’t trigger the psychosis, but they become enmeshed within it.