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Atheists and peaceful protesters have all been brought under the auspices of new "anti-terror" laws in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.…
Stephen Eric Bronner, the author of "The Bigot", discusses the defining features of bigotry and how it can be tackled. What is a bigot? The dictionary definition is "a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people or ideas", but…
"Jesus riding dinosaur" . . Image created by Daniel Shaw A group of creationists in the Boise, Idaho area are seeking donated funds to build The Northwest Science Museum, which they claim will urge visitors to "think critically" about the…
Atlanta,GA . . International Freethought Film Festival, presented by the Freethought Film Festival Foundation (FFFF), announced its official selections for its fourth annual event. The 10 scheduled screenings include nine feature-length and 13 short independent films. The films reflect any…
How to respond to someone who tells you that life without god is not worth living "Life without God is meaningless, it is not worth living". This tends to be one of the main talking points I hear from…
Secularists argue that law introduced in July 2009 is incompatible with modern Ireland and should be scrapped. Atheists and secular campaigners have welcomed the Irish government's decision to hold a referendum that may abolish Ireland's blasphemy laws. No date has…
Dr. Richard Thain's bid to launch a bus ad campaign was thwarted. An Embrun dentist who wanted to run bus ads in Winnipeg protesting Ontario's separate school system says his rights have been violated by the ad company that…
BBC screen shot of Pope Francis This Pope Francis certainly is an ambitious fellow. Over the course of his short time atop the Catholic Church's chain of command, he's already shaken things up in the Vatican by eschewing many of…
After Three Decades as an Ordained Minister, Syndicated Columnist Bob Ripley Comes Out as an Atheist Another member of the Clergy Project has outed himself. While a pastor leaving religion is becoming old hat (every reliable poll confirms that the…
Indian Hindu devotees whisper their wishes into the earof an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha. A young couple in Mumbai, Aditi and Aalif, decided that they would not impose a religion on their child. But the municipal corporation refused…
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