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I probably shouldn't put this off anymore, so I'm just going to jump on it and improvise. I'm pretty sure the show is over. It was a ton of fun doing it, but with work and my son and my wife in school I simply don't have time to do it anymore.

Other folks have offered to take over but I don't really feel comfortable with that. Quit while you're ahead, sez I.

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Teaching in a Religious World - by Tori Parker

Started by Tori Parker. Last reply by Loren Miller on Monday. 6 Replies 0 Likes

This is my weekly writing at schoolofdoubt.com about life as an atheist teacher. I'd love your support -- you can never have too many awesome atheists reading your work ;)…Continue

Vatican Corrects Pope - Says Atheists and Other non-Catholics Going to Hell

Started by John Jubinsky. Last reply by Loren Miller May 31. 6 Replies 0 Likes

On May 22, 2013 Pope Francis held a Mass in which he said that even Atheists who do good could be saved. The infallible one was soon corrected by the Vatican to the point that Atheists and other…Continue

Tags: Vatican Corrects Pope, Jubinsky

Pope Supposedly Accepts Some Atheists

Started by John Jubinsky. Last reply by Joseph P May 24. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Pope Francis is supposed to have referenced the Gospel of Mark in which non-Christians who do good are said to be acceptable. Stemming from this he is supposed to have said that Atheists who do good…Continue

Tags: Atheists, Pope Francis, Jubinsky

Parents Lose a Second Child from Opting for Faith Healing

Started by John Jubinsky. Last reply by Boothby171 May 23. 5 Replies 2 Likes

Some parents seem to be slow learners. Having already lost a two year old by opting for a faith healing approach instead of a medical science one to cure it they evidently have now lost an infant as…Continue

Tags: Faith Healing, Jubinsky

Raising a Child Without Religion, or Faith

Started by Dallas (on hiatus). Last reply by Dallas (on hiatus) May 20. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Every two or three blocks on the avenues of downtown Brooklyn, a big old stone church rises from the ranks of the brownstones. A couple of weeks ago, my little boy Felix pulled his trike to the curb…Continue

Tags: science, reason, parenting, atheism, secularism

Christian Right Now Outraged At Being Told Their Faith Is Meaningful to Them

Started by Dallas (on hiatus). Last reply by Loren Miller Apr 12. 8 Replies 2 Likes

Christian Right Now Outraged At Being Told Their Faith Is Meaningful to Them…Continue

Tags: persecution complex, symbols, theism, religion, christianity

Mother Teresa Humanitarian Image A 'Myth,' New Study Says (HuffPost)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Loren Miller Apr 12. 25 Replies 5 Likes

A new study by Canadian academics says Mother Teresa was a product of hype who housed the poor and sick in shoddy conditions, despite her access to a fortune.The Times of India, reporting on the…Continue

Tags: University of Ottawa, University of Montreal, Christopher Hitchens, The Missionary Position, fraud

Religious beliefs could trump state law: Kentucky bill on fast track to passage

Started by Grinning Cat. Last reply by matt warren Apr 4. 22 Replies 0 Likes

(Mar. 7, 2013)Civil-liberties and gay-rights groups in Kentucky are mounting a last-ditch effort to oppose a bill that would allow people to defy laws and regulations that “substantially burden”…Continue

Tags: antidiscrimination, religion trumps fines, religion trumps penalties, free pass, LGBT rights

Good journalism

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Joan Denoo Mar 26. 4 Replies 0 Likes

"Is it fair?" Vincent Browne, Ireland's premier journalist likes nothing better than eating a politician's liver with fava beans and a little Chianti.Read more at…Continue

Mike Huckabee says school shooting was caused by lack of God

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by Richard Lawrence Mar 14. 27 Replies 0 Likes

Mike Huckabee says that the Newtwon Shooting is no surprise because "we've…Continue

Tags: intolerance, secularism, Newtown Shooting, Mike Huckabee

Military sexual assault victims testify before Congress (CBS News)

Started by Loren Miller Mar 13. 0 Replies 3 Likes

Sgt. Rebecca Havrilla, the lone female member of a bomb squad in eastern Afghanistan, was allegedly raped days before she was supposed to go back to the United States."The rape," she said, "was the…Continue

Tags: Kirsten Gillabrand, Congress, rape, military

New Atheist 'Church' in Britain Catching on Worldwide

Started by John Jubinsky. Last reply by John Jubinsky Mar 12. 13 Replies 0 Likes

A newly organized Atheist 'church' in Britain is capturing the imaginations of Atheists all over the world. It has entertained some 200 inquiries from throughout the world as to how additional…Continue

Tags: Jubinsky, Good Without God, Humanism, Secularism, Atheism

Fake Bishop Crashes Secret Meeting of Cardinals in Vatican

Started by John Jubinsky. Last reply by John Jubinsky Mar 6. 2 Replies 1 Like

A fake bishop actually made it into a secret meeting of cardinals in the Vatican. Before doing so he posed for pictures with one of them. He was eventually discovered by Swiss guards who noticed his…Continue

Tags: Vatican, Jubinsky, Fake Bishop

Oklahoma Creationism Bill passes stae house

Started by Chris Dodds. Last reply by Joseph P Feb 26. 4 Replies 0 Likes

House Education Committee passes…Continue

Tags: Republican, Creationism, Oklahoma

Vassar College Students Raise Thousands In Response To Westboro Protest Threat (HuffPost)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Joan Denoo Feb 16. 8 Replies 2 Likes

Responding to a notice from the Westboro Baptist Church that it intends to protest on the Vassar College campus, the school community has pledged to raise $100 for every minute the group plans to…Continue

Tags: Westboro Baptist Church, WBC, College, Vassar

Gospel of Intolerance

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Grinning Cat Feb 16. 27 Replies 2 Likes

Robert Riddle, thanks you for this site. Some of USA efforts and money feed a dangerous…Continue

Prayer and the Pope

Started by Regina Goodwin. Last reply by matt warren Feb 16. 12 Replies 0 Likes

The pope said that he is resigning due to health reasons, but he is going to study prayer?HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU STUDY PRAYER?Continue

"So help me God" loyalty oath would be required for HS graduation by Arizona Republican bill

Started by Grinning Cat. Last reply by matt warren Feb 16. 3 Replies 0 Likes

A group of Republican lawmakers [...] are sponsoring House Bill 2467 in the Legislature. If passed, it would make the loyalty oath a prerequisite for graduation from any public high school in Arizona…Continue

Tags: loyalty oath, so help me God, religious test, separation of church and state, oath

The Archbishop of Dublin challenges the Church (CBS News - 60 Minutes)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Humble Pie Feb 15. 9 Replies 3 Likes

==========================Honestly, I can't add a damned thing to the above report. Bob Simon and Diarmuid Martin have said it all, and done so brilliantly.Continue

Tags: 60 Minutes, CBS News, child abuse, catholic church

Pope to Resign February 28

Started by John Jubinsky. Last reply by Humble Pie Feb 15. 32 Replies 3 Likes

Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he is going to resign on February 28, 2013 due to deteriorating physical strength. Needless to say it is very uncommon for a Pope to resign. …Continue

Tags: Pope Resigns, Jubinsky, Popes

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Comment by Joan Denoo on March 10, 2012 at 2:13pm: Michael, this sounds like a very important book that may help silence the "hitler/atheist" claims. One of your chapters listed Louise Erdrich. I am aware of her writing life with her husband Michael Dorris and appreciated their challenges, but did not know he committed suicide. I am looking forward to reading your book. Thanks.

Comment by Sentient Biped on March 10, 2012 at 1:55pm: Michael I searched amazon for your book. As far as I can tell, you have another title there but not that one. Looks like it is in prerelease. I did click on "tell publisher you would like it on kindle". Please correct me if I am wrong. Daniel

Comment by Sentient Biped on March 10, 2012 at 1:49pm: Michael, it sounds fascinating, as does your other work. I will see if I can buy a download via amazon. Just a reminder, whenever people buy via the Amazon link on nexus - on the right sidebar, looks like the image below. Then some $$ goes to support this website. Thanks for posting.

http://www.atheistnexus.org/page/amazon-links

Comment by Michael Lackey on March 10, 2012 at 12:57pm: For many years I had been told that Hitler and the Nazis did what they did because they were atheists. About fifteen years ago, I started to do research to see if this were true, and I discovered that it is not. About six years ago, I started writing a book in order to demonstrate that Hitler and the Nazis consistently believed themselves to be Christian, and I worked very hard to define the specific version of Christianity they adopted. The book was released a couple days ago. For those of you who get really irritated with Christians when they try to smear atheists by linking them with Hitler and the Nazis, you might find the book worth reading. Here's the link to the book: http://uwww.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=166691&...

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

All Best,

michael

Comment by Tommy on February 29, 2012 at 6:36pm: Wait, wasn't this story done on the History channel or maybe discovery a couple years ago. I know I watched it. Supposedly Mary and Jesus brother was in there. Of course all of it was supposedly removed and buried in an unknown location. I do remember they mentioned that of this time the names was as common as Smith and Jones. Grasping straws sounds lime. Really.

Comment by Sentient Biped on February 29, 2012 at 6:22pm: It looks like the purpose of the article is to be a teaser for the book. A discovery made in 2010, now being reported on. If it WAS the tomb of Jesus, then either Jesus left the tomb, or he was buried in it. I guess if he left the tomb they might have put some stuff in there that said "Jesus was here". If he was buried in it, then the resurrection was not what we were taught. They are claiming that Jesus was buried in it. In fact, they are claiming that one ossuary contained the bones of Jesus' son Judah. Maybe he's in a "lost book of the bible", locked somewhere deep in the Vatican basement so that the world's catholics will not doubt. That would mean, of course, that Jesus had sex. I looked at a variety of websites about this find, and I still can't escape that it's all what JP states, tenuous coincidences and wishful thinking.

Comment by Joseph P on February 29, 2012 at 10:24am: Yeah, I've heard about these before. They're complete bullshit. They stretch the most tenuous coincidences and fill in the HUGE gaps with wishful thinking.

Comment by David W on February 29, 2012 at 10:13am: What does "evidence of faith" mean?

Comment by Sandi on February 29, 2012 at 6:39am: Something, something about discovering where jesus may have been buried, possibly.

"The discovery provides the earliest archaeological evidence of faith in Jesus' resurrection from the dead, the first witness to a saying of Jesus that predates even the writing of our New Testament gospels, and the earliest example of Christian art, all found in a sealed tomb dated to the 1st century CE."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/28/jesus-discovery-jerusalem_...

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 28, 2012 at 7:53pm: Ye Gads! What will people dream up next for a new religion and beliefs? I think we are better off going back to nature and just paying attention to what we do, how it affects our environment and our community, and then be more compassionate!