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Parents Lose a Second Child from Opting for Faith Healing

Started by John Jubinsky. Last reply by Boothby171 2 hours ago. 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 the Phallus. Last reply by Dallas the Phallus on Tuesday. 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 the Phallus. 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

Egypt Issues Arrest Warrant For Americans Behind Muhammad Film (NPR)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Pat Jan 29. 3 Replies 2 Likes

Egypt's general prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for eight Americans in relation to the anti-Muslim film that has sparked worldwide protests.While it's not entirely clear who made the The…Continue

Tags: Terry Jones, Egypt, blasphemy

Rick Perry Says Prayer, Not Gun Control, Will Keep American Children Safe From Violence (HuffPost)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Joan Denoo Jan 29. 39 Replies 1 Like

Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) has revealed his own plan for combating America's violence problem -- and it differs from President Barack Obama's on a key point. Specifically, the former presidential…Continue

Tags: prayer, gun control, Rick Perry

Judge Orders Defendant to Attend Church (for Ten Years)

Started by John Jubinsky. Last reply by Secular Forces 2013 Jan 24. 9 Replies 0 Likes

An Oklahoma judge has ordered a 17 year old man found guilty of DUI related manslaughter to go to church once a week for ten years. The American Civil Liberties Union has taken exception to it. Per…Continue

Tags: First Amendment, Jubinsky, Church and State

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Comment by Secular Forces 2013 on February 5, 2012 at 8:44pm: hey new addition to the net:
American Atheists' Atheismnews.com

Comment by Secular Forces 2013 on February 4, 2012 at 5:43am: Can the US Army embrace atheists?
By Kate Dailey BBC News Magazine
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great exposé

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 4, 2012 at 4:28am: I found our family, including my atheist grandfather, dead at least 60 years, is now sanctified by the Mormon church. Oh Dear! Granddad would be turning in his grave, if he had a spirit, which he doesn't.

Comment by TNT666 on February 3, 2012 at 11:11pm: And here's the vid to the de-baptismal :)

Comment by TNT666 on February 3, 2012 at 10:44pm: Oh dear, that atheist father-in-law was baptised into Moronism a full year after his death!!!!!!!!!!! Oh dear me dear me... how can anyone vote Republican I simply do not understand :(

Comment by Joe Tomberlin on February 3, 2012 at 10:03pm: Bill Mahar just de-mormon-baptised Mitt Romney's atheist father-in-law on Real Time. Very funny.

Comment by TNT666 on February 3, 2012 at 5:25am: Bob Barker's been in the news more than usual lately it seems, between funding Sea Sherpherd Conservation Society's "MV/ Bob Barker" and their new helicopter, and saving elephants from living in Canadian zoos, I'm finding myself liking the old guy more and more... then I saw on his MySpace page that he's long been an agnostic... funny how I'd never noticed him on atheist celeb pages...

Comment by Secular Forces 2013 on February 2, 2012 at 11:24pm: http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/stop-creation-science-indi...

Comment by Starscream on February 2, 2012 at 8:59pm: I cant think of a worse bang for your buck than a teaching degree. Average starting salary is probably 50-70% that of other fields with a masters and a salary cap to boot.

My mom is a teacher and after seeing how teachers are treated and paid, i wouldnt consider it. I got a 4 year engineering degree 8 years ago and have already greatly surpassed my moms salary who has maxed out her pay for her district.

Comment by TNT666 on February 2, 2012 at 8:34pm: There is a philosophical point to be made there however. It IS government policy to pay bureaucrats less value than they would COMPARED to similar employment in the private sector in order to ensure that bureaucracy isn't filled by salary chasers. We DO want our government workers, serving the people, to be doing so because that is their passion.

However, teachers are not bureaucrats, and teachers in some areas (but not all) are underpaid. But more important than underpaid... teachers in a great many areas are undervalued... in the esteem sense. Children are often considered "right" and teacher "wrong", which is ridiculous from young children, and from uneducated parents.

There is the additional problem that it is getting harder and harder (money and time) to get a teaching degree and IMHO this is weeding out the wrong teachers. My favourite and most interesting, empowering, inspiring, teachers I've had through my many years of schooling were the ones that are today weeded OUT of the long hard road to becoming a teacher, and the boring, straight laced, uptight people are the ones best equipped to survive the educational training, those least gifted to actually encourage youth to learn. We have reached a sad state in the world of education :(