Source: AlterNet. I’m an absurdist as well as an atheist, and what could be more absurd than my practice of having continuous dialogues with the deity I don’t believe exists? In my capacity as a stand-up satirist, before I go onstage, I always say, “Please, God, let me do a…
Source: AlterNet. Since the beginning, the Christian right has been aware that the First Amendment makes it impossible for them to use “God said so” to justify legislation. They’ve spent decades grafting secular reasons onto what are fundamentally attempts to foist their views on the rest of the country, often…
Source: The Nation. Americans for Prosperity, known largely for its affiliation with the billionaire Koch brothers and for organizing Tea Party rallies, is part of this state-focused spending spree. The group has opened new local chapters or more than tripled the funding for existing chapters in key states. This increased…
What is not difficult to measure is the distribution of personal wealth in the USA. And its impact offers us a story quickly and shockingly delineated by the prompt below. That such wealth, like the wealth of the American Catholic Church, has the power to affect our politics and policies…
Source: Church & State Magazine. With many legislatures tilting right and 'prayer' caucuses on the prowl, Church-State separation may be in trouble in the coming year. Multiple courts have said “no” to states that want public schools to teach “intelligent design” creationism in science classes, but that doesn’t faze Montana…
Source: AlterNet. The Christian right in America, like all organized religions, claims to have a correct and exclusive understanding of God's will. To hear them tell it, the almighty creator of the universe has strong opinions about corporate tax rates, firearm ownership and what consenting adults do with their genitals,…
Source: AlterNet. "Oh, you atheists are always whining about how put-upon you are. You don't experience real discrimination: not like African Americans, or gays, or women, or immigrants. So knock it off with the pity party." You may have heard this refrain. You may have even sung it yourself.…
Source: The Raw Story. A Tennessee pastor on Sunday told his congregation that the number of mass shooting were escalating because of schools were government “mind-control centers” that taught “junk about evolution” and “how to be a homo.” Old Paths Baptist Church Pastor Sam Morris began speaking about last week’s…
Source: AlterNet. Santa Monica is ground zero in the fault lines between Christian tradition, separation of church and state, and the First Amendment. Legend has it that the atheist Damon Vix led the charge that stopped the California beach city of Santa Monica from erecting and enabling life-sized Christian nativity…
Source: AlterNet. Forget Hollywood and the Upper West Side. The angriest atheists are from the American heartland, where they live surrounded by the faithful. A 2007 Pew Research Center study found that 50 percent of rural atheists and agnostics see a “natural conflict between being a non-religious person and living…
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