Over the weekend, the news coverage in the Philadelphia suburbs has been all Pope all the time. I seriously thought…
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Because it was the Religion Newswriters Association conference, it was pretty much assumed by most people that all the attendees…
On Saturday, I attended the Religion Newswriters Association Conference thanks in no small part to the generous donations from a…
I know, I know, all atheism is, is the lack of belief in deities and strictly speaking, atheists have nothing…
The Religion Newswriters Association is having their annual conference in Philadelphia at the end of August. I’m a newswriter. I…
I’m a big tent atheist. I support almost any effort to promote atheism and to spread the message that ancient…
Religious believers often tell me that atheism is my religion and even some atheists claim that they would not want religion eliminated because atheism is their identity and without religion to argue against they would lose that identity. Is atheism my religion and my identity? Wouldn’t I want to stop the elimination of religion to preserve my identity?
One of the most disturbing things about the Chapel Hill shooting is that the shooter, Craig Hicks, is an active atheist online. His Facebook page looks a lot like my Facebook page… minus the photo of the weight of his gun. We even have 77 Facebook friends in common.
Before the National Atheist Party imploded, they had a really great campaign in which they asked atheists to ask politicians how they would represent their atheist constituents. This was a brilliant campaign because it let politicians know that atheists exist and that we vote. Today, I want to call your attention to another opportunity to let your politicians know you exist.
As the year 2014 draws to a close, I want to talk a little bit about my plans for the coming year. First, I want to apologize for not getting as much content out as I usually do. This is for a variety of reason.