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December 2018

December 17, 2018

In Puerto Rico, Wendy’s has the Holy Family on its cups

The Friendly Atheist takes note of a little detail that some might consider a Christmas...

March 2018

March 09, 2018

Can an atheist win an election in Tennessee?

It's an interesting question, and we'll know the answer soon: Gayle Jordan, a Democrat running...

September 2015

September 12, 2015

Poll: More atheists, agnostics entering Harvard than Christians

A remarkable turn for a school named for a minister, via The Washington Post: ...

September 12, 2015

Poll: More atheists, agnostics entering Harvard than Christians

A remarkable turn for a school named for a minister, via The Washington Post: ...

December 2014

December 08, 2014

Believe it or not: in seven states, you must believe in God to hold public office

Who knew? From The New York Times: A bookkeeper named Roy Torcaso, who happened to...

December 03, 2014

Atheist billboard stirs controversy; Catholic diocese hopes it can spark discussion

Details: The American Atheists organization posted billboards in Memphis, Nashville, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Arkansas...

November 2014

November 07, 2014

Denied job, “humanist chaplain” sues Navy for discrimination

From RNS: The Oxford-educated man who unsuccessfully sought to be the Navy’s first humanist chaplain...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Atheist offers “invocation” at town council meeting in Alabama

Details: Here's what happens when an atheist offered Alabama's first non-theist invocation to open a...

August 2014

August 01, 2014

Atheist TV debuts

From The New York Times: Atheists are angry, and watch out, because now they have...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

So what does an atheist “invocation” sound like?

It happened last night in Greece, NY. You can check it out in the video...

July 15, 2014

Atheist will open New York town meeting with a non-prayer

From AP: An atheist is set to deliver the invocation at a town board meeting...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Christianity resurgent?

One atheist professor's interesting take: The world could see a resurgence of Christianity driven by...

May 21, 2014

More Americans say they’d be willing to vote for an atheist as president

Details: Atheists are still the most mistrusted group in the U.S., and a godless politician...

May 13, 2014

Report: Military association plans to ask for atheist chaplains

Details: In what some might see as an oxymoron, an advocacy group apparently is preparing...

May 08, 2014

Atheists planning TV channel

From Religion News Service: Speaking at a gathering of local atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other...

April 2014

April 08, 2014

Catholic schools in U.S. actively recruiting Chinese students

The New York Times has an interesting piece this week about efforts by Catholic schools...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Atheists mock “Hail Mary” in Super Bowl billboard

There they go again. From The Christian Post: American Atheists is putting up a new...

January 14, 2014

“My wife and I are atheists but our daughter wants to be baptized Catholic…”

With a H/T to Fr. Duffy, here's a remarkable testimony, in London's The Guardian: Our...

January 13, 2014

Prague spring: Catholic churches sprout up in Europe’s “most atheist country”

Some promising news from the land of my forebears: the Czech Republic, e once described...

January 06, 2014

Atheist “church” reports split

Seems the world's hottest atheist "church" is now in schism. Details: The Sunday Assembly was...

December 2013

December 25, 2013

“The people who challenged my atheism most were drug addicts and prostitutes…”

A man who made a nice living on Wall Street, and prided himself on his...

December 21, 2013

Coexist: Nativity scene and atheist sign share space in public park

From the Arlington Heights Daily Herald in Illinois: A year after controversy in Arlington Heights...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

“Atheist church” attracting followers—and detractors

From Religion News Service: Perhaps the Elephant & Castle pub here was a fitting locale...

October 2013

October 08, 2013

The Christmas billboard war begins early

It looks like everybody is getting a jump on the season this year. From the...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Benedict writes to atheist, says he never tried to hide abuse cases

From CNS: In a letter to an atheist Italian mathematician, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended...

September 11, 2013

Pope Francis writes personal letter to atheist

From John Allen at NCR: Although the big Vatican story in the English-speaking media today is...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

Esquire magazine: “Pope Francis is Kind of Awesome”

The author, an atheist, is discovering what many of us already know: There is serious...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Behold, America’s First Monument to Atheism

From TIME magazine: Following a lawsuit and more than a year of controversy, at noon on...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

“Post-Catholic” Ireland Sees Rise in Non-Religious Funerals

Details: Patricia Wojnar left a 32-year career in interior design to pursue a degree that...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

Praying “under the covers” in an atheist country

What's it like to live and pray in an officially atheist state? CNS has a...