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March 2017

March 14, 2017

US study shows that children fare better in secular families

For almost 40 years, Vern L Bengtson, above, a USC professor of gerontology and sociology,...

March 06, 2017

Humanists are starting to gain a foothold in the Philippines

The woman pictured giving science lessons to children in a poor part of Alabang close...

March 02, 2017

Proof that God does not exist!

Please hop across to The Dutch Atheist's Facebook page and "like" it.

February 2017

February 26, 2017

O Hitchens, where art thou?

Bill Maher’s lazy comparison between Milo Yiannopoulos and Christopher Hitchens shows just how much we...

February 25, 2017

Freethinker editor to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award

THE board of G W Foote and Company, publishers of the Freethinker, are delighted to...

February 23, 2017

Reality is preferable to 'foolish' religion, says NH Republican

Responding to an article lamenting the rise of secularism in New Hampshire, State Representative Brandon...

January 2017

January 21, 2017

Who's the evil one? Peter Palumbo or Jessica Ahlquist?

In January of 2012, just days after atheist Jessica Ahlquist won her lawsuit to take...

January 14, 2017

Spanish couples are rejecting Catholic Church weddings

Church weddings have hit an all time low in Spain. Only 22.2 percent of 68,560...

January 10, 2017

Warren Allen Smith, author of 'Who's Who in Hell', has died

I was sad to learn today that Warren Allen Smith, a veteran US gay rights...

January 06, 2017

Should ex-atheist Zuckerberg now embrace Catholicism?

Christians have been crowing ever since Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg told the world on Christmas day...

December 2016

December 17, 2016

Law that protects non-believers signed by Barack Obama

President Obama has been warmly commended by the American Humanist Association for signing the Frank...

December 15, 2016

Christians crow over death of atheist activist Rob Sherman

In Illinois at the weekend, a light plane crashed. It took several days for the...

December 05, 2016

In the US, far fewer hotel companies are offering Bibles

A recent survey by STR, a hospitality analytics company, found that the percentage of American...

December 02, 2016

Woman gets death threats for not wearing headscarf

A Saudi woman who ventured out in Riyadh with her head uncovered sparked a flurry...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

Atheists in Kenya denied access to a children's home

Atheists in Kenya (AIK), led by Harrison Mumia, above, has suffered another setback. After receiving official...

November 21, 2016

Crackpot crew threatens those who dare to 'censor' Christmas

America's Liberty Counsel has identified a number of US companies who are the 'enemies' of...

November 14, 2016

BBC considers expanding its religious broadcasting output

Religious leaders in the UK have been invited by the BBC's Director-General Lord Hall, above,...

November 12, 2016

Remembering feminist and atheist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

It's been nigh on impossible this week to compete with the tens of thousands of...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

Christian horror comic creator Jack Chick is dead aged 92

In 2015, trailing a little-known 2008 indie documentary – God’s Cartoonist: The Comic Crusade of...

October 21, 2016

Non-believers get their own burial ground in Sweden

A Google search for a photo to illustrate a report about an atheist cemetery in...

October 18, 2016

Kenyan atheists want God removed from national anthem

Earlier this year the Kenyan authorities, under pressure from religious groups, deregistered the Atheists in...

October 15, 2016

Violent protests scupper an atheist convention in India

A two-day atheism convention that was to commence in Mathura yesterday was called off after...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

Creationist's anti-atheist movie wins 'Best Science Film' award

Earlier this year a 260-pound former professional boxer, ex-cop and fundamentalist Christian sat down to...

September 07, 2016

Kids as young as 10 choosing atheism over Catholicism

Washington-based researcher Mark Gray, above, has some bad news for the Catholic Church: youngsters are...

September 04, 2016

Blogger arrested for playing Pokémon Go in a church

Ruslan Sokovsky, above, a young Russian blogger from Yekaterinburg, has been arrested for playing Pokémon...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

Actor Gene Wilder, chocolate – and the eternal flames of hell

Yesterday, the world lost a great entertainer. Gene Wilder, best known for his role in...

August 30, 2016

American Atheists win lawsuit against Tennessee police chief

Eric Watson, above, could not resist using the Bradley County police Facebook page to bang...

August 26, 2016

Get your tickets for 'Secularism 2016: Living Better Together'

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the National Secular Society, and to mark the...

August 24, 2016

See what happens when an atheist's donation is rejected

I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the Murrow Indian Children's Home...

August 15, 2016

The Freedom of Will

Stuart Hartill reviews a novel by Kenneth Clatterbaugh, pictured above. Will Tillett is young, Texas...