Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Freethinker

Home
Nonreligious

Atheism

Select a Category Archive My Atheism News Opinion Reviews Uncategorized

Select a Month December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 March 2007 April 2006 February 2006

March 2016

March 18, 2016

Atheists raise enough cash to mock idiotic Ark Encounter

A $2,000 fundraising campaign to create billboards mocking the $101 million Ark Encounter theme park...

March 06, 2016

And on the first day, I was an atheist

This is the story of my not so spiritual journey. Let us begin with my...

March 03, 2016

UK gay couple have a Ugandan classroom named after them

UGANDAN tabloids are notorious for their lurid anti-gay headlines, such as the one above, but,...

March 03, 2016

Russian man may be jailed for claiming that there is no God

Viktor Krasnov, 38, above, is on trial in Russia for insulting the feelings of religious...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Something to strive for: an atheist badge of honour

America's Freedom From Religion Foundation has unveiling a freethought scouting badge, inset above, to reward...

February 23, 2016

AA faces discrimination probe over treatment of non-believers

Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal ruled last week that a full investigation should be held into...

February 09, 2016

Atheist numbers soar at Air Force base in Texas

Back in 2013, Lackland Air Force Base in Texas gave non-religious recruits permission to organise...

February 05, 2016

Lashings of mercy: Saudis quash poet's death sentence

Ashraf Fayadh, above, the Palestinian poet who was sentenced to death last year in Saudi...

February 04, 2016

Atheists in Kenya are a 'threat to peace and good order'

A group of Kenyan atheists say they have suffered 'blatant discrimination' after the authorities refused...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Schools have a duty to promote evolution far more robustly

Atheist headteacher Tom Sherrington, above, earned praise from Richard Dawkins and others after he went...

January 15, 2016

In Iceland, no young people believe God created the world

A new study conducted by the polling firm Maskína on behalf of Siðmennt, the Icelandic...

January 11, 2016

Please help fund an atheist nursery school in Uganda

Today I learned that a California-based organisation called the Brighter Brains Institute has just launched...

January 05, 2016

Poland exposed to a fresh wave of atheist billboards

Today I learned via an email from the Freedom from Religion Foundation (Fundacja Wolnosc od...

January 04, 2016

Movie about an 8-year-old atheist aired again on Irish TV

The multi-award winning short film Rúbaí – the story of a young girl's impending first...

January 01, 2016

Will there still be a need for the Freethinker in years to come?

As the first day of 2016 draws to a close, I would like to take...

January 01, 2016

Two sentenced to death for murder of Bangladesh blogger

A Bangladeshi Muslim hate preacher, Jasim Uddin Rahmani, above, reportedly inspired a murderous attack blogger...

January 26, 2012

A cat dies, a sceptic is born

FACED with the realisation that her pet cat had died after a grim encounter with...

July 2011

July 14, 2011

From fanatical preacher to atheist

I AM always gratified to learn of people – especially youngsters – enthusiastically promoting secularism...

April 2010

April 19, 2010

California Judge backs atheist parolee

AN ATHEIST drug offender in California, who was returned to prison after complaining about a...

May 2009

May 20, 2009

A story of revelation and rebirth

PETER BRIETBART reviews Losing My Religion by WILLIAM LOBDELL (pictured above) PACING across the bright,...

February 2009

February 09, 2009

Blasphemy-busters named Secularists of the Year

THE National Secular Society's annual prize for Secularist of the Year has been awarded jointly...

January 2009

January 12, 2009

Italy to get atheist bus advertisements

ATHEISTS in Italy have just announced a plan to begin a bus advertising campaign denying...

December 2008

December 27, 2008

Harold Pinter, a sad loss to secularism

NOBEL Prize-winning British playwright Harold Pinter, who died of cancer on Christmas Eve aged 78,...

November 2008

November 04, 2008

Rib and let live – an interview with Stewart Lee

IF Stewart Lee had already guaranteed himself a place in the eternal post-death inferno by...

June 2008

June 22, 2008

Britain's blasphemy law is dead, so sod you God!

LIGHTNING failed to strike Terry Sanderson when he said rude things about Jehovah, rubbished his...

July 2007

July 05, 2007

Farewell to humanist George Melly (1927-2007)

MULTI-TALENTED George Melly – jazz singer, raconteur, writer, expert on surrealism and dedicated humanist...