Did the 9/11/01 attacks end up changing some of our attitudes about religion? In an article on my Apologetica page I make the point that it did in at least two significant ways: 1. Islam in America came out of the closet 2.Atheists also came out of the closet <<Read my conclusions on my Apologetica [...]
American Atheists filed a lawsuit on Monday to have the iconic ‘Ground Zero’ Cross removed from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. The World Trade Center cross is made up of two intersecting steel beams found intact in the midst of the rubble created by the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. The cross was [...]
(Getty Images via @daylife) British scientist Stephen Hawking who is considered one of the smartest people in the world has come out and called heaven a "fairy story" for people afraid of the dark. In an interview with The Guardian (UK Newspaper ) on Monday, Hawking said that his views were affected and influenced [...]
The American Atheists Org. put up a billboard coming into NY City (on route 495 at Kennedy Blvd on the NJ side of the Lincoln Tunnel) with the message: You KNOW it’s a Myth This Season, Celebrate REASON! And so the battle over Christmas begins. Here’s the reason they spent a huge amount of money [...]
(Capitol Visitor Center via Wikipedia) A federal court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit to eliminate the National Motto –“In God We Trust” and the Pledge of Allegiance from being displayed in the US Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. US District Judge William M. Conley ruled that the atheist group-Freedom from Religion Foundation did not [...]
Image via Wikipedia Do atheists and agnostics in America know more about religion than people of faith? According to a Pew study they do. According to the study: Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions [...]
Today, Monday September 20, is one of those informally designated days that have gone viral on the Internet: "Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day" When asked about it Christopher Hitchens replied that he would not be joining in. Hitchens is dying of cancer and the effects of his recent chemotherapy are obvious. When asked about his [...]
