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No Women or Christians Allowed? Dan Barker wrote: “What group of people will make it into the heavenly choir?” He answers his own question thusly: “144,000 male virgins who have not been defiled with women.-No women allowed! Notice the sexism: women ‘defile’ men. ‘And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion,…

Forget the issue of the Earth revolving around the Sun, some atheists think that the universe revolves around them. Enter Rob Sherman who sued to persecute thought crimes. “‘It’s good, it’s what I wanted,’ Sherman said. He said the law was designed to unconstitutionally ‘proselytize Christianity to a captive audience’ of school children’_Sherman said Thursday…

Let us now consider the next segment as Christopher Hitchens asks for: “an example of a society which had fallen into slavery and bankruptcy and beggary and terror and misery because it had adopted the teachings and the precepts of Spinoza, and Einstein and Pierre Bayle and Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine…you will find no…

John Horgan, who wrote the article which I reproduced here, had occasion to interview Francis Collins who headed the Human Genome Project.1 It was an interview from which some interesting, telling and typical statements came forth. Interestingly, and or perhaps oddly, John Horgan mostly asked Francis Collins theological questions. I was not aware that scientists…

These just keep coming do they not? More and more atheists are claiming that it is their particular sect that will, finally, provide atheism a much needed facelift in the form of a happy face public image. Of course, this is also a “happy” face. Well, as usual this is very simple: consider their claims…

Happy Easter! He is risen! Appropriately, our special guest blogger is Pastor Stephen Kingsley whose website and blog are foud at The Easter Answer. Following is his contribution: ——————— When considering statements about things that are said to have happened, contradiction is a simple logical test for truth. Say you strike up a conversation with…

With Barak Obama’s inauguration fast approaching it seemed a good time to mention the lawsuits filed by Dan Barker and Michael Newdow. Dan Barker, of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, appears to spend his Decembers attempting to break the record for filing lawsuits. He has teamed up with Michael Newdow who is another contender for…

One thing that True Freethinker has noted in our research of “The Wedgie” document is that scientists whose research conclusions go against the accepted orthodoxy de jour are being blacklisted. We noted that the peer review referees are more like goalies who are playing for their preferred team in purposefully stopping the other team’s balls…

Considering that Richard Dawkins’ new book is entitled “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution” which brings to mind Barnum and Bailey’s Circus one can only wonder if there is a correlation between P.T. Barnum’s statement “There’s a sucker born every minute” and Richard Dawkins’ modus operandi: perhaps a more apropos title would…

Merry Paganism and Happy New Year? Dan Barker wrote: “What Christmas tradition is expressly forbidden in the bible?…Christmas trees. -Many other Christmas traditions have their roots in pagan practices, such as the holly wreath, a fertility symbol. Even the date of Christmas, near the winter solstice, is linked to sun worship. Modern Christians have stolen…