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…

We now continue considering the group effort by Robert Greg Cavin, Michael Martin, Theodore Drange, Robert Price, Richard Carrier, Peter Kirby, Jeffery Lowder, Evan Fales, Duncan Derrett and Keith Parsons to discredit Jesus’ resurrection? This group, referred to as a “murder”-a term in this sense is taken from referring to a group of crows a…

On Scientific Authoritarian Faith On the issue of whether many people believe what scientists tell them on faith on a par with religious faith some interesting statements are made:Sam Harris states: “I think we just touched upon an issue that we should really highlight. This whole notion of authority, because religious people often argue that…

Dennett the Mesmerist Prof. Daniel Dennett uncovers an interestingly odd plan to hypnotize theists, in a manner of speaking: “I think, what I would love to do is to invent a memorable catchphrase or term that would rise unbidden in their minds when they caught themselves doing it, and then they would think oh, this…

Note: This was written by a fellow co-author named Josh when we both posted to the Atheism is Dead blog: If salvation is the cure, atheism is the prevention. Dan Barker’s recent book Godless contains Barker’s personal perspective on the issues between atheism and Christianity. The entire book is not a personal account per se,…

William Provine’s 2005 AD lecture entitled “Evolution and Intelligent Design: The Implications for Human Free Will” is generally agreed upon to have been heavy on assertions and light on facts. Comments ranged from “He makes a lot of jumps to conclusions as if they were obvious” and “He can’t define what free will is,” to…

Some atheists cannot seem to make up their mind as to whether Judeo-Christianity is to be besmirched because it reduces humanity to lowly, wretched sinners or because it exalts humanity to made in God’s image unique creatures. Either way, Judeo-Christianity is to be besmirched; on this atheists agree, but why remains a subject for atheism’s…