Monday Atheism and Religion Report (02/03)

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americans, anti-atheist, archaeology, atheism, bigotry, creationists, egypt, family, god, god of the dead, gods, history, hobby lobby, holt, ignorance, jesus christ, liberty, marriage, osiris, rebellion, religion, science, study, victims

Atheists Unite! Leaders Gather to Collaborate

Religious and conservative organizations have a history of organizing to accomplish shared aims. It’s time to share the secret that atheists are now doing the same. [Read more]

Anti-Atheist Bigotry: Atheists are Developing a Victim Complex and Crying Wolf

Do Atheists Make a Big Deal of Nothing? Do Atheists Have No Reason to Worry? [Read more]

The Awesome, Terrible, and Unknowable Creator Gods Through History

People from every inhabited corner of the planet have told stories about the creator and how he or she brought the world into existence. [Read more]

Archaeologists Discover Mythical Tomb of Osiris, God of the Dead, in Egypt

A Spanish-Italian archaeological team, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, has made an incredible discovery in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt. [Read more]

What Is Religious Liberty? The Difference Between Holt and Hobby Lobby

Many humanists are often concerned with questions of religious liberty. How can the freedom from religion, as well as the freedom of religion be protected? [Read more]

Education Vouchers: Public Money for Private Discrimination

Private religious schools operate under different rules than public ones. They serve a private interest and promote religion. [Read more]

New Study Shows That 64% of Americans Favor Religion Over Science

Besides polling Americans on their demographic information, and on their political and religious views, it also got information on the subjects’ knowledge of science. [Read more]

Do Creationists Have the Right To Be Ignorant?

The reason we keep seeing creationist legislation being proposed every year is because the creationists are furious that we don’t teach religion — their religion — in public schools. [Read more]

Jesus Christ Wasn’t Down With Marriage

Laws aimed at reinforcing ‘traditional’ Christian marriage get Christ’s and early Christians’ views on matrimony exactly backward. [Read more]

Atheism as Rebellion & Pride: Are Atheists Just Rebelling Against God & Family?

There are many popular myths about atheism and atheists which claim that people are atheists on account of some sort of rebellion (against god, religion, church, families, fathers, etc.) or pride. [Read more]