Atheism Central

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Ask Richard: Atheist 8th Grader Wants to Confide to Someone in the Family

Dear Richard,

I’m in 8th grade and have been “officially” Atheist since the beginning of 7th grade. I think I’ve been subconsciously Atheist since about third grade, though. It was then that I…

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Marcha Atea: “For a Secular Society without Discrimination”

I posted yesterday about an Atheist March in Poland.

And now, I learn about an Atheist March in Mexico!

It will be held this Sunday in both Mexico City and Guadalajara.

Why are they doing…

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The Unhelpful Data Found In: “American Nones: Profile of the No Religion Population”

Researchers Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar released the results of a study called “American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population” (PDF).

It’s possibly the most frustrating study…

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Setting the Record Straight on Judaism

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield has a list of “12 Things You Didn’t Know About Judaism” up at Beliefnet.

I’m waiting for the rebuttal: “10 Things I Hate About Jews.” (Cue rim shot.)

Anyway, here’s the…

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The Bad Science Behind Having a Baby

Dean Cameron’s wife (”The bride”) gave birth to their first baby (Duncan) six weeks ago. (Congrats!)

Along the way, though, the couple had to deal with all sorts of falsehoods about childbirth….

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“I Am Pregnant …” said He

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Last night I was watching the movie “When Nietzsche Wept”, in the movie Friedrich Nietzsche was talking to Dr. Josef Bruer about a series of migraines that he was having. Dr. Bruer…

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Take Action: Defend Marriage Equality in Maine

The last few months have been a rollercoaster ride for advocates of marriage equality in the United States. There was the bitter disappointment of Prop 8 passing in California in the 2008 elections,…

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Atheists Stage a “Coming Out” March in Poland

On October 10^th, atheists and agnostics in Poland will be staging a major march. The purpose is to “come out” — to show they exist and that they exist in big numbers.

The information…

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Insurance Company Loses Lawsuit After Discriminating Against Atheists

There are some lawsuits that could just as easily be decided on a coin toss and others that are so overwhelmingly one-sided that you wonder how the losers could’ve been so foolish in the first…

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A Review of The New Atheism by Victor Stenger

Today is the release date for Victor Stenger’s new book The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason (Prometheus Books). Stenger previously authored the God: The Failed Hypothesis,…

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Ariane Sherine’s Review of Creation

Ariane Sherine, the brain behind the original Atheist Bus Campaign and the author of the forthcoming The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas, wrote a review of the new Creation movie for The…

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Atheist Bus Ads Hit Snag in Lucerne, Switzerland

The infamous (and original) atheist bus ad will be put up in Switzerland next month:

It’ll be everywhere… except in the city of Lucerne.

Reader Gavrilo translates (because Google

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Justice Antonin Scalia on Why We Don’t Need Church/State Separation

Hamodia, the “Daily Newspaper of Torah Jewry” recently published an interview with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

As you might expect, he had a lot of ridiculous things to say about…

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“Is God Dead?” Editor Dies

John T. Elson is the former religion editor for Time magazine who came up with that cover in 1966 — for the Easter issue.

He died a couple weeks ago at the age of 78.

The New York…

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We Need More Politicians Like Him

President Barack Obama is a bleeding-heart conservative when compared to politicians like former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

The late Trudeau was an inaugural inductee into the new…