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  • Blogs

    March 24, 2012

    10 Best Signs at the Reason Rally in DC

    A whole bunch of people stood around in a light rain on the National Mall in Washington DC today, knowing that the churchies were going to say the lousy weather was baby Jesus weeping on them. But a few sprinkles didn't deter the thousands of godless atheists who seemed to really enjoy the parade o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Should "Under God" Be In The Pledge Of Allegiance?

    Some parents don't think so, and they're suing a school district in Acton, Massachusetts, over it. And I think they're right.

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    New York: Heaven for Atheists?

    ​New York already has a rep for being filed with a bunch of scary, godless liberals -- you know, the kind of un-American scumbags that ride subways, rent apartments and -- perhaps worst -- work in THE MEDIA!!! Still, you might wonder: Is New York actually a good place for non-believers to li ... More >>

  • News

    December 21, 2011

    Christopher Hitchens's Contradictory Legacy

    Crusades, holy men, and devils

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2011

    Mel Gibson's Judah Maccabee Movie: High on Action, Low on Circumcisions

    ​The news that Mel Gibson is planning to make a Judah Maccabee biopic has caused quite a stir. While Judah Maccabee is one of the greatest heroes in the history of Judaism for leading the revolt against the Seleucid Empire, Mel Gibson loves getting drunk and ranting about how "The Jews are res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Atheists Don't Want World Trade Center Cross at the 9/11 Memorial

    ​Atheists groups have been particularly vocal about what they do and don't want with regard to 9/11 memorials, whether they be street signs in Red Hook (Seven in Heaven Way) or displaying the World Trade Center cross at the 9/11 Memorial. The American Atheists have filed a lawsuit, which names ... More >>

  • Film

    July 6, 2011

    Religion Bad, Atheism Good, Says Quasi-Thriller The Ledge

    ​Atheists groups have been particularly vocal about what they do and don't want with regard to 9/11 memorials, whether they be street signs in Red Hook (Seven in Heaven Way) or displaying the World Trade Center cross at the 9/11 Memorial. The American Atheists have filed a lawsuit, which names ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Atheists Now Want to Sue Over Seven in Heaven Sign Honoring 9/11 Firefighters

    ​In late June the Brooklyn Paper reported that atheist groups were unhappy with a new street sign in Red Hook honoring seven firefighters from Engine 202 and Ladder 101 who were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The problem, according to them, is that the sign says "Seven in Heaven Way," a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Atheists Angry With 'Seven in Heaven' Sign Honoring 9/11 Firefighters

    ​There's a new street sign hanging on Richards Street in Red Hook that honors seven firefighters from Engine 202 and Ladder 101 who were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The sign says "Seven in Heaven Way," which is causing some controversy, reports the Brooklyn Paper. After all, some peo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Atheists Have the Best Sex

    ​Today in sex studies: You will have much better sex if you are not religious, if by religious you mean the type of person who is plagued with guilt both during and for weeks, maybe even years, after sex because SEX IS BAD. This is the lesson we may take from the Daily Mail's examination of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2011

    Tennessee State Rep. Fails to Grasp Basic Facts About Einstein

    The above is a charming moment from the Tennessee House of Representatives floor. Republican (obviously) state representative Frank Nicely argues that Albert Einstein would have wanted creationism to be taught alongside evolution in public schools, because "Albert Einstein said that a little knowl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2010

    Apple Apps Turn Religious: If Man is Five, Then the iPhone is Six and God is Seven

    ​America is under attack. It's "a new strain of strident atheism" and it's deadly. To the rescue? iPhone applications, according to the New York Times. And if you're on the other side of the war, there's tools for you, too -- alternative applications "arming nonbelievers for battle." It's like ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2010

    TOTALLY RAD

    Cooper Union goes anarchist

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Atheists Celebrate First-Ever Invite to Mayor's Interfaith Breakfast

    ​Ken Bronstein was excited to notify us of a great coup: six members of his organization, the New York City Atheists, attended Mayor Bloomberg's annual Interfaith Breakfast this weekend. It's believed to be the first time nonbelievers have been invited, as nonbelievers, to the event. We asked ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Atheists, Religious Abuse Support Group Team Up to Sue Church

    ​It's been a busy year for atheists, and they're not, as you might expect, slowing down for the holidays. NYC Atheists has been charging forward on many fronts in 2009, from letting people know you can be good without God on busses, to taking its message to the streets en Espanol. And now, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    ¡No es Dios! Atheists Now Recruiting in Spanish

    ​Maybe we gave up too soon on the War on Christmas. The Times tells us that New York City Atheists is now holding meetings in Spanish to lure non-English-speakers unto the welcoming dark of godlessness for the holidays. It sort of makes sense: Hispanic Americans are mostly Catholic, and no o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2009

    War on Christmas Not As Warlike This Year: Obama to Blame?

    We are deep into War on Christmas season (following hard upon the War on Thanksgiving season), and have noted some encouraging portents for the Jesus team. But as with the War in Vietnam, victory is in doubt if the people's hearts aren't in it, and in contrast to last year, the tone of War on Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Atheists in Subways? Ad Campaign Aims to Bring Them Out with a Soft Sell (Updated)

    ​"You asked for it. You anticipated it. You waited for it!" And now, thank Go -- er, nobody, it's here: Advertising for Atheists. The NYC Atheists have gotten propaganda for godlessness on city buses. (They ask for donations to keep it up, as there is no Supreme Being to provide for them.) And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Atheist Ad Update: Godless Campaign Funded by "Anonymous Donor"

    ​Michael De Dora, executive director of Big Apple Coalition of Reason -- the originators of the free-thinking subway campaign we mentioned this morning -- called to correct the original item, and also to explain how the campaign came to be. As he describes it, the groups in his coalition recei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Obama Retakes Oath, But... Questions Remain!

    Barack Hussein Obama, not taking any chances with the people who killed JFK, made Chief Justice John Roberts re-administer the oath he flubbed on Tuesday. "This time we're going to do it very slowly," said Obama, covering with humor his deadly serious warning to Roberts, who pretended to be amused ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Merry Christmas, God Is Dead: Fanny and Alexander at IFC

    Barack Hussein Obama, not taking any chances with the people who killed JFK, made Chief Justice John Roberts re-administer the oath he flubbed on Tuesday. "This time we're going to do it very slowly," said Obama, covering with humor his deadly serious warning to Roberts, who pretended to be amused ... More >>

  • Screens

    March 14, 2006

    eBay Atheist

    Emerging markets: Souls, for sale and/or saving

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2005

    One Nation, Under (Only Just One Single) God

    Emerging markets: Souls, for sale and/or saving

  • Art

    January 4, 2005

    Debunk'd

    The CFI's campus crusade for common sense

  • Film

    October 17, 2000

    Devil Inside

    The CFI's campus crusade for common sense

  • News

    January 26, 1999

    Practical Piety

    A Guide for the Perplexed

  • Film

    November 17, 1998

    Different Strokes For Different Volk

    The Lost World Of Custom-Made Endings

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