by Dawnrazorposted: 24 Apr 2013
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Hi all, Long time reader first time poster. I've just seen this situation play out in Australia and I'm frankly a bit annoyed by it, and unsure where to take this. I...
by benoniboyposted: 23 Apr 2013
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Politics19
So what if hypothetically, in the best of all possible worlds, belief in the nonsense of religion would disappear? Say the Roman juggernaut would shut down; the Pope, cardinals and priests would all get real...
by Paul Bennettposted: 10 Apr 2013
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Politics3
Not sure if this will qualify as an actual topic for discussion, but I just wanted to say a big thankyou to the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, who helped fundd Sean Faircloth...
by Mr. Meredithposted: 06 Apr 2013
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Politics13
I have recently been discussing a secular 'support' group of sorts with a few teachers and students of my college. It isn't official yet, but everyone is excited to get it started. That said, I...
by Coffee Addict 83posted: 24 Mar 2013
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Politics15
For those of us who claim the label of Atheist (or Antitheist) we only have one thing necessarily in common. We reject the existence of a deity as having insufficient evidence (and in the case...
by kcjones10posted: 18 Mar 2013
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I now live in the 49th state. I think it may be akin to living in the primordial stew. Seriously, though, I have been thinking about the fall of civilizations. Rebecca Costa's "Watchman's Rattle" has been a bit of a wake-up for me. What does anybody else have to say?
by justinianposted: 07 Mar 2013
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Politics11
The Centre for Inquiry's Think Again! TV released an investigative report that's been posted to YouTube:Canada's Office of Religious Freedom: Protect Persecuted Atheistshttp://youtu.be/D3ieEyO4qg0The expo includes video remarks by Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs explicitly stating that...
by hueman0unposted: 05 Mar 2013
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I've lived in a few very rough neighborhood where gangs rule the streets as their turf, deal drugs, and harass. Unfortunately, I had to live alongside these thugs for sometime. What disturbs me is how...
I open the debate on the idea that, more or less 30 years have passed since the issue of climate change and global warming arised in the general press and mass media, and despite all the...
Does anybody have info/link on any important case related to the science versus religion wars in the USA during the sixties?Thank you for any help,Helio
by Albanistposted: 11 Feb 2013
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Hello fellow atheistI am a 17 year old Student and English is my second foreign language so sorry for any errorsAlbania(Europe,Western Balkans) the country i come from was during Stalinist times the only...
by sbooderposted: 06 Feb 2013
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Politics10
I was made to realise yesterday how spoiled for choice we are in accessing this type of site and video in freer countries. I noticed a tweet from someone called @RationalSaudi who said...
by daniellesebireposted: 31 Jan 2013
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Politics38
HelloI was hoping to get some help in developing some articulate points on why praying before a public meeting is inappropriate. I live in Guernsey (Channel Island in UK)and the lords prayer is said as...
by RobertCallan316posted: 11 Jan 2013
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Politics27
There's not many things that I can say that I'm not proud of being a British citizen. This country has done me well as a 19 year old athiest, but the one thing that deeply saddens me...
by Sjoerd Westenborgposted: 06 Dec 2012
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Dear fellow atheists/agnostics and anyone else with a rational outlook on freedom,If you're reading this, you're already passing time on the web. So why not make it a little more productive?I've collected a few petitions...
by MAXdotRUposted: 06 Dec 2012
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Politics7
I, myself, am Russian, but had lived abroad for most of my youth, now its been 3 years since i've come back and it turns out memes dont lie - its a circus over here. Recently,...
by okyaysenturkposted: 06 Dec 2012
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I don't exactly know where to look but could have a "Holiday" (I don't like that word but there is no other alternative) where we all come together in peace, sit down and have a...
by eduardo blasinaposted: 19 Nov 2012
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Just to inform you that next Saturday in Montevideo, Uruguay, we will be marching to celebrate our condition as primates. The day has been chosen to remember both the pubilcation of the Origin Of Species...
by Statler N Waldorfposted: 31 Oct 2012
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Politics22
I live in the United States, in the State of Washington. We vote entirely by mail, and voting began last week. The results of this election will not be known to us until after the...
by Zeuglodonposted: 31 Oct 2012
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Politics19
Introduction: Democracy and MeritocracyOne of the breakthroughs of political history was the invention and implementation of democracy in the West. Its virtue was that it could take absolute power away from despots, tyrants, autocrats, and...
by Crush Endoposted: 19 Oct 2012
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Politics7
Here is the story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/08/broun_petition_science_bible/Here is the petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/house-science-committee-remove-rep-paul-brounPlease share and get this petition signed! This lunatic can not be allowed to influence government policy on science or anything else for that matter.
I was astonished to read this article in today's Sydney Morning Herald.http://www.smh.com.au/world/west-must-learn-to-respect-wishes-of-new-arab-leaders-20120928-26qmh.htm In a nutshell, he seems to be saying that Some new Arab Leaders don't like free speech.In some survey 43 per cent of Americans agree that...
by EODsplosionposted: 25 Sep 2012
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Politics47
I understand that civil rights are a pretty big deal in today's world. There is still a lot of prejudice against people of certain races, religions, non-heterosexual orientations, etc, but I'm curious about what the secular community thinks about the far future...
by skeptatheosposted: 14 Sep 2012
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What more do you feel can be done to bring - and encourage/defend - secularism, free-thinking, and rationalism to the Middle East & North Africa?I would like to cast a light on Maryam Namazie, and...
by SomersetJohnposted: 14 Sep 2012
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Politics31
David Cameron has made Mrs Warsi the minister for faith (and communities) in his reshuffle. Does this role have any place in our government, and even if the answer is yes (really?) is Warsi the...
by kelphis79posted: 26 Aug 2012
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Politics40
What can be done about a church that violates its requirment to stay out of the political realm? I read about a John Hagee Ministries(http://www.jhm.org/) which is a church located in San Antonio Texas....
