One of the exciting long-term programs of the Foundation Beyond Belief is the development of the Humanist Service Corps to undertake projects around the world to help solve vexing problems in local communities ranging from access to clean water to greater justice and respect for human rights. The first step in that development is the …
Category Archive: Unbelief
Apr 09 2013
Another Case of Anti-Atheist Discrimination
And we have yet another case of discrimination against atheists. At almost exactly the same time as an Oklahoma BBQ joint threw Camp Quest out of their restaurant after agreeing to do a fundraiser with them because they are atheists, Shelley Segal was forced to change venues for a show for the same reason in …
Apr 09 2013
Roger Ebert’s Predictable Death
Roger Ebert died last week. Given his long and serious illness, this could not have come as a shock to anyone and it certainly did not come as a surprise to him. He knew it was coming, likely sooner rather than later, and he wrote less than two years ago about his inevitable demise.
Apr 08 2013
Camp Quest Discriminated Against in Oklahoma
As you may have heard by now, Camp Quest Oklahoma was thrown out of a fundraiser that they had arranged at a BBQ joint called Oklahoma Joe’s. Dave Muscato, PR Director for American Atheists, spoke to the organizers of the event and has the details in that Reddit thread:
Apr 08 2013
Skeptic’s Annotated Bible — In Hardcopy!
If you’re like me, you’ve probably used the The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible as a resource about a thousand times. Well guess what? Now they’ve released a hardcover edition of it, one that looks very much like a regular reference Bible. This is a very cool project and very useful. A must-have for anyone who engages …
Apr 05 2013
Innocence Project of Texas Gets FBB Grant
The Foundation Beyond Belief has announced its grant recipients for the second quarter of 2013 and I’m very happy to note that one of the recipients is the Innocence Project of Texas (Disclaimer: I am the Media Relations Coordinator for FBB, but have no input into which groups get grants). Longtime readers of this blog …
Mar 31 2013
Atheist Discrimination at the Post Office?
A German company that makes shoes for atheists — yeah, I don’t really get the connection either — noticed that a lot of the packages they sent to customers in the United States were getting lost in the mail, so they decided to do a little experiment and found that packages marked with tape that …
Mar 30 2013
CNN’s Story on Todd Stiefel
Dan Merica of CNN’s Belief Blog did a story about Todd Stiefel, the young philanthropist from North Carolina who supports many worthy secular, atheist and humanist causes. The headline calls him the “money man behind atheism’s activism,” but he’s much more than that. He’s really become an important leader and thinker as well.
Mar 29 2013
Support ReasonFest, Get a Book
ReasonFest, the second largest free conference for atheists and skeptics, is coming up in April and they could use some help with the fundraising. So I’ve decided to help out and offer some books to those who donate $25 or more. I get sent so many books that I’ll probably never have time to read …
Mar 28 2013
Join the Foundation Beyond Belief
As you probably know, I am the media relations coordinator for the Foundation Beyond Belief. We’re holding a membership drive through April 7 and I strongly encourage everyone to join FBB. Your help will help fund and bring attention to an organization that puts humanist principles into practice all over the world. So join now!
Mar 24 2013
Company Settles Religious Discrimination Case
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has agreed to a settlement with Voss Lighting, an Oklahoma company that actively discriminated against non-Christians in their hiring. The facts of this case are about as blatant a violation as one can imagine:
Mar 20 2013
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before…
Johnnie Moore is the vice president of Liberty University, which tells you pretty much all you need to know about him. This ridiculous Fox News column tells you the rest. He trots out the old “atheism is a religion” argument, but starts by pretending that a recent debate actually means something:
Mar 18 2013
Cardinal George: Secularism Leads to Persecution of Catholics
Tim Drake tracks down the original source for a quote that has been circulating for a few years, usually attributed to Chicago Cardinal Francis George, that predicts anti-Catholic persecution. He confirmed with George that the quote is accurate and that he’s not backing down from it. Here’s what the cardinal told him about what he’d …
Mar 17 2013
A Nate Phelps Profile
There’s a profile of Nate Phelps in the Telegraph, much of which is probably familiar to many of you. But there are a few things in there I didn’t know. I knew that his father Fred had done some civil rights work in the 50s and 60s, and I assumed he’d just become a terrible …
Mar 17 2013
Freeper Has Blueprint to Convert Atheists
A poster on Free Republic, maybe the craziest wingnut site on the net, has the perfect plan to talk to atheists, especially of the ex-Mormon variety (for some reason). Like Ray Comfort, he likes to invent conversations with straw atheists to make his point seem much stronger:
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