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This piece was originally published on AlterNet. My follow-up to this piece is scheduled to be published early this week. I’ll say this clearly, right up front: The American Cancer Society did not explicitly reject a massive donation offer from a non-theistic organization on the basis of them being a non-theistic organization. That was not [...]
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Is Atheist Money Too Controversial for the American Cancer Society?
October 31st, 2011 
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Dream Diary, 10/29/11: The Sociology of Atheist Leadership
October 29th, 2011 Greta Christina I dreamed that a sociologist was analyzing the effectiveness of atheist leaders and writers, and was correlating this effectiveness with two factors: where they lived, and how much they paid in mortgage or rent. I ranked very high on this sociologist’s effectiveness scale, but was nevertheless outraged by this analysis, because (a) the two factors [...]
American Cancer Society and Foundation Beyond Belief: Documents
October 28th, 2011 Greta Christina I’m currently working on a follow-up to my recent piece on AlterNet about the American Cancer Society turning down the Foundation Beyond Belief’s request to participate with a national team in the ACS’s Relay for Life — and the $250,000 matching offer from the Todd Stiefel Foundation that would have come with it. I’ve received [...]
Promoting Evolution Considered “Dogmatic” — In University Biology Department
October 28th, 2011 Greta Christina There is so much that’s appallingly wrong in the story Jen McCreight tells here, I can’t even tell you. But here’s what makes me keep screaming and throwing fits. I’m more or less used to the idea that, in grade schools and high schools in the Midwest and South, teaching evolution is still controversial. I [...]
Fashion Friday: The Best Shoe Store Ever
October 28th, 2011 Greta Christina When we were in Boston earlier this year, Ingrid and I saw this plaque on/ near the Freedom Trail… and just about died laughing. For those who can’t see the picture, here’s what it says: D.L. MOODY CHRISTIAN EVANGELIST, FRIEND OF MAN, FOUNDER OF THE NORTHFIELD SCHOOLS WAS CONVERTED TO GOD IN A SHOE STORE [...]
From the Archives: “But Everyone Else Does It!” Andrew Brown and the Defense of the Catholic Church Child Rape Scandal
October 28th, 2011 Greta Christina Since I moved to the Freethought Blogs network, I have a bunch of new readers who aren’t familiar with my greatest hits from my old, pre-FTB blog. So I’m linking to some of them, about one a day, to introduce them to the new folks. Today’s archive treasure: “But Everyone Else Does It!” Andrew Brown [...]
Why I Do What I Do
October 27th, 2011 Greta Christina In case anyone is wondering why I do the work that I do, I direct you to this comment, posted by Brad in response to my piece How Religion Contorts Morality: Respected Theologian Defends Genocide and Infanticide. Hmm, I don’t think “Enjoy!” is quite the right tone for your link to the original article Extremely [...]
Greta Speaking in Seattle and D.C., Nov. 3 and Nov. 12
October 27th, 2011 Greta Christina Hi, all! I have some nifty speaking gigs coming up, and I wanted to let you know about them. I’m going to be speaking in Seattle on Thursday Nov. 3 to the Secular Student Union of the U of W, and in Washington D.C. on Saturday Nov. 12 at the Center For Inquiry DC Fifth [...]
From the Archives: How Religion Contorts Morality: Respected Theologian Defends Genocide and Infanticide
October 27th, 2011 Greta Christina Since I moved to the Freethought Blogs network, I have a bunch of new readers who aren’t familiar with my greatest hits from my old, pre-FTB blog. So I’m linking to some of them, about one a day, to introduce them to the new folks. Today’s archive treasure: How Religion Contorts Morality: Respected Theologian Defends [...]
Echo Chamber or Picking Fights: Atheists Just Can’t Win
October 26th, 2011 Greta Christina If atheists spend time in religious public forums, and engage with religious believers… we’re picking fights. And if atheists don’t engage with religious believers, and spend most or all of our time with other atheists — we’re living in an echo chamber. Is there any way we can win? There was a recent piece in [...]
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