Pastafarian Wears Colander as Hat in DMV Photo
America is the land of the free, the kind of country where you can wear a colander on your head and call it religious headgear. That's not a joke—there has been a Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster...
View Article'Godless' Churches Open Doors
Apparently, atheists are yearning for their crack at potluck dinners and picnics: There's no church in the traditional sense, and no steeple, but what opened its doors in Rochester, NY, this past...
View ArticleAtheists Banned From Public Office in 7 States
If you're an atheist living in Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Texas, you're technically not allowed to hold public office. Those states have articles in...
View ArticleAtheist Suing Over Denial of 'IM GOD' License Plate
Bennie L. Hart wants to drive around with a license plate declaring "IM GOD" not because he truly believes he's God—he's actually an atheist—but because he wants to show "that it's impossible to...
View ArticleAlmost Everyone Thinks Atheists Are the Worst
When given a hypothetical scenario describing a fictional character who progresses from torturing animals as a child to murdering homeless people as an adult, most people assume that this person is an...
View ArticleEinstein's 'God Letter' Fetches Ungodly Price
Albert Einstein didn't hold back in his famous 1954 "God letter," which fetched nearly $3 million at a Christie's auction Tuesday. "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product...
View ArticleSchool Shouldn't Have Barred Child With Atheist Parents: Judge
It began with a dispute over classroom holiday decorations and ended with a preschool keeping a student's registration "hostage to a demand." That's according to a judge on the BC Human Rights Tribunal...
View ArticleHarvard's New Chief Chaplain Is an Atheist
In best-selling book Good Without God , Greg Epstein argues that belief in a higher being is not a mandatory requirement for leading a good, moral life. It's also not a requirement for becoming chief...
View ArticleThe 'Nones' Are the 'Small but Mighty' Group Voting for Dems
When members of the small Pennsylvania chapter of Secular Democrats of America log on for their monthly meetings, they're not there for a virtual happy hour. "We don't sit around at our meetings...
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