September 2022 - Atheists for Liberty

With Richard Dawkins in the Galapagos Islands – Part One: Quito and Baltra

September 26, 2022 by Kristine Harley in Opinion

In May of 2007 I went with the Center for Inquiry on one of their cruises, with the express purpose of meeting Richard Dawkins and Paul Kurtz. Unfortunately, Paul was unable to make this cruise so Eddie Tabash came in his place. (I was to meet Paul later at a conference.) The title of this […]

The Secular Right Isn’t Really New…

September 20, 2022 by Roling Kaloti in Opinion

I remember when the whole concept of a conservative, or at least right-leaning atheist, came across as a foreign concept. Back in 2014, the non profit organization American Atheists was disinvited from CPAC, which was the topic of a few opinion columns discussing how unwilling conservatives have been to accepting atheists. It’s ironic that nowadays […]

Loosening My Bible Belt

September 6, 2022 by Bryon Gray in Opinion

Who do you believe is crazier? The pastors who handle venomous snakes in church houses, or the guy they get to catch those snakes in the woods? Imagine if you will, being five years old, holding the lid open to the cooler your dad puts those snakes in, and he is depending on you to […]

Atheists Should Have No Secular Devil

September 5, 2022 by Kristine Harley in Opinion

There’s a saying: “Don’t think of a pink elephant.” In other words, what one resists can dominate and even control one’s mind, making the action a person wishes not to do the action that person ultimately does. Religious believers often use this accusation against atheists. We allegedly “resist” or “deny” a belief in God, therefore […]