Biblical religion seems obsessed by numbers. In the Old and New Testaments the word “thousand” occurs 470 times. Young’s Analytical Concordance to the Bible devotes four columns of fine print …
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The New Jersey chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation held its annual spring dinner and program on Sunday, May 5, 1996 in Morristown, New Jersey. The featured speaker for …
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its “In God We Trust” case. Robert Tiernan, Foundation counsel, filed the appeal on April 19, 1996. …
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“Why do we exist?” “Why does the world exist?” “Why is there something rather than nothing?” These “ultimate” or “cosmic” questions appear at the beginning of an article in the …
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Despite a principal’s vow that “There will be no Freethinker’s Club at Pelham High School,” an Alabama high school senior has succeeded in forming an alternative to a Christian club …
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My friend J. D. Chaves and I, seniors at Pelham High School, were walking down the main hallway–just as we had for the last 3 1/2 years. We talked about …
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This speech was presented at the annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Denver, Colorado, September 29, 1995, following presentation of the “Freethought Heroine” award to Katha Pollitt. …
This is excerpted from an address delivered to the New York Planned Parenthood on October 2, 1995 by Susan Hill, executive director of the National Women’s Health Organization. In the …
Ayoung friend recently acquired her first teaching job, as a third-grade teacher, in our rural school district. Starry-eyed and idealistic, she was bubbling about all of her glorious plans for …
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