In celebration of her life, a memorial service was held for Carol Faulkenberry on May 11, 2002 in the auditorium at Lake Hypatia Freethought Hall, Alabama Freethought Association. The 25 …
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Even before I got into the fire service, I had long purged myself of the self-righteous evangelistic rhetoric that had dripped on me from the pulpits throughout my youth. I …
More » from Atheists in Foxholes: Post Hoc Miracles by Bruce Monson (June/July 2002)
If You Can Read This, You Are Too Close . . . Submitted by Bob & Lora Attwood, of Colorado. We Don’t Like It Matt Hughes, a member of the …
The recently exposed scandals involving sexual exploitation of minors by Catholic priests have exploded in the American press as though it were new information. Long ago, ‘way back in 1986, …
More » from Many Years Ago . . . We Told You So by Annie Laurie Gaylor (June/July 2002)
In downtown Indianapolis, there’s a beautiful old European-style brick and stone building called the Athenaeum. Today many people work out in the gym, enjoy a show at the cabaret theater …
More » from The Turners, Forty-eighters and Freethinkers by Maria Gascho (June/July 2002)
It is commonly said there are no atheists in a foxhole, that fear of death terrifies a skeptic into believing in God. I was unexpectedly forced into this situation when …
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Priest helps run CUNY. The New York Senate in mid-April confirmed a priest and top church administrator as a City of University New York trustee, despite opposition to his stands …
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. That’s …
It was a Sunday around 10 a.m. when our engine company was dispatched to a possible seizure at a Baptist church in our district. We arrived to find several frantic …
