FFRF sent a letter to the Board of Education of the West Bend Joint School District [West Bend, Wis.] in opposition to a proposal to form the Crossroads Academy charter …
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Day: November 22, 2010
Divine absurdity of religion: Ariana Allison
Scared, oblivious and brainwashed — that’s how most of the world has been living for centuries. Scared of death, oblivious to the facts around us and brainwashed by the stories …
The opiate of the people: Ankit Kaushik
“Religious suffering is, at the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a …
Baby steps outside religion’s cradle: Kaizad V. Raimalwala
This student received a $2,000 scholarship from FFRF. Clad in thin, white muslin cloth and a garland of freshly cut roses, I sat cross-legged, obedient yet oblivious, in front of …
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Doing good without the good book: By Meg Hourigan
There’s a lot for a godless, socialist-leaning, gay-loving, pro-choice, tree-hugging liberal arts student to be angry about these days. Cursed by a stubbornness and temper often attributed to an Irish …
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Which god don’t I believe in? By Ben Kegerise
I am an atheist. I do not hide it or skirt around the issue in conversation. I am not particularly outspoken, nor do I ever bring the subject up, but …
A secular to atheist conversion story
This student received a $300 scholarhsip. A lot of atheists can tell great stories about being raised in religious families, about adolescent moments of skepticism and dinner-table declarations of nonbelief. …
Why I am agnostic: Carly Pederson
When I was 16, my mother died in her sleep. Eight years of prayers, fasting and bargaining with God had not been enough to send her illness into remission. I …
Atheism in the face of beauty: Nick Parrott
As a rationalist, it is with no pride that I confess there was a time in my life when, while I didn’t believe in God per se, I was certainly …
