Atheist Asked By Wolf Blitzer If She Thanked the Lord After OK Tornado Honored
What’s next for Rebecca Vitsmun?
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Should CNN Religion Writer Accept Award From Religious Advocacy Org?
The Becket Fund blesses Eric Marrapodi, co-editor of CNN’s Belief Blog.
Read MoreA Public Monument to Atheism—In Florida
If you can’t beat ’em…
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OK Woman Politely Declines to Thank the Lord; Atheists Unite
After a tornado victim reveals her atheism on CNN, an atheist campaign, led by a comedian, to help her family rebuild gains traction.
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No Room for Non-Theists at Boston Interfaith Service
“We made it exceedingly easy for the Governor’s staff to find us and include us, but they chose not to do so. The exclusion of non-theists today no doubt deepened the hurt the people in the non-theist community are feeling. What principle was served by our exclusion, I don’t begin to understand.”
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Eddie Izzard on Atheism, Transgender, and “The Invisible Bloke Upstairs”
“As soon as you say ‘non-theists,’ it’s a negative thing. We should call ourselves ‘people believers.’ We believe in the common sense and the good will of people.”
Read MoreAn Obituary for Right-Wing Evangelicalism?
Satirist and right-wing watcher Becky Garrison imagines a memorial for a movement.
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Jesus Died For This?
10 questions for the author of a new satire of American Christianity.
“Soul Freedom” versus “Christian Nation”: Exploring the Legacy of Roger Williams
Roger Williams was a 17th century theologian, rabble rouser, founder of the first Baptist church in America— and of the state of Rhode Island. His idea of “soul liberty” was in exact opposition to the idea, promoted by some Christian conservatives, that the U.S. is a “Christian nation.”
Read MoreBeck & Palin Rake in the 9/11 Cash
A list of charities to which they might donate the proceeds.
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