President Obama Finds Greatest Support Among Atheists and Jews
Posted by Tim Drake
Saturday, October 03, 2009 5:12 AM
Gallup’s Daily Tracking for the month of September found that 65% of American atheists, agnostics and nonreligious approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. The president finds his greatest support from nonreligious and American Jews.
64% of U.S. Jews approve of the job the president is doing. Two-thirds of white Jews (66%) approve of the job Obama is doing, compared with 44% of... READ MORE
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Dissing 'Ditchkins'
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:58 AM
Here’s a different take on what’s wrong with the arguments put forward against the Christian faith by prominent British atheists Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, a.k.a “Ditchkins”:
“Ditchkins thinks he’s rejecting it because of science. But I don’t think that is the focus. …You can say what you like about faith, but let’s get it right. It’s not about subscribing to some... READ MORE
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An Atheist Recants
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, April 17, 2009 12:53 PM
A.N. Wilson
British intellectual A.N. Wilson, by his own admission, was a member for many years of the company of smug mockers of religion that dominates Britain’s chattering classes.
Not any more.
Writing in Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, Wilson recounts why he has abandoned the trendy atheism of which he was formerly a prominent apostle.
Raised a Christian, Wilson’s faith weakened as he matured... READ MORE
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The Tyranny of the Godless
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:14 AM
There aren’t very many atheists in America, but they want to rule our roads.
A case now before the Tenth Circuit federal appeals court in Denver filed by the group American Atheists seeks to have roadside crosses, erected in Utah to memorialize state troopers who have died, declared illegal.
Arguments in the case were heard yesterday by the court. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed... READ MORE
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Imagine All the Buses
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:04 PM
Carl Olson has posted an amusing riposte to the silly international bus-ad campaign launched originally by British atheists.
Head over here to the Ignatius Insight Scoop blog for a chuckle at the expense of Richard Dawkins et al.
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Dead End: The Atheist Buses
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:54 PM
(British Humanist Association)
Why would anyone want to ride on an atheist bus? After all, atheists believe we’re all headed for nowhere.
It’s hard to resist making jokes like this about the international campaign by atheists to place large ads on the outside of buses. The ones on British buses are captioned, “There’s Probably No God — Now Stop Worrying and Enjoy Your Life.”
The bus campaigns actually have... READ MORE
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An Annoying Atheist
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:02 AM
Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Bible. (CNS)
Michael Newdow doesn’t care about everyone’s rights.
But the litigious California atheist is obsessed with imposing his own alleged “right,” and that of other atheists, to purge America’s public square of any references to religion.
Newdow is spearheading a lawsuit that seeks to remove references to God and religion from next month’s inaugural ceremony. According to CNN, Newdow and... READ MORE
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