Posted on September 30th, 2009 by DailyAtheist
Philadelphia - George Kalman decided to name his new film company Hell Productions, LLC. His corporate filing was rejected because:
A business name “may not contain words that constitute blasphemy, profane cursing or swearing or that profane the Lord’s name.” ~ Pennsylvania Department of State
Read the full article on NYTimes.com
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Posted on September 29th, 2009 by DailyAtheist
Tomorrow is International Blasphemy Day. The intent is to promote the concept that religion should be able to be subjected to the same scrutiny, and even ridicule, as any other topic. It’s a matter of free speech. The objective is not to insult or degrade others or their religion. Rather, it is to call attention to what is [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2009 by DailyAtheist
International Blasphemy Day is not just a day. It is a movement to dismantle the wall which exists between religion and criticism. The objective of International Blasphemy Day is to open up all religious beliefs to the same level of free inquiry, discussion and criticism to which all other areas of academic interest are subjected. [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2009 by DailyAtheist
At last check, intimations of mortality had not been banished from the human mind—the Grim Reaper still stalks our thoughts. Nor have our brain circuits shaken their habit of perceiving patterns in chaos, such as seeing the face of Jesus in a piece of burned toast; imagining the invisible hand of a supernatural agent in [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2009 by DailyAtheist
Camp Quest is the first residential summer camp in the history of the United States for the children of Atheists, Freethinkers, Humanists, Brights, or whatever other terms might be applied to those who hold to a naturalistic, not supernatural world view.
The purpose of Camp Quest is to provide children of freethinking parents a residential summer [...]
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