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Religion Dispatches
“I’m done waiting for mainstream media to cover nonreligious people and secular issues fairly and accurately,” says Sarah Levin , a woman who wears a number of hats in the institutional secular world…
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Religion Dispatches
I’m astounded by people who have the intellectual honesty, courage, and fortitude to examine their most deeply held beliefs. Not just examine, but challenge and reject beliefs that shape how their…
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Religion Dispatches
This week, amid Democratic victories in Georgia’s Senate runoffs and a Christian nationalist attempt to overturn former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory in November’s presidential election, the…
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Religion Dispatches
According to the data, among pro-choice and pro-LGBTQ equality voters, a candidate’s religious identity is virtually immaterial. Atheists have a good chance to gain seats in the coming years.
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I’m a black atheist who works in urban public schools of color that systematically funnel young people into juvenile jails and prisons. The school district I work in spends more on school police and…
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I always knew Santa was make-believe. My parents taught me Jesus was the reason for the season, God’s free gift to all who believe in him. They never lied to me about anything, including Santa Claus…
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The most outspoken non-believers have been antagonistic, bombastic, and sometimes profoundly embarrassing older white men.
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Religion Dispatches
Today is the National Day of Prayer in the United States, an annual day of observance that was formally established by Congress in 1952. The law that establishes a National Day of Prayer ( 36 U.S.C. §…
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Despite the clear animus of some high profile atheists, those who don’t believe in God are the most tolerant.
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Religion Dispatches
A few years ago, I gave up eggs and dairy for Lent. This wouldn’t have been a particularly weird thing to do were it not for the fact that I wasn’t raised Catholic—I was baptized in an Orthodox church…
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