A JUNK-science “documentary” which screams out for “intelligent design” to be given – at the very least – a status equal to that of evolutionary science has pissed off a great number of people since its release in the US earlier this year.
Most lately, the movie – a kind of porno for gibbering fundie [...]
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WE at the Freethinker deplore gratuitous intrusions into people lives, and interference with their lifestyle choices.
If, for example, a prominent politician or a captain of industry – or even a Roman Catholic archbishop – is found thrashing about naked with two latex-clad ladyboys in a tub full of warm, buttered linguini, that’s his business, and [...]
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WRITING notes to God is, of course, the adult equivalent of kids haranguing Santa for a Nintendo Wii – but if you’ve got your sights set on the White House, you have to go with the superstitious flow, and “do” God with a vengeance.
Which is precisely what Barack Obama did last week when he [...]
IN APRIL we reported on the case of a young atheist soldier – Specialist Jeremy Hall – who filed a lawsuit against American Department of Defence. Hall alleged that, as a result of “coming out” as an atheist while on active duty in Iraq, he was harassed and reviled, and that his constitutional rights had [...]
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HERE’S another tale for the You Couldn’t Make It Up archives: a 36-year-old Wiccan woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot while giving thanks … for a run of good luck.
Katherine Gunther, of Lebanon, Indiana, pierced her left foot with the sword while performing the rite at Oak Hill Cemetery.
According to Worldwide Religious News, Gunther [...]
WELL, on P Z Myers Pharyngula’s site, at any rate.
However, we expect the howls of outrage over what he finally did to the Body of Christ (in the form of the Eucharist) will continue ricocheting around the internet for many weeks to come.
You will remember that Myers – in the wake of reports that a [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
