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Lighting a candle in toxic air.
2011-05-28
May 28: Corliss Lamont

Supernatural entities simply do not exist... [O]ur cosmos does not possess a supernatural and eternal God... As science advances, belief in divine miracles and the efficacy of prayer becomes fainter and fainter.

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2011-05-27
May 27: Harlan Ellison

Look, I'm an atheist. People say to me, do you believe in God? No, I don't believe in God... I have to have some proof of something.

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2011-05-26
May 26: Alse Young Executed for Witchcraft

Alse Young (1647): First American Execution for Witchcraft It was on this date, May 26, 1647, that the first witch was hanged in America for the crime of witchcraft. Alse Young was arrested, tried for this capital offense in Windsor, Connecticut, and hanged at Meeting House Square in Hartford, on what is now the site […]

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2011-05-25
May 25: Pope Gregory VII

The end of his life was the beginning the most morally loose period in the history of Europe – now mythologized as the "Age of Chivalry."

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2011-05-25
May 25: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson rejected the idea of personal immortality and repudiated even the amorphous Unitarian God, believing instead in a vaguely Pantheistic Over-Soul.

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2011-05-25
May 25: Ian McKellen

"God, if She exists, isn't really a part of my life."

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2011-05-23
May 23: Dante Alighieri

This "great Catholic poet" – you might as well call him the only great Catholic poet – rejected or ignored much of the theology of his church.

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2011-05-20
When Jesus Comes: My Rapture

The following is a commentary in an ongoing series of “Reflections” by John Mill. John Mill is the radio persona of Ronald Bruce Meyer and can be heard on “American Heathen.” “The American Heathen” Internet radio broadcast is aired, live, on Friday nights from 7:00pm-10:00pm Central time on ShockNetRadio.com When Jesus Comes: My Rapture A […]

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2011-05-20
May 20: Honoré de Balzac

Sometimes ironically called "the Christ of Modern Art," his drastic Rationalism pervades all Balzac’s work.

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2011-05-19
May 19: Executed for Adultery

The Catholic Church has been hypocritical in its position on divorce and adultery.

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The Week in Freethought History (September 23-29)

Here’s your Week in Freethought History: This is more than just a calendar of events or mini-biographies – it’s a reminder that, no matter how isolated and alone we may feel at times, we as freethinkers are neither unique nor alone in the world. Last Sunday, September 23, but in 1970, American folk-rock recording artist […]



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