“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation,” wrote Bacon, “but superstition dismounts all these.”

“I do not believe in any revealed religion. I will have nothing to do with your immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without the absurdity of speculating upon another.”

His novella “The Eward of Virtue” included a description of the Last Supper for which Strindberg was charged with blasphemy. He was acquitted in spite of some passages that were virulently anti-Christian.

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 I’ll Pray For You A Reflection […]

Don’t long for the Golden Age of Freethought. The Golden Age is now!

I hope nobody stops the EMT and says, “Wait, let’s pray first!”

I was running through the Yahoo Buzz today. I know what you may be thinking; "Why would you browse through that low brow commentary troll ground?". Well, I admit, I am addicted to the abuse. Yahoo Buzz is a cess pool of hatred, ignorance, and religious dogma enough to rival right wing rant sites such […]

Hamilton wrote, "The bible teaches that a father may sell his daughter for a slave, that he may sacrifice her purity to a mob, and that he may murder her, and still be a good father and a holy man."

The error was corrected from within the scientific community, so there is no cause for gloating from Creationists, who apparently believe, based on Genesis, that night and day were created before the sun was and the earth was created before the stars were.

Andrew Carnegie says Watt was a Deist and never attended church.