Freethought: Scientific pursuit of the truth.

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • Nov 30 '15

The dynamics of Christian Terrorism

2.2k Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Oct 29 '12

Vikings punter Chris Kluwe featured in AHA advertisement: "The First Amendment isn't just about the freedom FOR religion, it's also about the freedom FROM religion...I will support your right to worship at whatever altar you choose, but I will not support you trying to force it on someone else"

732 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Jul 31 '12

CNN has an article from a Christian pastor explaining where his god was during the Aurora CO theater shootings. This is the first comment in reply...and it's fucking brilliant

637 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Oct 12 '12

Joe Biden gets the separation of church and state: "Life begins at conception. That's the [Catholic] church's judgment. I accept it in my personal life. But I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews and -- I just refuse to impose that on others, unlike [Paul Ryan]"

572 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/undercurrents • May 09 '12

Delta pulls 'Daily Show' ads over 'vagina manger' skit: Stewart to Christians Offended by Skit: "I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance,"

religion.blogs.cnn.com

565 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Sep 08 '15

George Takei on Kim Davis -- "If she had denied marriage certificates to an interracial couple [based on her religious beliefs], would people cheer her? Would presidential candidates flock to her side? In our society, we obey civil laws, not religious ones."

563 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • Jul 08 '16

Law school students draft letter to their professor who wore a "Black Lives Matter" shirt. The professor dissects their argument and applies logic and reason to explain the dynamics at play.

532 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Jun 22 '12

Jesse Ventura, former governor of Minnesota: "I've come out of the closet now: I'm an atheist. And I'm proud to say it. I'm a follower of George Carlin."

525 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mlappy • Jul 04 '17

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has a brutal theory of how America went wrong over the past 30 years: "America had 13 wars, spending $14.2 trillion ... no matter how good your strategy is you're supposed to spend money on your own people.."

independent.co.uk

520 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • Nov 28 '18

Michael Moore sarcastically slams Christians on Facebook: "Rather than putting ‘Christ’ back in ‘Christmas,’ I’d settle for putting ‘Christ’ back in ‘Christians.'”

512 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Nov 18 '12

Drunk-driving teen in Oklahoma sentenced to 10 years of church attendance as part of his probation

508 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/undercurrents • Aug 24 '12

Meet the Members of the Congressional Science Committee Who Don't Get Science

482 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Mar 11 '14

Neil deGrasse Tyson tells CNN: Stop giving "equal time to the flat Earthers" -- "Science is not there for you to cherry pick"

464 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Jan 25 '17

Thanks to Trump, Scientists Are Planning to Run For Office

theatlantic.com

432 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Aug 06 '12

GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party -- A veteran Republican says the religious right has taken over, and turned his party into anti-intellectual nuts; "All around us now is a prevailing anti-intellectualism and hostility to science"

431 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Jul 29 '12

Christian school rejects 3-year-old because parents are gay; the school will receive more than $60,000 in federal tax dollars this school year

408 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Mar 14 '13

National Catholic Reporter: There are now 22 million ex-Catholics in America, the largest of any religion. One in three Americans raised Catholic has left the church. For every one member the church adds, it loses four.

401 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • Jul 07 '17

Study finds that children raised without religion show more empathy and kindness; those with religion are less altruistic.

news.uchicago.edu

396 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Dec 21 '12

American Atheists is suing the IRS, claiming that it gives preferential treatment to religious groups

396 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Jan 05 '15

The Wall Street Journal refused to publish Lawrence Krauss' response to their December 26 editorial piece "Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God." Read it here -- "Religious arguments for the existence of God thinly veiled as scientific arguments do a disservice to both science and religion"

richarddawkins.net

385 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/undercurrents • Mar 27 '12

A missionary's experience with a tribe who define happiness without a god (best article quote: I repeated, “Who made the trees and who made the water?” He answered, “Nobody made the trees and nobody made the water; they’re just trees and water.”) Missionary became atheist.

385 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/MikeyMRFF • Oct 02 '12

U.S. Army suicide prevention sessions lead to forced "mass Christian prayer," soldiers furious

huffingtonpost.com

381 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/CharlieDarwin2 • Feb 08 '15

Total subsidy to religion is about $71 billion. We should start taxing churches.

washingtonpost.com

379 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/mepper • Jul 01 '14

George Takei: "Hobby Lobby is not a church. It’s a business. Businesses must and should be required to comply with neutrally crafted laws of general applicability. We are a nation that respects religious beliefs, but also the right not to have those beliefs imposed upon you by others."

allegiancemusical.com

379 Upvotes

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • Jul 27 '20

Fact-Checking John Oliver Rips Fox News for Misleading Portland Protest Coverage - On Last Week Tonight, Oliver called out Sean Hannity for his inaccurate framing of the unrest, while also criticizing CNN for what it decided to censor.

374 Upvotes