A flying saucer cult obsessed with cloning
During my years as an investigative reporter, the oddest religion story I covered involved a flying saucer cult’s attempt to clone a human baby in my hometown of Charleston, W.Va. The project was halted by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. The sect later claimed to have cloned a dozen babies around the world, but […]
Why Christianity is collapsing
We are living through a historic culture change that many of us oldsters weren’t sure would ever happen. Christianity is collapsing in Western democracies with astounding speed. The long-awaited Secular Age is rolling like a juggernaut. Freethought efforts finally are winning the day. Christianity remains strong in tropical places, where millions “speak in tongues” and […]
Our national secular voter campaign, white Christian nationalism and riveting blogs
Talk about a massively important voter awareness initiative. We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation have crafted a national secular voter campaign to emphasize that 75 million nonreligious adult Americans (nearly one-third of that population) are dedicated to the separation of state and religion — and are voting that way. The drive is honoring, in […]
Halloween special: the judiciary, Liberty University, Secular Day of the Dead & Ed Asner
As Halloween fast approaches, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is chasing off many unconstitutionally theocratic spectres. This includes shooing away religion from public education. That’s why we’ve filed a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief siding with the state of Maine in its refusal to use taxpayer money to fund religious education. “The state’s decision is […]
A good victory, inspiring life stories, a bad decision and an ugly conference
We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation were grappling with the good, the bad and the ugly this week.