It is an exciting time to be an atheist in Kamloops, British Columbia. On May 17, the Daily News in Kamloops announced, “The Atheists Are Coming, The Atheists Are Coming“! Not anymore, they’ve arrived to join and celebrate Imagine No Religion 3 with the Kamloops atheists. The Daily News article … Continue reading
Jesus and Mo Wednesday
stupid Of course you’re not stupid. You just say a lot of really stupid things.
No “Faith in Our Future”!
The Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) wants to keep religious faith in the Ontario education system, at least in the portion of the system it controls. The campaign slogan, Faith in Our Future, has multiple meanings: it reflects the central role that faith plays in our schools now and … Continue reading
HWDSB Supports One Ontario School System
Civil Rights in Public Education, Inc (CRIPE) sent out an email today containing good news, very good news: The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board has adopted a resolution calling for a single, publicly funded school system CRIPE’s email directs readers to a Hamilton News article that gives detailed information: … Continue reading
The Persecuted and The Sainted
Pope Francis has confirmed that saint making is political and propagandist. On Sunday, May 13, Francis rescued 800 people from obscurity by making them saints: The 800 were killed in 1480 in the siege of Otranto, on the south-eastern Adriatic, by Ottoman Turks who sacked the city, killed its archbishop … Continue reading
Atheism For Dummies
AtheismTV presents The Infidel Special Report: Atheism For Dummies and an interview with the author, Dale McGowan. To buy the book, go to http://tinyurl.com/AtheismForDummies (By buying the book here you help AtheismTV!) Find out more about Dale McGowan, his talks and his workshops at his website. ——— The Infidel; News … Continue reading
Join A Secular Alliance
The Canadian Secular Alliance is actively seeking the involvement of more Canadians who support our objective of church-state separation. The CSA is a voluntary organization of Canadian citizens that holds the position that religions (belief systems allegedly derived from celestial and invisible and scientifically undetectable supernatural entities) are not essential … Continue reading
An Atheist Census for Canada
Atheist Freethinkers would like a count of how many Canadians are atheists. So “Be Counted!” in Atheist Census Canada: Please participate in our Atheist Census Canada. Having been initially launched in Quebec, our census now extends to all of Canada. You can be counted anonymously as an atheist in Canada … Continue reading
March for Life
It is reasonable to assume that people would not object to a rally or a march organized to save or defend human life. The Protest Against Bangladeshi Blasphemy Laws is one good example. However, the rhetoric around today’s National March For Life on Parliament Hill and through downtown Ottawa is … Continue reading
Petition Reminder
On April 8, I posted on the petition to encourage the Ontario Legislature to adopt legislation to establish a single, non-sectarian, publicly funded school system made up of English and French language school boards. The petition campaign for “One Publicly-Funded School System in Ontario” will end soon and so … Continue reading