Posted at thenewsleaders.com August Berkshire, President Minnesota Atheists, Minneapolis Ron Scarbro claims “One of the tenets of Christianity, thankfully, is tolerance.” He then spends the rest of his column berating atheists and pagans. (Newsleaders, Sartell, Opinions, “So this is Christmas – peace and goodwill to all!” Dec. 12). Christmas is Read more
by George Kane Thanksgiving, we all learned in school, was created as a national exercise in piety and acknowledgment of the beneficence of God. This year we awoke on Thanksgiving Day to news of acts of extreme evil which religious fanaticism has made so familiar. It began nearly three days Read more
by Vic Tanner Recently an ancient bowl with the engraving, “DIA CHRSTOU O GOISTAIS,” or “Christ the Magician” was found at a sunken archaeological site off the coast of Alexandria. Most intriguing wasn’t the bowl itself, but a collection of scrolls that were found near it. Once translated, it was Read more
by Bjorn Watland On a crisp November evening at the University of Minnesota, a surprisingly large crowd gathered in a basement auditorium to hear from Sunsara Taylor, an unapologetic Revolutionary Communist and militant atheist. Hearing the views of a communist isn’t as shocking as it may be in other arenas Read more
by James Zimmerman ‘Tis the season again. Atheists, free thinkers, and other assorted non-Christians purposely sit out the most over-blown religious holiday of the year. Some are passionate in their non-participation; others simply watch the procession from the sidelines. While some have pointed out the incongruity of an ostensibly secular Read more