Daylight Atheism – Freethought in the light of the sun

October 6, 2021 October 6, 2021 By Adam Lee0 Comments

The leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention defy, then grudgingly submit to, a demand that they reveal what they knew about sexual predators in the denomination.Read more

By James A. Haught The long-foreseen Secular Age is arriving at a gallop. Survey after survey finds snowballing increases of Americans who say their religion is none. The 2017 American Family Survey found that nones have climbed past one-third of U.S. adults the highest ratio yet tallied. These churchless people have become the nations largest faith category. Released in November by Brigham Young University, the nationwide poll found that 34 percent of respondents called themselves atheist, agnostic or nothingRead more

Commonwealth: A Novel of Utopia, part 3, chapter 4 Authors Note: This is an excerpt from my novel Commonwealth. The rest of todays installment is free, but only on my Patreon site. If you want to read the next part today, its already up on Patreon as well. You can sign up for as little as $1/month, or $2 for exclusive authors notes and behind-the-scenes material. Theres also a table of contents for all published chapters. The corridor led toRead more

The religious right has immunized themselves against empathy, but now were in the throes of a crisis where empathy is vital for survival.Read more

One of Americas oldest and wealthiest denominations is in terminal demographic decline.Read more

The Pacific Republics rescue team is found out.Read more

Answering more of the anti-vax, anti-mask, pro-COVID falsehoods from the rights echo chamber.Read more

By James A. Haught Many atheists also are progressive social justice warriors striving to make life better and more equal for everyone. They include Daylight Atheism contributor James Haught. Heres a chapter from his 2016 book, Hurrah for Liberals. Free speech and free press mean the same thing: the right to voice any beliefs or ideas, even unpopular ones orally or on paper without fear of being punished for it. Sometimes its called freedom of expression. Through history,Read more

Why private prisons are a moral stain on society.Read more

Answering some of the most common falsehoods, half-truths and conspiracies about COVID that run rampant on social media.Read more

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Daylight Atheism - Freethought in the light of the sun