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Al-Maʿarri
Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri was a blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer.
Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri was a blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer.
American Atheists
American Atheists is an organization in the United States dedicated to defending the civil liberties of atheists and advocating for the complete separation of church and state.
American Atheists is an organization in the United States dedicated to defending the civil liberties of atheists and advocating for the complete separation of church and state.
Annie Laurie Gaylor
Annie Laurie Gaylor is co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and, with her husband Dan Barker, is the current co-president.
Annie Laurie Gaylor is co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and, with her husband Dan Barker, is the current co-president.
Anti-clericalism
Anti-clericalism is a historical movement that opposes the clergy for reasons including their actual or alleged power and influence in all aspects of public and political life and their involvem...
Anti-clericalism is a historical movement that opposes the clergy for reasons including their actual or alleged power and influence in all aspects of public and political life and their involvem...
Atheist Alliance International
Atheist Alliance International is an alliance of 58 atheist organizations around the world, 46 of which are located in the United States.
Atheist Alliance International is an alliance of 58 atheist organizations around the world, 46 of which are located in the United States.
August Siemering
August Siemering (1828 – 1883), was a notable German Texan educator, writer, publisher and political leader.
August Siemering (1828 – 1883), was a notable German Texan educator, writer, publisher and political leader.
Bettina, Texas
Bettina is a vanished community founded in 1847 as part of the Fisher-Miller Land Grant.
Bettina is a vanished community founded in 1847 as part of the Fisher-Miller Land Grant.
Boston Investigator
The Boston Investigator was the first American newspaper dedicated to the philosophy of freethought.
The Boston Investigator was the first American newspaper dedicated to the philosophy of freethought.
Charles Knowlton
Charles Knowlton was an American physician, atheist and writer.
Charles Knowlton was an American physician, atheist and writer.
Dan Barker
Dan Barker (born June 25, 1949) is a prominent American atheist activist who served as a Christian preacher and musician for 19 years but left Christianity in 1984.
Dan Barker (born June 25, 1949) is a prominent American atheist activist who served as a Christian preacher and musician for 19 years but left Christianity in 1984.
David Fitzgerald (author)
David Fitzgerald is an American author, public speaker, historical researcher, and atheist activist.
David Fitzgerald is an American author, public speaker, historical researcher, and atheist activist.
David Tribe
David Harold Tribe (born 1931) is a leading secularist and humanist.
David Harold Tribe (born 1931) is a leading secularist and humanist.
Did Christians Steal Christmas?
Did Christians Steal Christmas? is a 32 page 2007 booklet written by Robert Stovold and published by the National Secular Society (ISBN 978-0-903752-05-3).
Did Christians Steal Christmas? is a 32 page 2007 booklet written by Robert Stovold and published by the National Secular Society (ISBN 978-0-903752-05-3).
Edwin Kagin
Edwin Frederick Kagin, J.D., is an attorney at law in Union, Kentucky, and a founder of Camp Quest, the first secular summer camp in the United States for the children of secularists, atheists, ...
Edwin Frederick Kagin, J.D., is an attorney at law in Union, Kentucky, and a founder of Camp Quest, the first secular summer camp in the United States for the children of secularists, atheists, ...
Eugen Relgis
Eugen D. Relgis was a Romanian writer, pacifist philosopher and anarchist militant, known as a theorist of humanitarianism.
Eugen D. Relgis was a Romanian writer, pacifist philosopher and anarchist militant, known as a theorist of humanitarianism.
Free Inquiry
Free Inquiry is a bi-monthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary published by the Council for Secular Humanism, which is part of the Center for Inquiry.
Free Inquiry is a bi-monthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary published by the Council for Secular Humanism, which is part of the Center for Inquiry.
Freethought
Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds opinions should be formed on the basis of science, logic, and reason, and should not be influenced by authority, tradition, or other dogmas.
Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds opinions should be formed on the basis of science, logic, and reason, and should not be influenced by authority, tradition, or other dogmas.
Freethought Day
Freethought Day is October 12th, the annual observance by freethinkers and secularists of the anniversary of the effective end of the Salem Witch Trials.
Freethought Day is October 12th, the annual observance by freethinkers and secularists of the anniversary of the effective end of the Salem Witch Trials.
Godless Americans March on Washington
The Godless Americans March on Washington (GAMOW) occurred on the National Mall in Washington, DC on November 2, 2002 with the participation of many atheists, freethinkers, agnostics and humanists.
The Godless Americans March on Washington (GAMOW) occurred on the National Mall in Washington, DC on November 2, 2002 with the participation of many atheists, freethinkers, agnostics and humanists.
Golden Age of Freethought
The Golden Age of Freethought describes the socio-political movement promoting freethought that developed in the mid 19th-century United States.
The Golden Age of Freethought describes the socio-political movement promoting freethought that developed in the mid 19th-century United States.
Hans Martin Sutermeister
Hans Martin Sutermeister was a Swiss physician and medical writer, politician, and activist against miscarriages of justice.
Hans Martin Sutermeister was a Swiss physician and medical writer, politician, and activist against miscarriages of justice.
History of atheism
Although the term atheism originated in the sixteenth century – based on Ancient Greek ἄθεος "godless, denying the gods, ungodly" – and open admission to positive atheism in modern times was not...
Although the term atheism originated in the sixteenth century – based on Ancient Greek ἄθεος "godless, denying the gods, ungodly" – and open admission to positive atheism in modern times was not...
Humanism
Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view, or practice that focuses on human values and concerns, attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view, or practice that focuses on human values and concerns, attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
Ibn al-Rawandi
Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Rawandi (ابو الحسن احمد بن یحیی بن اسحاق راوندی, أبو الحسن أحمد بن يحيى بن إسحاق الراوندي), commonly known as Ibn al-Rawandi (ابن راوندی; born 827...
Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Rawandi (ابو الحسن احمد بن یحیی بن اسحاق راوندی, أبو الحسن أحمد بن يحيى بن إسحاق الراوندي), commonly known as Ibn al-Rawandi (ابن راوندی; born 827...
Infidel
Infidel is a pejorative name used in certain religions - especially Christianity or Islam - for one who has no religious beliefs, or who doubts or rejects the central tenets of the particular re...
Infidel is a pejorative name used in certain religions - especially Christianity or Islam - for one who has no religious beliefs, or who doubts or rejects the central tenets of the particular re...
Invisible Pink Unicorn
The Invisible Pink Unicorn is the goddess of a parody religion used to satirize theistic beliefs, taking the form of a unicorn that is paradoxically both invisible and pink.
The Invisible Pink Unicorn is the goddess of a parody religion used to satirize theistic beliefs, taking the form of a unicorn that is paradoxically both invisible and pink.
J. M. Robertson
John Mackinnon Robertson (14 November 1856 – 5 January 1933) was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tynesi...
John Mackinnon Robertson (14 November 1856 – 5 January 1933) was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tynesi...
Jim Herrick
Jim Herrick (born 1944) is a British Humanist and secularist.
Jim Herrick (born 1944) is a British Humanist and secularist.
Jim Lippard
James Joseph Lippard (born 1965) is an American skeptic and activist freethinker who has written and spoken widely.
James Joseph Lippard (born 1965) is an American skeptic and activist freethinker who has written and spoken widely.
John M. Robertson
John Mackinnon Robertson was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918.
John Mackinnon Robertson was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918.
John William Gott
John William Gott was the last person in Britain to be sent to prison for blasphemy.
John William Gott was the last person in Britain to be sent to prison for blasphemy.
Julieta Lanteri
Julieta Lanteri (March 22, 1873 — February 25, 1932) was an Italian Argentine physician, leading freethinker, and activist for women's rights in Argentina as well as for social reform generally.
Julieta Lanteri (March 22, 1873 — February 25, 1932) was an Italian Argentine physician, leading freethinker, and activist for women's rights in Argentina as well as for social reform generally.
Keith Porteous Wood
Keith Porteous Wood is the Executive Director, formerly General Secretary, of the National Secular Society in the United Kingdom, a position he has held since 1996.
Keith Porteous Wood is the Executive Director, formerly General Secretary, of the National Secular Society in the United Kingdom, a position he has held since 1996.
Louis Appignani
Louis Appignani, (born March 30, 1933, in Manhattan, New York City), is an entrepreneur and philanthropist from Miami, Florida.
Louis Appignani, (born March 30, 1933, in Manhattan, New York City), is an entrepreneur and philanthropist from Miami, Florida.
Marshall Gauvin
Marshall Gauvin was a notable author and speaker in the Freethought movement.
Marshall Gauvin was a notable author and speaker in the Freethought movement.
Muhammad al Warraq
Abu Issa Muhammad ibn Harun al-Warraq (أبو عيسى محمد ابن هارون الوراق) was a ninth century skeptical scholar and critic of Islam.
Abu Issa Muhammad ibn Harun al-Warraq (أبو عيسى محمد ابن هارون الوراق) was a ninth century skeptical scholar and critic of Islam.
New Atheism
New Atheism is the name given to the ideas promoted by a collection of 21st-century atheist writers who have advocated the view that "religion should not simply be tolerated but should be counte...
New Atheism is the name given to the ideas promoted by a collection of 21st-century atheist writers who have advocated the view that "religion should not simply be tolerated but should be counte...
New Humanist
New Humanist is a monthly magazine published by the Rationalist Association in the UK. It has been in print for 125 years; starting out life as Watts's Literary Guide, founded by C. A. Watts...
New Humanist is a monthly magazine published by the Rationalist Association in the UK. It has been in print for 125 years; starting out life as Watts's Literary Guide, founded by C. A. Watts...
Nontheist Friend
A nontheist Friend or an atheist Quaker is someone who affiliates with, identifies with, engages in and/or affirms Quaker practices and processes, but who does not necessarily accept a bel...
A nontheist Friend or an atheist Quaker is someone who affiliates with, identifies with, engages in and/or affirms Quaker practices and processes, but who does not necessarily accept a bel...
Organized secularism
Organized secularism (Laïcité organisée, georganiseerde vrijzinnigheid) is a French term which is used within Belgium to refer to local associations and organizations which provide moral support...
Organized secularism (Laïcité organisée, georganiseerde vrijzinnigheid) is a French term which is used within Belgium to refer to local associations and organizations which provide moral support...
Reason Rally
The Reason Rally is an upcoming demonstration that will take place at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2012.
The Reason Rally is an upcoming demonstration that will take place at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2012.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was a Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of c...
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was a Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of c...
Secular ethics
Secular ethics is a branch of moral philosophy in which ethics is based solely on human faculties such as logic, reason or moral intuition, and not derived from purported supernatural revelation...
Secular ethics is a branch of moral philosophy in which ethics is based solely on human faculties such as logic, reason or moral intuition, and not derived from purported supernatural revelation...
Secularism
Secularism is the principle of separation between government institutions and the persons mandated to represent the State from religious institutions and religious dignitaries.
Secularism is the principle of separation between government institutions and the persons mandated to represent the State from religious institutions and religious dignitaries.
Sisterdale, Texas
Sisterdale, Texas, is an unincorporated farming and ranching community, established in 1847 thirteen miles north of Boerne in Kendall County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
Sisterdale, Texas, is an unincorporated farming and ranching community, established in 1847 thirteen miles north of Boerne in Kendall County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
Squadrone Volante
The so called Squadrone Volante (`Flying Squad') was a seventeenth-century independent and liberal cardinal movement within the Catholic Church.
The so called Squadrone Volante (`Flying Squad') was a seventeenth-century independent and liberal cardinal movement within the Catholic Church.
Strong agnosticism
Strong agnosticism or positive agnosticism is the belief that it is impossible for humans to know whether or not any deities exist.
Strong agnosticism or positive agnosticism is the belief that it is impossible for humans to know whether or not any deities exist.
The Freethinker (journal)
The Freethinker is a British secular humanist magazine, founded by G.W. Foote in 1881.
The Freethinker is a British secular humanist magazine, founded by G.W. Foote in 1881.
U Dhammaloka
U Dhammaloka was an Irish-born hobo turned Buddhist monk, atheist critic of Christian missionaries, and temperance campaigner who took an active role in the Asian Buddhist revival around the tur...
U Dhammaloka was an Irish-born hobo turned Buddhist monk, atheist critic of Christian missionaries, and temperance campaigner who took an active role in the Asian Buddhist revival around the tur...
World Humanist Day
World Humanist Day is a Humanist holiday celebrated annually around the world on June 21st.
World Humanist Day is a Humanist holiday celebrated annually around the world on June 21st.