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| May 2013 |
Foxhole atheist . . . President's message . . . A message from beyond . . . Believe it or not . . . The ultimate stalker . . . Meet our May speaker . . . |
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| April 2013 |
Easter, Osiris, and Eostra . . . President's message . . . New FCFS Humanist Book Discussion Group - in St. Augustine! . . . Scale . . . Meet our April speaker . . . |
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| March 2013 |
Darwin Day in Tampa Bay . . . President's message . . . It would be nice . . . Zero Dark Thirty . . . Meet our March speaker . . . |
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| Feb 2013 |
The bettery story . . . President's message . . . Pogo would cry . . . Gun insurance . . . Meet our February speaker . . . |
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| Jan 2013 |
We're still here--and so are the Mayans . . . President's message . . . Creative balance . . . Meet our January speaker . . . |
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| Dec 2012 |
War on women's education in the Swat Valley . . . Free speech, churches, and tax exemption . . . Annual planning meeting . . . Proof . . . Human Light - A holiday for humanists . . . |
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| Nov 2012 |
Reflections on football . . . Should religious institutions or government solve our social problems? . . . In memorium: Paul Kurtz . . . Free Will? . . . FCFS is seeking an auditor . . . Meet our November speaker . . . |
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| Oct 2012 |
Vlad Dracula . . . Circumstance (a movie review) . . . Amendment 8 . . . Call for 2013 nominations . . . Meet our October speaker . . . |
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| Sept 2012 |
A peaceable kingdom? . . . A radical prescrition for American education . . . Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2011 . . . Volunteer! Second Harvest and Jacksonville Beach Community Garden . . . Meet our September speaker . . . |
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| Aug 2012 |
Definition of an agnostic . . . Atheism, agnosticism, and Richard Dawkins . . . The God Delusion survey . . . Reacting to madness . . . Meet our August speaker . . . |
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| July 2012 |
Why is there so much violence and cruelty in the Bible? . . . Joque Soskis replies to Keene and Wolf on the Healthcare Mandate . . . NPR drive success! . . . Meet our July speaker . . . |
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| June 2012 |
The sky according to Tolkien . . . Another view on the healthcare degate . . . False promise of individual health insurance mandate . . . Remembering Millie Taylor . . . Meet our June speaker . . . 2012 NPR fund drive progress . . . |
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| May 2012 |
Observations on the Reason Rally in D.C. . . . The Florida Legislature and Its Lack of Appreciation of the First Amendment . . . The individual health insurance mandate . . . 2012 NPR Corporate Sponsorship fund drive under way . . . Meet our May Speaker: Dr. David Simon . . . |
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| April 2012 |
Capital punishment, part 2 . . . Should churches be allowed to break the law? . . . Defining God . . . Meet our April speaker: Dr. David Schwam-Baird . . . |
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| March 2012 |
Capital punishment, part 1 . . . Why do we fight unnecessary culture war battles? . . . What did the founding fathers intend? . . . Meet our March speaker: Mark Palmer, Esq. |
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| Feb 2012 |
Christopher Hitchens . . . Upcoming events of note . . . Letter from an agnostic . . . Community outreach program activity . . . Meet our February speaker: Scott Kimbrough, Ph.D. |
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| Jan 2012 |
Peace on Earth . . . Freethinkers volunteer . . . Six elements of humanism . . . Official election results . . . Christopher Hitchens . . . The legislature is coming to town . . . Meet our January speaker: Karla Pierce . . . |
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| Dec 2011 |
Saturnalian greetings . . . Without God . . . Annual planning meeting - January 15, 2012 . . . Human Light - a holiday for humanists . . . |
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| Nov 2011 |
A country club bans Richard Dawkins for atheism . . . Invitation to freethinking authors and artists . . . The Scott Adams project, part II . . . What is it about humanism? . . . Meet the November speaker: Joque H. Soskis . . . |
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| Oct 2011 |
Call for nominations . . . Perry prays, Texas burns, and God is mute . . . Objectively: Ken Ham's "not ashamed" sham . . . Meet the October speaker: Dr. David Schwam-Baird . . . |
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| Sept 2011 |
Why the tortoise is better than the hare . . . Do opinions matter? . . . Freethought humor . . . Gravity . . . Freethinkers in history . . . Meet our September speaker: Dr. Casey Welch . . . |
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| Aug 2011 |
Dead fish and dodos . . . In a better place . . . Meet our August speaker: Dr. Elaine Hull . . . |
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| July 2011 |
Lying in the name of Christ . . . The U. S. was not founded on Judeo-Christian principles . . . Eon Traveler . . . 2011 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive declared a success . . . |
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| June 2011 |
Songs of the green and blue . . . Bills of interest introduced in the 2011 FL legislature . . . Whatever Is (a poem) . . . An imaginary conversation about imaginary things . . . 2011 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive progress . . . |
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| May 2011 |
They are back--with dinosaurs . . . American struggles towards religious freedom, part 2 . . . Atheists and other freethinkers in the military . . . Community outreach program . . . FCFS T-shirts . . . 2011 NPR corporate sponsorship drive underway . . . FCFS annual spring fling . . . |
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| April 2011 |
Online daters trust in God . . . Camp Quest of the Smokey Mountains . . . American struggles towards religious freedom, part 1 . . . |
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| March 2011 |
Einstein's famous equation . . . Secular support group in St. Augustine . . . The evolution of religion . . . The Scott Adams project, part I . . . The Florida Legislature . . . |
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| Feb 2011 |
Dialogue with a Muslim, part II . . . Bridges between outdated shores . . . Questions are the answers . . . That devil Darwin . . . In memoriam: Karen Spuria . . . |
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| Jan 2011 |
Believing is easier than thinking . . . Freethought quotes from the ages . . . Upcoming freethought events . . . Year 2011 at a glance |
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| Dec 2010 |
Prayers in City Hall . . . Ancient City Humanists . . . Neighborly caroling . . . Religion, fear, and freedom of speech, events, 2011 election results . . . |
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| Nov 2010 |
Pledging allegiance . . . Book review: The Moral Landscape . . . John Lennon and free speech . . . Meet our November speaker, Joque H. Soskis . . . |
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| Oct 2010 |
Finding dinosaurs . . . Frankenstein's creator . . . Elections next month . . . Meet our October speaker, Barry Albright . . . |
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| Sept 2010 |
The home invasion of the bible thumpers . . . Remembering Johnny Cole . . . Tribute to Johnny Cole . . . Freethought quote & humor . . . Meet our September guest . . . |
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| Aug 2010 |
Southern hospitality--unless you're an atheist . . . God has plans for us . . . Johnny L. Cole . . . 2010 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive declared a success . . . |
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| July 2010 |
The power of fleas and the plague . . . Some freethoughts from the founding fathers . . . 2010 NPR corporate sponsorship fundraising campaign going great . . . |
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| June 2010 |
2010 fundraising campaign underway . . . Corporations give matching funds . . . 2010 Florida legislature update . . . Frank Tipler's God equation . . . Local freethinkers on TV . . . Upcoming freethought events . . . Book review: Where Was God: Evil, Theodicy, and Modern Science |
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| May 2010 |
Signs of religious mania and intolerance . . . St. Augustine's "godless billboard" mysteriously damaged . . . More community responses to the billboards . . . A collection of atheist aphorisms . . . Events of interest . . . HFA Annual Conference - A tremendous success! |
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| April 2010 |
Community comments the to NeFCoR "godless billboards" in Jax and St. Augustine . . . The big Bs, beg, bargain, beseech . . . The great recession: Did greed run amok lead to the cause . . . Calendar events . . . NPR Corporate Sponsorship spots to increase . . . |
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| Mar 2010 |
Florida Legislature is coming to town . . . Freethinking forty-eighters . . . What happened in the recent economic catastrophe? . . . Freethought profile and quotes . . . Highlights of the January 2010 Planning Meeting . . .
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| Feb 2010 |
Is Christianity really such a great deal . . . Devil-dealing in Haiti, a brief history . . . Humanists can hold their heads high . . . A dialogue about building bridges . . . Edward Abbey . . . Charles Darwin and family connections . . . |
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| Jan 2010 |
The four-minute expert . . . Robert Crumb takes on Genesis . . . Abortion remains controversial . . . Anexagoras, the sun, the moon, and Athens . . . Wilhelmina Walton: Freethinker of the Year . . . Major contribution to start 2010 . . . |
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| Dec 2009 |
I'm no angel . . . Snowmen, Solstice, and Santa . . . Trial by Ordeal . . . Northeast Florida Coalition of Reason formed . . . Tidbets from Terry Loucks . . . 2010 election results . . . |
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| Nov 2009 |
Special section: More observations on poverty and capitalism . . . Little green men vacationing on Earth? . . . .The God question . . . Bylaws amendment (increasing board size) passes . . . Election of 2010 FCFS officers . . . |
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| Oct 2009 |
Vocabulary lesson . . . Observations concerning poverty and capitalism . . . Witch mania . . . My body is not my own . . . Bylaws amendment . . . |
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| Sept 2009 |
Why do people suffer? . . . Did Jesus exist? . . . The voice of secularism is louder in Washington . . . Poverty is a capital crime in the U.S. . . . Heroes and Gods . . . Bylaws amendment passes |
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| Aug 2009 |
Human nature and the rule of law . . . Mark Twain's War Prayer . . . Book Review: The Science of Good and Evil, by Michael Shermer . . . Camp Quest Florida 2009 . . . Where does the Enlightment fit into the puzzle? . . . How to handle two medical problems . . . Proposed bylaws amendment |
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| July 2009 |
Are you adrift? . . . Religious wars on the First Coast . . . Anti-Semitism remains a scar . . . Freethinkers are being heard, more and more . . . Meet Karen Wells . . . 2009 NPR corporate sponsorship fundraising drive is a success! |
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| June 2009 |
Reason Interrupted: Book review of Jesus, Interrupted . . . FL legislature update . . . Soldiers and freedom . . . Religulous . . . This I believe . . . Meet Sigrun Buckley . . . Freethought Day at Disney World . . . 2009 NPR corporate sponsorship fundraising has begun . . . Freethought Frolic . . . |
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| May 2009 |
Praying—one of America’s favorite hobbies . . . (Un)intelligent design vs. science again . . . The stars our destiny . . . Freethinkers have opened doors in Washington . . . American Atheists 35th national convention . . . Top ten signs you might be a religious fanatic . . . It’s only a story . . . |
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| April 2009 |
Pabulum, politics, and the pulpit . . . What is so holy about the Bible? . . . Variations in marriage provide a guideline . . . Celebrate the seasons . . . Freethinker brief bio: Beth Perry . . . “Reasons to believe” . . . or not . . . |
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| March 2009 |
Dumbest movie of the decade . . . Bills before the 2009 Florida legislature about which freethinkers should know . . . What on Earth was I doing? . . . Quoting Epicurus . . . A humorous thing happened on the way to the anatomy lesson . . . |
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| Feb 2009 |
I saw democracy in action . . . Oh, my aching feet! Who would have thought that democracy was such hard work? . . . Valentine's Day and the atheist . . . The promise and dangers of cloning (part 2) . . . Evolution 101 . . . Bi-centennials of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln . . . |
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| Jan 2009 |
My views as a scientist on religion . . . Freethinkers speaking out on religion . . . The promise and dangers of cloning (part 1) . . . Civication is good for the economy . . . Honoring heroes and monsters . . .
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| Dec 2008 |
Concerns for science and religion . . . Texas two- step: the dance between science and religion in Texas . . . Einstein speaks . . . A night at the inn (or The First No El) . . . |
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| Nov 2008 |
Wanted: Secular homes for Asian exchange students . . . Liberalism and Humanism: Are they joined at the hip? . . . New, ongoing fundraising program . . . Who are you going to call? Ghost Busters! . . . Election of 2009 FCFS officers . . . Freethinking and American politics . . . |
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| Oct 2008 |
FCFS is moving up . . . We are the world . . . Dark side of the Dalai Lama . . . |
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| Sept 2008 |
Florida's constitutional amendments . . . Suppression of science by religion . . . How to end the ban on gay marriage forever . . . Hell! . . . |
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| Aug 2008 |
In every man's life . . . Nice to be lumped in with the sexual deviants and criminals . . . Living without a safety net—and no chance of not falling . . . Staring at the sun and other things your mother told you to avoid . . . Heaven . . . |
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| July 2008 |
NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive: an overwhelming success . . . Jesus Christ . . . Americans say that there are many paths to truth . . . A case of family spamming . . . More from the mouths of babes . . . Dinners for doubters . . . A fractured science fairy tale . . . |
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| June 2008 |
NPR corporate sponsorship 2008 success . . . Bible Park USA . . . The Florida legislature and freethinkers—so, how did we do? . . . Out of the mouths of babes . . . Marching over the constitution . . . |
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| May 2008 |
NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive . . . Freethinkers celebrate Earth Day . . . Jaxfreethought Yahoo Group . . . How politics corrupts the teaching of science . . . Pope Benedict XVI vs. Secularism . . . The scientific method . . . |
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| April 2008 |
Rumblings in Tallahassee: The imminent demise of the Blaine Amendment . . . The sleep of reason . . . Terry Loucks rewrites Genesis . . . A gift of reason to our nation’s sailors . . . |
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| March 2008 |
Poland's black Madonna . . . Not exactly living up to expectations . . . Bills before the 2008 Florida legislature . . . A pagan's response to Christianity . . . The human epoch . . . |
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| Feb 2008 |
The war on evolution explained . . . Council of Europe approves resolution against Creationism . . . Gutting the separation of church and state in the Florida constitution . . . Questioning authority . . . |
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| Jan 2008 |
Jan Eisler receives award . . . Religion and other fairytales in Ireland . . . Church and State . . . Strong support for science standards . . . Overdose on Christmas Carols . . . |
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| Dec 2007 |
2007 in review . . 'Twas the night . . . Sam vs. Paul: does the atheist label hurt our cause? . . . Working with evangelists . . . Secular homes schooling has a bright future . . . |
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| Nov 2007 |
Sam vs. Paul . . . Science standards available for public review . . . An atheist's journey, so far . . . FCFS wins award . . .
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| Oct 2007 |
Monkey business in Canada . . . Polygamy and democracy . . . Religious rumblings in Jacksonville . . .
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| Sept 2007 |
The pursuit of happiness: a humanist mandate . . . Religious Awareness Week . . . A Mormon for president . . . |
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| Aug 2007 |
Religion in Germany/Europe . . . Jeb Bush’s policies finally publicized . . . NPR corporate sponsorship is bearing fruit . . . Stalin and Hitler and atheism . . . Beating City Hall . . . |
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| July 2007 |
NPR corporate sponsorship--a reality . . . Billy Graham's crusade . . . Feeding the homeless . . . Reason-based ethics . . . |
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| June 2007 |
NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive . . . A fundamentalist haunts the nation . . . Can ethics be reason-based . . . |
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| May 2007 |
Earth Day Fair . . . Dirty footprints . . . Mayor broke the law . . . Evil examined . . . Reason-based ethics . . . |
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| April 2007 |
Action Plan for 2007 . . . Legacy of Darwin . . . Bible as a work in progress . . . |
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| March 2007 |
Speculation on the origins of religion . . . Pastor flaunts fleecing his flock . . . 2007 legislative bills . . . Martin Luther King, Jr. and civil rights . . . |
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| Feb 2007 |
Celebration of Betty Ann Borresen's life . . . Letter to the T-U editor . . . Forgiveness requires accountability . . . Abraham Lincoln and slavery . . . |
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| Jan 2007 |
Iranians and human rights . . . Lucian and his war on religious fraud . . . |
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| Dec 2006 |
2006 in review . . . Science Under Siege: evolution never looked so good . . . It's a natural thing . . .Spirited conversation . . . |
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| Nov 2006 |
I don't know . . . Musings on politics and religion and civil discourse . . . Jimmy Carter and fundamentalism . . . |
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| Oct 2006 |
Looking over the horizon . . . Science Under Siege: The Attack on Evolution . . . Humanists pray to themselves . . . The emperor and the creed . . . Fall Frolic . . . Philosophy slams . . . |
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| Sept 2006 |
A day of faith: religion or science - Which should we trust to bring down the murder rate? . . . Science panel: "Science Under Siege" . . . FCFS identity . . . Scientology revisited . . . Florida Progressive Information System . . . |
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| Aug 2006 |
Public education and humanism--joined from the shoulder to the hip . . . Education survives . . . Amino acid magic . . . Changing the world . . . |
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| July 2006 |
Let's stop living in the past . . . Humanism and public education: Joined at the hip? . . . Here we go again . . . Ethics and the will of God . . . |
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| June 2006 |
Thoughts on SOS (Secular Organizations for Sobriety) . . . A freethought path through the 12 steps . . . Fundamentalist attack on education . . . Challenge the biology teacher . . . Freethought bills . . . |
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| May 2006 |
South Park censorship . . . Colon hydrotherapy . . . God and the Constitution . . . Youth and faith . . . |
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| April 2006 |
Fundamentalists threaten democracy . . . CFI Conference 2006 . . . Support the Secular Coalition of America . . . Bonobos extinct? . . . |
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| March 2006 |
Bills before the 2006 State Legislature . . . Are science and God compatible? . . . Blasphemous cartoons . . . The town that Jesus built . . . |
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| Feb 2006 |
It must have been a slow news day . . . Enlightenment: In a flash or a slow crawl? . . . Divine sons . . . |
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| Jan 2006 |
Florida Science Standards--a vision of science education in Florida . . . Fundamentalism defined . . . The "Good" Book . . . How should we respond to the creche? . . . |
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| Dec 2005 |
Can we better teach science in Florida? . . . Getting along in America: How we can bridge the gap in the culture wars . . . 2005 - Humanist year in review . . . 'Tis the season . . . |
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| Nov 2005 |
Crossed up in Starke. . . Monkeys in Vegas - Why people believe in pseudoscience . . . Partiality towards Christians . . . Death: The high cost of living . . . Talk Back . . . Atheists get a voice in Washington . . . |
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| Oct 2005 |
The FCFS reaches out to the community . . . Letter to JHRC (Jacksonville Human Rights Commission . . . Fantasy and reality in comics and the Bible . . . Teach adults to read . . . |
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| Fall 2005 |
Special Edition (distributed throughout the community - some new and the best of the old) - Are you a freethinker? . . . More about us (i.e., the FCFS) . . . Strayer debates creationism - another Hovind debate experience . . . Is humanity destined for the stars or the dark ages? . . . |
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| Sept 2005 |
What is atheism? . . . Religious martyrs . . . Popularly held notions and education . . . Talk back . . . |
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| Aug 2005 |
Is the U.S. Constitution Christian? . . . Can we disagree? . . . A look at the 10 Commandments . . . Podcasting and freethought . . . |
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| July 2005 |
Gimme that red-state religion . . . The Flintstones and creationism . . . Fighting fire (and brimstone) with fire . . . |
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| June 2005 |
Always strive for knowledge . . . Holy cure-all for what ails the U.S. . . . Pope faces American dissent . . . Controversial cartoon . . . Update on bills before Florida Legislature . . . |
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| May 2005 |
The dark side of the Pope . . . Another round of creationism vs. evolution . . . Jacksonville jumps on the faith-based band wagon . . . Bills before the Florida Legislature . . . |
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| April 2005 |
Humanists of Florida Leadership Conference . . . Find your own moral compass . . . The proper role of education . . . Scientology (or, lessons learned on the road to freethinking) . . . Happy Birthday, FreeThinker . . . . The humanist ten commandments . . . |
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| March 2005 |
Students apathetic on rights . . . U.S. charity not tops, as apologists claim . . . Religion a thriving industry in Jacksonville, especially for Baptists . . . Passion plays: The real deal . . . |
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| Feb 2005 |
Abstinence-only sex ed flops . . . Her job is not finished (Margaret Sanger) . . . Times-Union report on a religious crusade? . . . Beam them up, Scotty . . . |
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| Jan 2005 |
Baptist leader declares war . . . The politics of piety . . . Ethics and morality . . . To shut up or not to shut up? (i.e., is it patriotic to keep silent?) . . . |
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| Dec 2004 |
Rocking Roy and his Ten Commandment crusade . . . Homeland Security flawed . . . Public school education . . . Supreme Court created Jim Crow . . . Support for Bill of Rights . . . |
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| Nov 2004 |
Why I am a Humanist . . . "Introduction to Bible" courses . . . Teaching the Bible in public school - a hidden hazard . . . The 911 Commission Report . . . Evolutionary Ethics . . . The War Against Drugs . . . Reformation Sunday . . . Social Religious Gap . . . Contemporary Religion . . . |
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| Oct 2004 |
Are we willing to go public? . . . The right to know . . . Faith doesn't always deserve respect . . . Religion in public schools . . . Anne Bradstreet and the psychosis of Puritanism . . . |
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| Sept 2004 |
That was the reason for the First Amendment to the Constitution! . . .What is an atheist? One of the most misunderstood words explained . . . Book review . . . Iron-jawed angels . . . Vouchers - to the rescue? |
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| Aug 2004 |
Does science really matter? . . . The real game: Is humanity destined for the stars or the dark ages? . . . We the People . . . Religion affects election . . . |
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| July 2004 |
Atheists on Supreme Court? . . . The forgotten Reagan . . . Christianity is changing . . . World evangelization declines . . . The "J-Word" . . . Progressive media available . . . America's public schools . . . |
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| June 2004 |
A new mentor for freethinkers . . . Can you carry the torch? . . . Did Jesus Exist? Some conclusions from the Jesus Seminar . . . How do we appear? . . . Southern Statesman - Charles E. Bennett and the Southern Manifesto . . . Faith-based success not successful . . . Satan ordered out! . . . |
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| May 2004 |
Fundamentalism incompatible with democracy . . . Founding grandfathers . . . My dangerous letter to the editor . . . Integrating Little Rock . . . So misunderstood - giving voice to the godless . . . Liberalism advances steadily . . . Uphold secular rule . . . . As above, so below . . . |
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| April 2004 |
An open letter to creationists everywhere . . . Seeking spiritual answers . . . Women's history month . . . Global fundamentalism . . . Excerpt from an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer, by Walter Cronkite . . . |
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| March 2004 |
Humanists of Florida Association Conference, "Progressive Action in Regressive Times" . . . Progressive panorama . . . Dubious Christians . . . Infallible the Bible is not! . . . Franklin's lightening rod . . . The need for tolerance in humanism . . . |
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| Feb 2004 |
Prominent Atheist - A brief biographical sketch of George Soros . . . New world before 1492 . . . Darwin Day . . . The Inquisition (a poem) . . . Homosexuality condemned - by fundamentalists . . . Southern Baptist faith . . . |
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| Jan 2004 |
The value of evolution . . . The value of prayer . . . Humanist foundation of progress . . . Names of the days and months . . . Why I am not a Bright . . . If we ran the church . . . |
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