Atheists In Foxholes News, 1 Aug 2011
MAAF has selected 25 recent articles of interest in the areas of atheism & humanism in the media and military, and in the area of church-state separation. This month is dominated by the hot-potato treatment of Christian terrorist Anders Breivik. Christian pundits say he’s no TRUE Christian while everyone else, including PZ Myers, Ed Brayton, Tom Flynn, and MAAF’s Jason Torpy, point out the huge, red Martyr’s Cross emblazoned on the 1500-page plan for Christian domination authored by baptized, confirmed, and self-identify “100% Christian.”
Other articles cover a great victory by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation in starting a review of Christian-themed training for Nuclear Missile operations. Air Force Link posts an article promoting mass prayer before deployments. Obama stumbles over his continuing allowance for faith-based discrimination in government-funded organizations. And the VA garners more support for its Constitutional protections against proselytism by volunteers.
Readers might check out new stand-up comedy by atheist Jim Jefferies and “Afterlife” by Rick Gervais, a show about an atheist in heaven, co-produced by the creator of “Dexter.”
Read about these stories and more in the full article.
Atheists in the military
Atheists in Foxholes News Recap
- Justin Griffith, Military Director of American Atheists
- Humanist Network News: The Bookless Humanist
Church-State Issues in the Military
- Air Force pulls Christian-themed Nuclear missile training, Military Religious Freedom Foundation
- Army leader protects against government prayer – Air Force disagrees, Air Force Link
- Texas Tall Tale?, Americans United
- Mike Farrell of TV show M*A*S*H defends separation of church and state, Huffington Post
- Retiree Carolyn Frawley supports secular VA funerals, Abilene Reporter-News
Separation of Church and State
- Obama Muffs Question On Faith-Based Hiring Discrimination, Religion Dispatches
- Catholic indoctrination at San Quentin, Catholic San Francisco
- American Atheists sues to prevent Governor’s prayer rally, Care2.com
- Atheist arrested and beaten and Palestinians remain in prison, International Solidarity Movement
Atheism and Humanism in the Media
- Ricky Gervais and Dexter Producer make comedy about atheist in heaven, Screenrant
- Jim Jefferies atheist comedy, Sacramento Bee
- Movie “Secularism, Inshallah” raided by mob, The National
Anders Breivik and Norway Terror
- Crusader-Christian foundations of Anders Breivik, by Jason Torpy
- Norway killings: Mysterious group called the Knights Templar, Telegraph.co.uk
- Norwegian mass killer’s manifesto hails Hindutva, The Hindu
- Is Norway’s Suspected Murderer Anders Breivik a Christian Terrorist?, Religion Dispatches
- Are you a Christian? If yes, why didn’t you stop the attacks in Norway?, CNN (blog)
- Breivik’s Manifesto on Islam vs. “Christendom” as “Demographic Warfare”, Religion Dispatches
- Excerpts from Breivik’s Manifesto, Ed Brayton ScienceBlogs (blog)
- Call Brevik an ‘anti-Muslim terrorist’, Tom Flynn Washington Post
- A glimpse into the deranged mind of a mass murderer, PZ Myers ScienceBlogs