The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, and may not be those of the First Church of Atheism.

SUBMITTED BY: (Jeff ) notes2me1970 (at) yahoo (dot) com

The Truth is the idea held by those with the most influence. The Truth in itself is not what is important because obviously, the Truth can change overnite with a new discovery or advance, or rejection of such previous ideas thought to be the Truth.

What is paramount to the Truth is the motivation of the ones claiming to hold it.

I do not condemn Christians for wanting to save unborn babies. I do not condemn women who want to use abortion as birth control.

Both have the right to think what they want.

Submitted By: (Mike Walker) mikemcmack (at) yahoo (dot) com

Submitted By: Mike Walker

Submitted By: Being Human

It is quite reasonable to ask why active atheists are often spending their time just opposing something. Atheists are not bringing any new ideology to replace the religions. They just claim that people can live a fuller and freer life without the reigns of religions.

Why am I spending my precious time writing these words? I could as well leave the whole business and just admit that some people think like me and others do not.

The issue is not so simple, however. This attitude is quite justified if religion is a private matter and it is not on offer every day in daycare, in preschool, school, boy scouts and even in communal care for the elderly as is the case here in Finland, which has a reputation as an extremely secular nation.

We took the plunge and built a church over in Second Life. It’s small but nice, with a modern feel about it. Details on how to find us at the bottom of this article.

For those who don’t know. Second Life is a thriving online simulated world. Complete with land ownership, currency, creation/purchase/sale of objects, and of course interaction with other live online people. Millions of people and organizations have established themselves on Second Life, some sell real world or in game objects to make an actual living! You should check it out.

While playing is free, to buy land in SL costs money, real money. Objects and buildings cost money, too. Obviously we can’t afford some big sprawling estate, but we did get a nice piece of land, in a beautiful area, with a very sleek little building for our church. There is a limit on the number of objects (buildings included) a given size property can hold, so the small building actually works out great.

Tags: atheist, Athiesm, Church, FCA, Second Life

Also Large Online Library; Lifelong Curriculums

For Immediate Release - Contact Fred Edwords at (202) 238-9088 fedwords (at) americanhumanist (dot) org - www.americanhumanist.org

(Washington, D.C., May 14, 2008) The Kochhar Humanist Education Center (KHEC) was launched today by the American Humanist Association at a Washington DC press conference. The new center is already developing curriculum for the humanist equivalent of Sunday schools, which include programs in ethics geared to serve the children of atheists, agnostics and freethinkers. It is also developing similar curriculums to serve high school and college students, parents and older adults. And to support this endeavor, the KHEC launched an online resource center, together with the first books of what will become a massive online freethought library. (Go to www.americanhumanist.org/khec/ to see it now.)