Posts made in August, 2009

Atheist Rapper Charlie Check’m doesn’t care what atheists or gays think

Posted by on Aug 7, 2009 in News, Rants | 0 comments

This story has been brewing a bit over at Atheist Nexus. Trina Hoaks does a nice writeup at Atheism Examiner: There has been quite a bit of hubbub surrounding atheist rapper, Charlie Check’m, over at Atheist Nexus. The hubbub has resulted not only in the rapper’s banning from Atheist Nexus but in the revoking of his invitation from Brother Richard of Atheist Nexus to perform at the Atheist Nexus sponsored “Live Dance Party” which is scheduled for the Atheist Alliance...

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Results from a Survey of the Nonreligious

Posted by on Aug 5, 2009 in Links, News | 0 comments

Via CFI News: Luke Galen, an associate professor at Grand Valley State University (Grand Rapids, Mich.), reported on the Non-Religious Identification Survey (NRIS), which he conducted in conjunction with the Center for Inquiry, a secular think tank. “NRIS is the first study of its type to direct a full range of sociological survey questions to a population of ‘nones,’ as they have come to be known,” said Thomas Flynn, editor of Free Inquiry. (“Nones” are respondents who tell...

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Atheists United Meeting with Richard Haynes as Guest Speaker

Posted by on Aug 4, 2009 in Images, Reviews | 4 comments

Atheists United Meeting with Richard Haynes as Guest Speaker

On Sunday July 26th, (Brother) Richard Haynes — director of Atheist Nexus — spoke at the Atheists United meeting. We’ve known each other online for several years through our blogs and other projects; it was great to finally meet him. Richard first spoke of his life with his wife and daughters leading to his own coming out. While overseeing much of what happens at Atheist Nexus, he’s taken it on as a near-full-time job. He spoke to the concept of the site: a Facebook for...

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